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November 26, 2025

All 24 Schoolgirls Kidnapped in Northwest Nigeria Have Been Rescued
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In Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu said that all 24 schoolgirls kidnapped
last week in northwest Nigeria have been rescued. More than 300 students
and staff from a Catholic boarding school were abducted last Friday.
Fifty of the kidnapped students managed to escape over the weekend. This
is 13-year-old Stephen Samuel, who escaped the gunmen.

Stephen Samuel: "I ran. He did not see me. I made a run. I started
going. I don't know where I should follow. I don't know the place that I
can follow, but I just - I just described the road that we followed
before. I'm going. I'm going, when I met - we met one of our neighbors
here, one of our neighbors here. And he saw me. I know him. He knows me.
And he now carry me to their house and gave me clothes to wear and then
bring me to my house."



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