US EditionAll 24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says
President Bola Tinubu praised security forces for a non-violent rescue of all 24 abducted girls amid rising mass kidnappings in Nigeria, with over 1,500 children taken since 2014.
- On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu announced all 24 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State have been rescued, saying `I am relieved that all the 24 girls have been accounted for`.
- On Nov. 17, armed men stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, killing Vice-Principal Hassan Yakubu Makuku and initially abducting 25 students shortly after a military detachment left.
- A government source said the release followed a non-kinetic intervention led by the Federal Government involving dialogue and negotiation, with the Office of the National Security Adviser and Department of State Services closely involved.
- President Bola Tinubu applauded security agents and tactical teams, pledging government assistance and ordering more boots on the ground plus expanded air surveillance as rescued girls head to Government House, Birnin Kebbi.
- Officials say the Kebbi incident triggered copycat kidnappings in Eruku and Papiri, prompting Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris to demand a military probe while details of the rescue operation remain unreleased.
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24 Schoolgirls Abducted From Kebbi in Nigeria Have Been Rescued, President Says
SOKOTO, Nigeria—All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced Tuesday. A total of 25 girls were abducted Nov. 17 from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Kebbi state’s Maga town, but one of them was able to escape the same day, the school’s principal said. The remaining 24 were all rescued, according to a sta…
24 Abducted Kebbi Schoolgirls Regain Freedom - 'No Ransom Was Paid'
The 24 students abducted from the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State, have regained freedom.The Presidency announced the development in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.Tinubu said the students were "safely rescued," applauding security agencies for the efforts made to secure the freedom of all the vict…
Two dozen schoolgirls freed after kidnapping in northwestern Nigeria last week
By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Two dozen schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria’s northwestern Kebbi state last week have been freed, according to officials, as the country grapples with a wave of mass abductions in recent days. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu welcomed their release on Tuesday. “I am relieved that all the 24 girls have been accounted for,” the president said in a statement from his special adviser Bayo Ona…
Two dozen schoolgirls freed after kidnapping in northwestern Nigeria last week
By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Two dozen schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria’s northwestern Kebbi state last week have been freed, according to officials, as the country grapples with a wave of mass abductions in recent days. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu welcomed their release on Tuesday. “I am relieved that all the 24 girls have been accounted for,” the president said in a statement from his special adviser Bayo Ona…
Two dozen schoolgirls freed after kidnapping in northwestern Nigeria last week | News Channel 3-12
By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Two dozen schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria’s northwestern Kebbi state last week have been freed, according to officials, as the country grapples with a wave of mass abductions in recent days. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu welcomed their release on Tuesday. “I am relieved that all the 24 girls have been accounted for,” the president said in a statement from his special adviser Bayo Ona…
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