US EditionAll 24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says
The 24 girls abducted from a Kebbi State school were rescued after a week, amid a series of mass kidnappings across Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu announced.
- President Bola Tinubu announced that all 24 schoolgirls abducted from a Kebbi school have been rescued, The Associated Press reported on November 25, 2025.
- The girls were abducted on Nov. 17 from Government Girls Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, and police initially reported 25 people taken in the raid.
- Reports say officials gave no specifics on how the students were recovered, and the Kebbi attack was listed among a spate of mass abductions in Nigeria.
- Responding to the rescue, the president called for urgent security deployments as Bola Tinubu urged authorities to put "more boots on the ground" in vulnerable areas, noting fifty students escaped over the weekend.
- The incident coincides with a large Friday raid in Niger state that abducted more than 300 students and staff.
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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 | 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…
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…
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