US EditionNigerian government secures release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren, Channels TV says
- On December 7, 2025, the Nigerian government said it secured the release of roughly 100 schoolchildren who arrived in Abuja to be handed to Niger state local government officials on Monday.
- Gunmen arriving around 2 a.m. reportedly stormed St. Mary's Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, abducting 315 people total, while fifty pupils escaped shortly afterward.
- CAN's spokesperson Daniel Atori said, `We are not officially aware and have not been duly notified by the federal government`, and local media reported the release without details, with families expressing hope for the remaining children’s return.
- With international attention rising, officials and the UN say the fate of 165 students and staff thought to remain in captivity is unclear, while a United States congressional delegation met Nigeria's national security adviser Nuhu Ribadu and analysts warned captives could be used as human shields.
- Amid long-running insurgency and banditry, a recent SBM Intelligence report said Nigeria, population 230 million, faces at least 1,500 student abductions since Chibok and $1.66 million in kidnapping proceeds.
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Kidnappings in Nigeria: In late November, a total of around 300 children were abducted from a Catholic boarding school in western Nigeria. A day…
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100 abducted Nigerian children handed over to state officials
Around 100 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria last month were handed over to state officials Monday, AFP reporters saw, though the fate of many others remains unknown.
At least a hundred students kidnapped last month from St. Mary’s Catholic School in the state of Niger, north of Nigeria, were released on behalf of the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as confirmed this Monday to EFE by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). “Yes, the government has informed us of the release of a hundred students. The Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the state government confirmed the release,” …
165 people are still missing from the appeal after the mass abduction on 21 November in a Catholic school.
They release 100 of the 303 abducted students from a school in northern Nigeria, the Nigerian Christian Association confirmed to EFE.
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