US EditionNigerian government secures release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren, Channels TV says
About 100 children abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic school in Niger State were released and flown to Abuja, while 165 students and staff remain missing, officials said.
- 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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More than 300 children had been victims of mass abduction at the end of November. The precise number of students still in detention is not known.
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