US Edition25 Nigerian Schoolgirls Kidnapped in Kebbi State Attack
- Police spokesperson Nafiu Abubakar Kotarkoshi said on Monday gunmen abducted 25 schoolgirls from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko-Wasagu, Kebbi State around 04:00 a.m. from their dormitories.
- Since 2014, kidnappers have targeted schools, with at least 1,500 students seized since Boko Haram's Chibok abduction, as armed groups use kidnappings to fund crimes and control villages.
- Vice-Principal Malam Hassan Yakubu Makuku was shot dead while resisting, as assailants used `sophisticated weapons` and exchanged fire with police, witnesses said.
- Police and military units have been deployed to comb suspected routes as a combined team of police tactical units, soldiers and local vigilantes conduct a coordinated search-and-rescue operation, while one escaped student returned home, school officials said.
- The Federal Government said it is recalibrating military, policing and intelligence capabilities and deepening cooperation with ECOWAS, the African Union and the Multinational Joint Task Force to strengthen border security.
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Nigeria abduction: One of 25 schoolgirls kidnapped by gunmen escapes captivity, returns home
Gunmen launched an attack on a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, resulting in the abduction of 25 girls and the death of one staff member. During the raid, the assailants forcibly took the female students from the school premises.
Abduction of 25 Schoolgirls in Kebbi Highlights Nigeria's Kidnapping Crisis
Bandits have abducted no fewer than 25 girls during a deadly attack on the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State. The incident occurred when gunmen invaded the school, located in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the state, on the night of Sunday, November 16, 2025. During the invasion, the attackers killed the school's Vice Principal, Malam Hassan Makuku, who was reportedly trying to shield …
They arrived at four o'clock in the morning, racing with motorcycles on the grounds of the school. A group of armed men abducted a group of schoolgirls in northwestern Nigeria.
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