By Brian Kiprono & Agencies - Reporter
Nigeria, 22 November 2025 - Nigeria has suffered one of its most devastating school abductions in recent years after more than 300 pupils and teachers were seized from a school in Niger State.
At least 315 people were taken, a figure revised upwards after dozens of children who tried to escape were also captured.
Parents who rushed to the school on Friday spoke of scenes of panic and confusion, with many still uncertain whether their children are among the missing.
The attack comes amid a dangerous surge in mass kidnappings across the country.
Only days earlier, 25 schoolgirls were abducted from a boarding school in Kebbi State.
In Kwara State, 38 people were kidnapped.
In the past week alone, more than 370 people have gone missing.
This recent raid on a school painfully evokes memories of 2014 Chibok abductions, long regarded as the darkest chapter in Nigeria’s struggle against insurgency.
The Niger State government stated that the school had ignored an order to suspend boarding operations following credible intelligence of an imminent attack.
Local leaders, however, insist no official warning was ever issued.
Parents are only praying that their children can be brought home safely.
The federal government has ordered nearly 50 national colleges to close, and several states have followed suit.
The widespread closures highlight the severity of the threat but have left thousands of learners displaced.
President Bola Tinubu recently responded to the allegations made by the United States President Donald Trump, who claimed that there were religious persecutions in Nigeria.
President Tinubu said all religions in the country are victims of ongoing abductions and attacks.
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