Some 130 schoolchildren and staff abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month by gunmen have been released, police said on Sunday (December 21, 2025).
Gunmen seized at least 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in Nigeria's north-central Niger state when they attacked St. Mary's Catholic School in the Papiri community on Nov 21.
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Fifty escaped in the hours that followed, and 100 schoolchildren were freed earlier this month.
Niger State police spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun said in a statement that “the remaining batch of the abducted students" has now been released.
