Nigeria secures release of 100 kidnapped children, reports say

Al JazeeraCenterEN 2 min read 100% complete by Lyndal RowlandsDecember 8, 2025 at 04:25 AM

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Nigerian authorities secured the release of 100 children kidnapped from St. Mary's Catholic School in Niger State last month. The children arrived in Abuja on Sunday, December 8, 2025, and are scheduled to be handed over to the Niger State government after medical evaluations and debriefing. Armed gunmen abducted 303 students and 12 teachers from the school on November 21. Fifty students escaped in the days following the kidnapping. As of Sunday, 153 students and 12 teachers remain in captivity. The kidnappings are part of a larger pattern of school abductions in northern Nigeria, with 25 schoolgirls also recently kidnapped in neighboring Kebbi State.

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