ABUJA: Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November, a presidential spokesman said Sunday, after 100 were freed earlier this month. "Another 130 abducted Niger state pupils released, none left in captivity," Sunday Dare said in a post on X, accompanied by a photo of smiling children. In late November, hundreds of students and staff were kidnapped from St Mary's co-educational boarding school in north-central Niger state. A UN source told AFP that "the remaining set of girls/secondary school students will be taken to Minna", the capital of Niger state, on Tuesday. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said 315 students and staff were kidnapped.

Source: Indian Express December 21, 2025 19:25 UTC