Overview
- The Christian Association of Nigeria revised the count to 303 students and 12 teachers abducted from St Mary’s School in Niger state after a verification exercise.
- About 50 pupils escaped and reunited with families between Friday and Saturday, leaving roughly 253 students plus 12 teachers still in captivity, according to CAN.
- CAN said the updated tally includes 88 students seized after initially evading capture during the attack on the Papiri community campus.
- No group has claimed responsibility as police, military units and local hunters conduct search-and-rescue operations, with authorities saying they are combing nearby forests.
- Niger state closed all schools and the federal education ministry temporarily shut 47 boarding secondary schools, while President Bola Tinubu canceled foreign travel and Pope Leo appealed for the hostages’ release.