Overview
- The Christian Association of Nigeria reported 303 students and 12 teachers taken from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri after a verification exercise.
- No group has claimed responsibility, with security forces and local hunters pursuing the captors in ongoing search operations.
- The raid came days after 25 schoolgirls were abducted in Kebbi state; one escaped and 24 remain missing.
- Authorities in Katsina and Plateau ordered temporary school closures as a precaution, and Niger state deployed tactical squads.
- A Niger state statement said the school reopened without government clearance despite prior intelligence warnings about heightened risk.