Overview
- The Christian Association of Nigeria says 303 students and 12 staff were seized from St. Mary’s in Papiri on November 21, though officials dispute the total and roughly 50 students were reported to have escaped.
- A teacher described gunmen tying her husband, threatening to shoot their crying child, and taking staff away, with 12 employees among those still held.
- Security forces and local vigilantes are searching for the captives as President Bola Tinubu pledges rescues and announces plans to hire 30,000 additional police officers.
- Authorities shut 47 federal secondary schools and some states restricted or suspended classes, disrupting learning for thousands as protection measures are reassessed.
- The Senate ordered a probe of the Safe School Fund and rights groups cite weak implementation, noting only 528 schools are registered under the safety program despite nationwide vulnerabilities.