Overview
- The presidency announced all 24 girls abducted on November 17 from a Kebbi boarding school have been rescued, with few details released about the operation.
- At St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, gunmen abducted 303 students and 12 staff on November 21; about 50 children have escaped, and roughly 253 students plus 12 staff remain missing.
- Authorities say no group has claimed responsibility for the kidnappings, which officials and analysts attribute to ransom-seeking bandit networks targeting schools and rural communities.
- Government actions include school closures, a Senate probe into the Safe School Fund, orders for expanded surveillance and deployments, and a plan to hire 30,000 additional police officers.
- Police report a separate abduction of 10 women and children in Kwara state, as the UN condemns the surge in mass kidnappings and urges Nigeria to halt the attacks and prosecute perpetrators.