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Fifty abducted schoolchildren flee; 253 kids still in captivity in Nigeria
The Morning Standard
|November 24, 2025
FIFTY of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria's Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, bringing relief to some distraught families after one of the largest school abductions in Nigeria's history.
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People stand near a display local newspapers on the street of Lagos with headlines on gunmen abducting schoolchildren and staff of the St Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri community in Nigeria
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This story is from the November 24, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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