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UN source: 100 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released
The Star
|December 09, 2025
NIGERIAN authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school last month, a UN source and local media said Sunday, though the fate of the 165 students and staff thought to remain in captivity remains unclear.
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In late November 315 students and staff were kidnapped from St Mary’s coeducational boarding school in north-central Niger state, as the country buckled under a wave of mass abductions reminiscent of the infamous 2014 Boko Haram abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok.
Some 50 escaped shortly afterward, leaving 265 thought to be in captivity
The 100 children have arrived in the capital Abuja and are set to be handed over to local government officials in Niger state on Monday, according to the UN source.
“They are going to be handed over to Niger state government tomorrow,” the source said.
This story is from the December 09, 2025 edition of The Star.
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