Lagos, Nov 17, 2025 (AFP) - Gunmen kidnap 25 schoolgirls in northwestern Nigeria: police

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2025-11-17

Gunmen from a criminal gang kidnapped 25 people and killed a staff member in an early morning raid on a northwestern Nigerian girls' secondary school on Monday, police said. The latest attack comes more than a decade after nearly 300 girls were abducted from Chibok in the restive northeastern region and sparked international outcry. Police said the gang armed with "sophisticated weapons, shooting sporadically, stormed the Government Girls Compreh......

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