Nigeria steps up search for 25 abducted schoolgirls in northwestern Kebbi


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  • Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -Nigerian security forces on Tuesday intensified a search for 25 girls abducted by gunmen from a boarding school in northwestern Kebbi, the latest school abduction as widespread insecurity continues to plague the country.

Police said men armed with rifles stormed Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga town around 4 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Monday, arriving on motorcycles in an apparently well-planned attack.

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