Fifty kidnapped Catholic school students in Nigeria escape

A person looks at newspapers with headlines on recent abductions at a stand in Area 1, Abuja, Nigeria, November 23, 2025. REUTERS/Marvellous Durowaiye

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Fifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school last week have escaped and have been reunited with their parents, the Catholic Church and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Sunday.

But around 253 of the kidnapped children, along with 12 staff members and teachers, are still with the kidnappers, said CAN Chairman Bulus Yohanna, a Catholic Bishop who is also the proprietor of the school.