Factbox-Mass school kidnappings in Nigeria in recent years


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  • Monday, 24 Nov 2025

Newspapers with headlines on recent abductions are displayed at a stand in Area 1, Abuja, Nigeria, November 23, 2025. REUTERS/Marvellous Durowaiye

LAGOS -The kidnapping of more than 300 Catholic school students is the latest such mass abduction in Nigeria.

Here are some of the worst of recent years:

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