MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Twenty-four girls who were abducted from a government boarding school in northwestern Nigeria last week have been released, the state governor's media aide said on Tuesday.

More than 300 children and a dozen teachers were taken from St. Mary’s School in north-central Nigeria, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Saturday. Armed men reportedly stormed the school, a Catholic institution located in the Papiri community of Niger state, around 2 a.m. local time on Friday.

Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Friday, 28th November, 2025 1. IGP Obeys Tinubu’s Order, Withdraws 11,566 Policemen From VIPs The Inspector General of Police,

Nigerian officials are meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau this week amid increasing focus from the Trump administration on Christians in Nigeria,

Saheed Owolabi, 34, is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in January. He faces up to 40 years in prison.

The attack in Kebbi was among a spate of recent mass abductions in Nigeria, including a raid Friday on the Saint Mary's School in north-central Niger state in which more than 300 students and staff from the Catholic school were abducted. Fifty students escaped over the weekend.

Nigerian priest Father Mathias Ashinnoitian Adugba told EWTN News that more must be done to hold people accountable for the deaths of Christians and Muslims.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has declared a nationwide emergency following two mass abductions of schoolchildren and recent attacks on civilians.