Kidnapping

Nigeria School Abduction Highlights Governance Failure

A mass Nigeria School Abduction occurred on 21 November 2025, when armed individuals seized 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri town, north-central Nigeria’s Niger State. The abduction, which represents the second mass school attack in the region within a week, has escalated concerns regarding institutional security failures in Africa’s most populous...