The Christian Association of Nigeria said 215 students and 12 members of staff were taken during the raid on Friday.

The Christian Association of Nigeria condemns the abduction of students at St. Mary’s Catholic Schools in Niger State, calling for urgent rescue efforts.

An armed gang entered St Mary’s Papiri Private Catholic Secondary School, Papiri, in the state of Niger in Nigeria, and have reportedly kidnapped more than 50 students this morning

Armed gangsters abducted the children from a school in Agwara, in central Nigeria - the second kidnapping incident in less than a week.

Terrorists attacked St. Mary’s Catholic Secondary School in Papiri, Niger state, abducting students, confirmed senior aide Mohammed Inuwa on Friday, November 21.

Armed men abduct children and staff from a Catholic school in Nigeria, escalating ongoing violence against educational institutions.

Students and teachers were taken captive from a Catholic school in the latest in a wave of such attacks in the country.

The Niger government has opened up on earlier intelligence before the abduction of pupils at the St. Mary’s School in Agwara LGA of the state on Friday, November 21.

Gunmen have attacked a Catholic school in Nigeria, abducting more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers.

Eyewitnesses tell Legit.ng how terrorists attacked a Niger Catholic school, shooting a security guard and abducting dozens of pupils and teachers.

While no group has yet claimed responsibility, Nigeria has long battled kidnapping networks ranging from Boko Haram — responsible for the infamous Chibok schoolgirl abduction in 2014 — to heavily armed criminal gangs known locally as bandits.

Security agencies comprising police tactical units, military components and others have launched a search for the abducted students of St. Mary Secondary

Armed men attacked a Catholic school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted several schoolchildren and staff early Friday.

Nigeria has grabbed global headlines again following a spate of attacks by gunmen involving the kidnapping of dozens of students from two

Nigeria sees another attack on Christians as gunmen abduct Catholic school students, following recent church and boarding school kidnapping incidents.

The chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Niger State chapter, Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, has confirmed that 227 people, including

The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has confirmed that armed attackers raided St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State, in

The command spokesperson and a Superintendent of Police, SP Wasiu Abiodun, revealed this in a statement in Minna on Friday.

Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has alleged that external actors are providing terrorists with intelligence and satellite support under the

A Nigerian lawyer reacted to the abduction of students in a Catholic School in Niger state. He asked two deep questions after watching CNN report about the attack