Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said, as security fears mounted in Africa's most populous nation.

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

Friday's incident in Niger state is the largest mass kidnapping of school children since March 2024.

Gunmen kidnapped 227 pupils and teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, officials said Friday, in the second brazen school abduction in a week. All of the 215 students taken from St Mary's school in Niger state were girls, according to a spokesman for the Christian Association of Nigeria…

The kidnapping comes amid a surge of attacks by armed groups in the African nation.

The kidnapping comes amid a surge of attacks by armed groups and Islamist insurgents in the country. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The Christian Association of Nigeria said 215 Catholic school students in Central Nigeria were kidnapped on Friday by a group of armed men.

Christian group reports 315 students and teachers kidnapped in Nigeria, prompting school closures and urgent government response amid rising security fears.

A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on a Catholic institution in Nigeria.

Gunmen abducted 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s School in Niger state, Nigeria, according to an updated tally issued Saturday by the Christian Association of Nigeria.

The two abduction operations and an attack on a church have happened since US President Donald Trump threatened military action.

More than 300 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution, in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. The tally was changed “after a verification exercise and a…

The number of boys and girls kidnapped from St Mary's is almost half of the school's student population of 629.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - The Christian Association of Nigeria on Saturday increased its estimate of the number of students and teachers abducted from a Catholic school on Friday to 315 from an earlier estimate of 227. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Almost half of the school's population kidnapped in raid days after gunmen took 25 girls from educational institute in neighboring state

Authorities report 88 additional students missing following a terrorist attack on a Catholic school in Niger state, northcentral geopolitical zone of Nigeria.