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Security Forces Hunt for 25 Abducted Schoolgirls in Kebbi

11/20/2025

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In Kebbi State, security forces intensified efforts to locate 25 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School.
The attackers killed the school's vice principal and fled on motorcycles.
This is Kebbi's second mass abduction in four years.
Governor Nasir Idris and Nigeria's chief of army staff Lieutenant-General Waidi Shaibu pledged action to rescue the girls.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened intervention over a "Christian genocide," Nigeria disputes.

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In Kebbi State, security forces intensified efforts to locate 25 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School.
The attackers killed the school's vice principal and fled on motorcycles.
This is Kebbi's second mass abduction in four years.
Governor Nasir Idris and Nigeria's chief of army staff Lieutenant-General Waidi Shaibu pledged action to rescue the girls.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened intervention over a "Christian genocide," Nigeria disputes.