#FirstpostAfrica: Nigeria Responds After 25 Schoolgirls Kidnapped in New Kebbi Attack A fresh wave of alarm has gripped Nigeria after armed bandits abducted 25 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Kebbi State during a pre-dawn attack on November 17. The attackers, armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed the compound, killed a staff member, injured a guard, and fled with the girls before security teams arrived. The attack echoes a disturbing pattern of mass school kidnappings across northern

At least two of the 25 students abducted from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Nigeria’s north-western Kebbi State have managed to escape. Authorities have condemned the attack and vowed decisive action to rescue the girls. The BBC’s Chimezie Ucheagbo explains what we know so far about the situation. | BBC News Africa