#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

Nigerian authorities have launched a search for some 25 schoolgirls abducted by gunmen who attacked their high school in northwestern Nigeria's Kebbi State. The pre-dawn attack on Monday left the school's vice principal dead. One of the students reportedly escaped her captors. No group immediately claimed responsibility for abducting the girls from the boarding school. Nigeria is facing a multidimensional security challenge, specifically from amorphous groups of armed bandits who specialise in k