Nigerian Government frees 130 kidnapped Catholic schoolchildren

December 22, 2025 | The New Zealand Herald

Nicholas Roll with Aminu Abubakar in Kano | The New Zealand Herald

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November, a presidential spokesman said today, after 100 were freed earlier this month.

“Another 130 abducted Niger state pupils released, none left in captivity,” Sunday Dare said in a post on X.

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