Archive · 26 Nov 2025
Nigerian Schoolgirls Released After Kidnapping
In Nigeria, some bad people took 24 girls from their school in Kebbi state.
The girls were taken on November 17, and they were finally let go on November 21.
The president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, is happy that the girls are free and wants the police to work harder to stop these kinds of things from happening again.
This is not the first time something like this has happened in Nigeria.
Bad people often take kids from schools to get money.
The president wants more police in the areas where this happens a lot to keep kids safe.
24 schoolgirls were kidnapped from a government boarding school in Kebbi state, Nigeria on November 17.
The girls were released on November 21, according to the state governor’s media aide.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu welcomed the girls’ release and called for intensified efforts to free other captives.
The attack triggered a wave of copycat kidnappings in Kwara and Niger states.
Mass kidnappings for ransom have become common in northern Nigeria, often overwhelming local security forces.
- Who
- Armed men
- What
- Kidnapping of 24 schoolgirls from a government boarding school in Kebbi state, Nigeria
- When
- November 17, 2023
- Where
- Kebbi state, Nigeria
- Why
- Mass kidnappings for ransom have become common in northern Nigeria
- Date of kidnapping
- November 17
- Location of kidnapping
- Kebbi state, Nigeria
- Number of girls released
- 24
- Date of release
- November 21
- Current status of other captives
- Still held
