Archive · 9 Dec 2025
Nigerian Students Reunited with Families After Kidnapping
A long time ago, some bad people took more than 300 students and 12 teachers from a school in Nigeria.
After a while, 100 students were rescued and are now going back to their families.
Some students escaped right after they were taken, but more than 100 are still missing.
The government and experts are not sure how the rescue happened, and they are not telling all the details.
The students who were rescued are getting medical help and will talk to people who can help them feel better after what happened.
The families are very happy to have their children back and hope this never happens again.
100 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued from kidnappers and reunited with families after medical checks.
More than 300 pupils and 12 staff were initially kidnapped from St Mary’s boarding school on November 21.
50 students escaped soon after the kidnapping, while over 100 remain unaccounted for.
Details of the rescue operation are unclear, with questions about negotiations, ransom payments, or security operations.
Freed students underwent medical checks and will receive mental health support from experts.
- Who
- 300+ students and 12 staff from St Mary’s boarding school, Nigerian government, security experts, parents, UNICEF
- What
- Kidnapping and subsequent rescue of students, medical and mental health checks, questions about the rescue operation
- When
- Kidnapping on November 21, rescue and reunion on December 9
- Where
- St Mary’s boarding school, Minna, Papiri, Niger state, Nigeria
- Why
- Mass kidnapping for unknown reasons, rescue operation details unclear
- Date of Kidnapping
- November 21
- Number of Students Kidnapped
- 300+
- Number of Staff Kidnapped
- 12
- Number of Students Freed
- 100
- Number of Students Escaped
- 50
- Number of Students Still Missing
- 100-153 (disputed)
- Location of Reunion
- Papiri, Niger
- Distance from Minna to Papiri
- 7-hour drive