The Niger State CAN reports that 303 kids have been kidnapped from the St. Mary Private Primary and Secondary schools. In the early hours of Friday, gunmen invaded the St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, abducted 215 students and 12 instructors. The number of kidnapped kids was revised to 303 after a verification process and additional investigations, bringing the total number of victims—including 12 teachers—to 315.
Information regarding the victims kidnapped during Tuesday's attack on the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Isegun, in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area, Kwara State, where gunmen killed two worshipers and took dozens more, has surfaced. The National Pilot released a list of 38 kidnapped churchgoers on Thursday, claiming to have gathered the information from local sources. An Ilorin-based daily reports that "30 of the 38 abductees are women," and "the youngest victim is seven years old and the oldest is sixty-four."
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency discovered 20 kilograms of cocaine concealed on a Brazil-bound freighter, the MV Nord Bosporus, at Lagos' Apapa dock. The ship, its skipper, and 19 other Filipino crew members were detained following a court order obtained by the Agency.
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have abducted students and staff from St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The exact number of those kidnapped is yet to be confirmed.
Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, the Chief of Army Staff, has requested that soldiers participating in Operation HADIN KAI stay vigilant and adopt an assertive stance during continuing operations against terrorists in the Northeast. This was revealed in a statement released on Thursday by Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, the Media Information Officer for JTF Operation HADIN KAI.
One of the 25 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, Kebbi state, has escaped captivity and returned home, the school principal told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The girls were abducted when gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, whisking away 25 girls from the dormitory, and killing a staff member at the school.
