Nigeria: Hundreds of Schoolgirls Abducted in Raid

26 February 2021

Gunmen have abducted hundreds of children in an attack on a boarding school. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said his government would not "succumb to blackmail by bandits."

An armed gang abducted over 300 schoolgirls in an attack on a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, authorities said on Friday.

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