Nigerian authorities confirmed the release of approximately 100 schoolchildren, abducted from St. Mary's Catholic co-educational boarding school in Niger State on November 21, 2025.The children were handed over to church and school representatives in Minna on Monday, December 8, with Presidential spokesman Sunday Dare confirming their freeing, though no official comment was made on ransom.Niger state governor
Mohammed Bago stated that health workers and specialists would conduct examinations before the children's return to their parents in
Papiri, while the Christian Association of
Nigeria (
CAN) estimates about 165 are still in captivity.