Yunusa Umar, Author at Crux

Freed students of the St. Mary's Catholic School in the Papiri community upon arrival at the government house in Minna, Nigeria on Dec. 8, 2025. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Church in Africa

100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released but more are still held

by Chinedu Asadu, Yunusa Umar and Associated Press December 9, 2025

Police and government officials walk past St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School where gunmen on Friday abducted children and staff in Papiri community, Nigeria, on Nov. 25, 2025. (Credit: Yunusa Umar/AP.)

Church in Africa

Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren

by Yunusa Umar, Ope Adetayo and Associated Press November 27, 2025

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