Nigerian schools on lockdown after massive kidnapping of 315 people

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303 students and 12 teachers were kidnapped from St. Mary’s Co-Education School in Niger state, Nigeria, in one of the country’s largest mass abductions.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of Nigeria's largest mass abductions,

00:08the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, set on Saturday, deepening security fears in the country.

00:15The early Friday raid on St. Mary's Co-Education School in Niger State

00:20came just days after gunmen abducted 25 girls from a secondary school in neighboring Kebi State.

00:26CAN revised its initial estimate after a verification exercise,

00:31reporting 303 students and 12 teachers seized nearly half the school's enrollment.

00:37The Nigerian government has not commented on the updated figures.

00:40Niger State Governor Mohamed Umar Bago has ordered all schools closed,

00:45following similar shutdowns in Katsina and Plateau,

00:48while the National Education Ministry has suspended operations at 47 boarding schools.

00:54President Bola Tinubu has canceled foreign travel,

00:58including a trip to the G20 summit in Johannesburg, to manage the crisis.

01:03The school raids and a separate attack on a church in western Nigeria,

01:07where two people were killed and dozens abducted,

01:10follow comments by U.S. President Donald Trump threatening military action over violence against Christians in Nigeria.

01:17U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Nigeria to take urgent and enduring action to protect Christians,

01:24the Pentagon said after meeting with Nigerian National Security Advisor Nuhu Ribadu.

01:30No group has claimed responsibility, though kidnap-for-ransom gangs frequently target rural schools with weak security.

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