A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary's School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria's Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said.

It’s been over a decade since Boko Haram abducted 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Borno, in April 2014. The abduction received international attention,

Nigeria has suffered its second mass school abduction this week with authorities confirming an attack on a Catholic school in the north central Kebbi state

The mass abduction comes just weeks after Trump threatened military action in Nigeria over violence against Christians.

Nigeria is under renewed global scrutiny after gunmen abducted more than 300 students from a Catholic school in the northwest, the second major attack this week following a deadly assault on a church service.

Nigeria sees another attack on Christians as gunmen abduct Catholic school students, following recent church and boarding school kidnapping incidents.

Nigeria has shut dozens of schools following a spate of abductions that saw hundreds of children kidnapped this week.

More than 300 children and staff are thought to have been abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria this week, one of the worst mass kidnappings ever recorded there.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, a separatist group in southeastern Nigeria, remains committed to peaceful self-determination after a court sentenced its leader to life in prison for terrorism.