Gunmen Abduct 25 Girls from Nigeria School, Kill Vice Principal

Armed gunmen stormed a government girls' boarding school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, abducting 25 female students, killing the vice principal, and wounding another staff member, police confirmed.

The attack occurred around 4 a.m. at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, a village in the Danko-Wasagu area of Kebbi State. According to Kebbi State police spokesperson Nafiu Abubakar Kotarkoshi, the assailants, armed with sophisticated weapons, fired sporadically as they scaled the school's perimeter fence and entered a hostel to seize the students. Guards at the school exchanged gunfire with the intruders, but the gunmen escaped with their captives toward nearby forests, possibly heading into neighboring Zamfara State.

Vice Principal Hassan Yakubu Makuku was shot dead while attempting to resist the attackers, police said. A security guard, identified as Ali Shehu, sustained a gunshot wound to his right hand. No other casualties were reported among the students or remaining staff.

In response, a joint team comprising police tactical units, military personnel, and local vigilantes has been deployed to scour suspected escape routes and...