A fresh wave of alarm has gripped Nigeria after armed bandits abducted 25 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Kebbi State during a pre-dawn attack on November 17. The attackers, armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed the compound, killed a staff member, injured a guard, and fled with the girls before security teams arrived. The attack echoes a disturbing pattern of mass school kidnappings across northern Nigeria, from the 2021 Kebbi raid to the 2014 Chibok abduction that sparked global outrage. UNICEF and Save the Children warn that thousands of children have been affected by abductions, violence, and forced recruitment over the past decade.