On November 17, 2025, armed bandits invaded the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, killed the vice principal, and kidnapped twenty-five schoolgirls. Twenty-four hours later, another group of gunmen attacked a CAC Church in Eruku, Kwara State, killing three worshippers, injuring scores more, and kidnapping thirty-five congregants. Less than one week after those attacks, on November 21 in Papiri, Niger State, 303 students and 12 teachers at St. Mary’s School were kidnapped in one of the largest school kidnappings in recent Nigerian history, with most of them still held captive.