Armed men abduct 25 schoolgirls in Nigeria's northern Kebbi state

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Gunmen have abducted 25 girls from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, according to police. The attack took place at 4am on Monday local time (3am UK time), leaving one staff member dead and another injured. Police spokesperson Nafi'u Abubakar Kotarkoshi said the assailants were armed with "sophisticated weapons" and exchanged fire with guards before abducting the girls. He said teams were searching suspected escape routes and surrounding forests to find the abducted students and