Nigeria ‘No Longer Safe for Children,’ Catholic Bishop Says After Abduction of 25 Girls

November 21, 2025 World News

ACI Africa
Bishop Bulus Yohana Dauwa of Nigeria’s Diocese of Kontagora. In an interview with ACI Africa on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, Dauwa described the recent kidnapping of 25 schoolgirls is a tragic reminder that the country is no longer “safe for its children.”

It was only after the gunmen had fled that security personnel instructed teachers to conduct a roll call, during which the missing girls were discovered.

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