Authorities and families have been provided with the names of 24 of the schoolgirls abducted from the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School

[Augusta]

Authorities and families have been provided with the names of 24 of the schoolgirls abducted from the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, Kebbi State, on 16 November 2025
The listing of the Kebbi schoolgirls comes amid ongoing security operations aimed at securing the safe return of all the girls. One student reportedly escaped during the attack, while reports indicate that two others have since returned home.

The released names of the missing students are as follows:

Senior Secondary School (SSS) 3A & B
1. Salima Garba Umar Senchi
2. Salima Sani Zirmi
3. Amina G. Umar
4. Rashida Mohammed Dungu
5. Saliha Umar
6. Aisha Usman
7. Jamila Ilyasu
8. Maryam Ilyasu
9. Naja-atu Abdullahi
10. Zaniab Kolo

SSS 2A
11. Faitma Sani Zimri
12. Hafsat Ibrahim
13. Nana Fiddausi Jibrin
14. Mas’uda Yakubu Tomo

SSS 2B
15. Hauwa’u Saleh

Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3A
16. Surayya Tukur
17. Hafsat Umar Yalmo
18. Mary Usman
19. Amina Ilyasu
20. Ikilima Suleiman

JSS 2
21. Khadija Nazifi
22. Hauwa’u Ilyasu
23. Hauwa’u Lawali
24. Ummulkursim Abdul-Karim

Security sources confirm that tactical units from the Nigeria Police and the military have been deployed to forested areas around the school in an ongoing search operation.

 

[gwolf666]

The situation with the students kidnapped in Kebbi is truly distressing. It is heartening to know that the authorities and security forces are doing everything possible to locate and rescue the girls. The published list of names helps to humanize the situation, reminding us that these are people with families and lives that depend on this operation. I hope that the operations in the forests will be effective and that all the students, especially those still in captivity, will soon be recovered. Community solidarity and international support are vital in times like these. It is also important that the investigations continue and that measures are taken to prevent similar situations from happening again in the future. My thoughts are with the affected families and the girls who are still in danger.