An unknown number of pupils have been abducted by armed men from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, the second mass school kidnapping this week.
The latest attack targeted St. Mary's School in Niger state, where authorities had already ordered the temporary closure of all boarding schools due to rising security threats.
Details remain unclear, but residents fear that close to 100 students and staff may have been taken away during the early-morning raid.
Nigeria has faced a renewed wave of attacks by armed groups in recent days, including the kidnapping on Monday of more than 20 schoolgirls, who are said to be Muslim, from a boarding school in neighbouring Kebbi state.
A church was also attacked further south, in Kwara state, with two people killed and 38 abducted while the service was being broadcast online.
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