In a harrowing incident at a girls’ secondary school in north-western Nigeria, armed assailants killed a teacher and abducted at least 25 students. The attack occurred at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, in the early hours of Monday. According to police reports, the attackers engaged in a gunfight with on-duty officers before breaching the school’s perimeter fence and forcibly taking the students from their hostel. One staff member lost their life while attempting to protect the students, while another sustained gunshot wounds and is currently receiving medical treatment. Eyewitnesses described the attackers, locally referred to as bandits, as a large group that fired sporadically to instill panic. Residents reported that the gunmen led a number of girls into nearby bushland. In response, Nigerian authorities have deployed additional police tactical units, military personnel, and vigilante groups to the area. A coordinated search and rescue operation is now underway in surrounding forests and suspected escape routes. This attack underscores the ongoing security crisis in northern Nigeria, where schools have increasingly become targets for armed groups seeking ransom or leveraging deals with the government. The incident has left families in Maga in a state of fearful exhaustion as they await the safe return of their daughters.