Nigeria to recruit extra police officers after abductions

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Global News Podcast

2025-11-25

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The Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria says 265 people are still missing after a mass kidnapping from a school in Niger state on Friday. Among those unaccounted for are dozens of nursery and primary school children and 12 members of staff. The Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, ordered the recruitment of an extra thirty thousand police officers in the latest attempt by the federal authorities to bring an end to the chronic insecurity in the north of the country. Also: American-led hopes of a breakthrough in the Ukraine peace talks have been tempered by European leaders who have stressed that Russia must come to the table. A suicide bombing attack kills several people in Pakistan at a paramilitary headquarters in Peshawar. Police said the bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the compound and two other attackers were shot dead. The US designation of the Venezuelan Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation comes into force as Washington ramps up its pressure on the president Nicolas Maduro. South Korea's most prolific online sex criminal is sentenced to life in prison, after being convicted of exploiting dozens of people by spreading thousands of sexual abuse materials using an encrypted messaging app. And how conservation efforts in Kenya are starting to revive the fortunes of endangered Black rhinos. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
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  • This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Alex Ritzen and at 18 hours GMT on Monday the 24th of November these are our main stories.

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  • Nigeria's president has ordered the recruitment of a further 30,000 police officers after a series of mass abductions in recent days.

  • President Bola Tinubu's office also says officers currently assigned to protect VIPs will be redeployed to frontline duties.

  • The Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria says 265 people are still missing after a mass kidnapping from a school in Niger State on Friday.

  • Authorities in several Niger...

  • in states ordered schools to shut following the mass abduction in Nigeria and another smaller hostage-taking in Keby state on Monday when 25 pupils were kidnapped from a boarding school.

  • The abductors have not been identified but are believed to be criminal gangs seeking ransom payments.

  • The BBC heard from this man who witnessed the latest abductions.

  • They've been moved along on foot the way shepherds control their hearts.

  • The gunmen ride their motorbikes while controlling the girls and sarcastically tell them to run,

  • run.