The abductions came only days after gunmen kinapped 25 girls from a high school in Kebbi state. Photo: AP PHOTO

Armed men have attacked a Catholic school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted several schoolchildren and staff, days after 25 schoolgirls were abducted in a neighbouring state.

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The attack and abductions early on Friday took place at St Mary's School, a Catholic institution in Agwara local government's Papiri community, said Abubakar Usman, the secretary to the Niger state government.

He did not disclose the number of students and staff abducted.

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