More than 300 students and teachers were abducted from a Nigerian school in one of the country's largest mass kidnappings, a Christian group said on Saturday, adding to growing concerns about security in Africa's most populous nation.

The early Friday raid on St Mary's co-education school in Niger state, western Nigeria, followed another attack just days earlier, when gunmen stormed a secondary school in neighbouring Kebbi state and abducted 25 girls.

The missing boys and girls, who were aged between eight and 18 years, make up almost half of St Mary's total student population of 629, AFP reported.

How is government responding to the situation?

The Nigerian government has not yet commented on the exact number of students and teachers abducted from the school. However, Niger state g

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