{"id":24936,"date":"2025-12-17T17:34:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=24936"},"modified":"2025-12-17T17:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:34:27","slug":"ola-sisters-plead-for-global-help-as-165-remain-captive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/ola-sisters-plead-for-global-help-as-165-remain-captive\/","title":{"rendered":"OLA Sisters Plead for Global Help as 165 Remain Captive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PAPIRI, NIGERIA \u2014 Armed men stormed St. Mary\u2019s Catholic schools on 21, November, 2025, dragging away hundreds of children and teachers. Nearly a month later, 165 remain in captivity, and the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) are pleading for the world to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attackers seized 265 students and staff at gunpoint. Roughly 100 have since been freed, but the rest \u2014 some barely old enough to read \u2014 are still held in the bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a tragedy plunging families into fear and uncertainty,\u201d the OLA Sisters said, demanding urgent international intervention. Their appeal has turned into a rallying cry across Nigeria and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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St. Mary\u2019s Catholic School: Emotional reunion as some abducted leaners return home\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In Papiri, parents keep vigil by candlelight, praying for their children\u2019s safe return. One mother broke down: \u201cEvery night I dream my child is home. Every morning, I wake to the nightmare.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community elders branded the raid \u201can assault on our future,\u201d<\/em> warning that the abduction threatens the very survival of education in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria\u2019s Catholic bishops echoed the alarm, declaring that \u201cschools are under siege\u201d<\/em> and urging authorities to deliver more than promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Catholic groups in Europe and America have joined the chorus, pressing governments and NGOs to step in. Human rights advocates say the case exposes Nigeria\u2019s deepening security collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials in Abuja insist rescue operations are underway, but critics dismiss the pledges as \u201cempty assurances\u201d<\/em> after years of repeated mass kidnappings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global NGOs are now calling for coordinated action, arguing Nigeria cannot fight this crisis alone. The Sisters\u2019 plea has amplified pressure on leaders to move beyond rhetoric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, the children remain missing, families remain broken, and Papiri waits in agony \u2014 its cry for help echoing across the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PAPIRI, NIGERIA \u2014 Armed men stormed St. Mary\u2019s Catholic schools on 21, November, 2025, dragging away hundreds of children and teachers. Nearly a month later, 165 remain in captivity, and the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) are pleading for the world to act. The attackers seized 265 students and staff at gunpoint. Roughly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":24942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sisters-of-OLA.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24945,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24936\/revisions\/24945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}