Nigeria has suffered one of its worst mass kidnapping as gunmen abducted over 300 schoolchildren in Niger state in central Nigeria on Friday, amid security fears.

Earlier, it was estimated that 227 students were abducted. However, the Christian Association of Nigeria on Saturday said that the number of students and teachers abducted from a Catholic school St Mary's co-education school is 315.

"This now makes it 303 students (and) ... 12 teachers, bringing the total number of abducted persons to 315," it said in a statement.

No group has so far claimed the responsibility.

On Monday, the gunmen stormed a secondary school in neighbouring Kebbi state, abducting 25 girls.

The two abduction operations have taken place since US President Donald Trump threatened military action over what he c

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