Nigeria, March 9 -- At least 15 pupils have been abducted from a Tsangaya school by terrorists who raided Gidan Bakuso in Gada Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Saturday.

A Tsangaya or almajiri school is a facility for the teaching of the Quoran and Islamic knowledge.

The latest abduction is coming a few days after terrorists abducted 287 pupils of primary and secondary schools in Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Gidan Bakuso is located in the eastern part of Sokoto State and shares border with Niger Republic.

The terrorists were said to have attacked a house and abducted a woman but made a stop-over at the Tsangaya school.

"The terrorists abducted a woman inside the community and were going out when the...