A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, the school's principal told The Associated Press on Tuesday, as hunters joined security forces in the search for the missing students in forests close to the school.

Nicki Minaj addresses United Nations on Christian persecution in Nigeria, praising Trump administration's designation of country as concern zone.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened military action over the alleged mistreatment of Christians in Nigeria. But Nigerian officials say the rise in violence is not targeted at “a particular religion.