- Scores of students seized in week of escalating attacks
- Tinubu withdraws VIP police escorts to boost national security
ABUJA, NIGERIA – Nigeria has shut dozens of schools indefinitely after a sweeping rise in mass kidnappings, including the abduction of more than 260 pupils in a single incident last week.
The Federal Ministry of Education ordered the closure of 41 Unity Schools — elite federal secondary colleges — as a precaution. At least seven states, including Bauchi, Kwara, Plateau, Niger, Benue, Taraba and Katsina, issued similar shutdown orders amid fears that armed groups are widening their targets.
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