Over 600 pupils, teachers abducted despite N145bn Safe-School scheme

Tinubu, Makinde set up special forces as terrorists turn schools into hunting grounds - Businessday NG

Governor Makinde confirmed 32–46 victims (including a 2-year-old) abducted in coordinated school attacks across Oyo and Borno, while President Tinubu deployed 1,000 forest guards and a special rescue unit to the South-West. ACLED data recording 2,416 school kidnappings across 13 states signals that Nigeria's security collapse has now reached regions previously considered stable, raising operational risk for multinationals and NGOs with staff or assets in the South-West corridor.