College students throughout a number of states in northern Nigeria have returned to highschool after practically two months at residence.
The tutorial establishments had been shut down by state governments over worsening insecurity late in 2025.
The closures had been ordered after a spike in assaults on colleges by bandits, together with raids on colleges in Kebbi and Niger states.
In October and November 2025, a lot of northern states introduced the non permanent shutdown of main and secondary colleges, citing intelligence studies and rincidents that raised fears of mass kidnappings.
Schooling commissioners in affected states mentioned the choice, although disruptive, was essential to guard lives, as safety businesses struggled to comprise bandits in distant communities.
State governments mentioned the choice to reopen colleges adopted what they described as an enchancment in safety circumstances.
In a number of states, authorities introduced extra security measures, together with the deployment of safety personnel to susceptible colleges, restrictions on motion throughout faculty hours, and renewed engagement with native vigilante {groups}.