BREAKING: FG Shuts 41 Unity Schools Nationwide Amid Rising Student Abductions (Full List)

• The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of 41 Federal Unity Schools across the country following a surge in student abductions, including the recent kidnapping of 25 schoolgirls in Kebbi State.

The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of 41 Federal Government Colleges (Federal Unity Colleges) across the country as fears grow over rising kidnappings targeting schoolchildren.

This directive follows recent abductions in Kebbi and Niger States, including the kidnapping of 25 schoolgirls earlier this week.

In a statement issued late Friday, the Director of Senior Secondary Education at the Federal Ministry of Education, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir, announced that the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, approved the shutdown to prevent any further security breaches.

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According to the circular dated November 21, 2025, titled “Closure of Forty-One (41) Federal Unity Colleges”, principals were instructed to comply immediately.

FULL LIST OF THE 41 AFFECTED UNITY SCHOOLS:

1. FGGC Minjibir
2. FTC Ganduje
3. FGGC Zaria
4. FTC Kafanchan
5. FGGC Bakori
6. FTC Dayi
7. FGC Daura
8. FGGC Tambuwal
9. FSC Sokoto
10. FTC Wurno
11. FGC Gusau
12. FGC Anka
13. FGGC Gwandu
14. FGC Birnin Yauri
15. FTC Zuru
16. FGGC Kazaure
17. FGC Kiyawa
18. FTC Hadejia
19. FGGC Bida
20. FGC New-Bussa
21. FTC Kuta-Shiroro
22. FGA Suleja
23. FGC Ilorin
24. FGC Omu-Aran
25. FTC Gwanara
26. FGC Ugwolawo
27. FGGC Kabba
28. FTC Ogugu
29. FGGC Buwari
30. FGC Rubochi
31. FGGC Abaji
32. FGGC Potiskum
33. FGC Buni Yadi
34. FTC Gashua
35. FTC Michika
36. FGC Ganye
37. FGC Azare
38. FTC Misau
39. FGGC Bajoga
40. FGC Billiri
41. FTC Zambuk

The directive comes after gunmen attacked the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Kebbi State on Monday. Armed with sophisticated weapons, they invaded the school around 4:00 a.m., killed a staff member, and abducted 25 students.

Police said officers were deployed but the attackers had already forced the students out of their hostel and escaped to an unknown location.

This incident adds to a troubling history of school abductions, echoing the 2014 kidnapping of nearly 300 girls in Chibok.

Reacting on Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu expressed deep sorrow over both the Kebbi school abductions and the killing of Brigadier General Musa Uba and other soldiers in Borno State.

“I am deeply saddened by these tragedies. The families of the kidnapped schoolgirls and our fallen soldiers are in my prayers,” Tinubu wrote on X.

Security agencies have intensified operations to rescue the abducted students as the Federal Government evaluates further steps to secure schools nationwide.