Police have deployed a protection squad to schools in Ogun State, Nigeria, as part of efforts to improve safety around educational institutions. According to Babaseyi, a meeting was held to strengthen cooperation among the police, school authorities, parents, students and community stakeholders, with the aim of ensuring early identification, reporting and prevention of security threats in and around schools.

The Ebonyi state government has established a panel to monitor and penalize schools that are violating the ban on graduation ceremonies. This decision comes after reports indicated that numerous school administrators continued to hold these events despite receiving multiple warnings.

As the school holidays approach, the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Tshwane has issued warnings to parents regarding the need for safety precautions to protect their children, citing rising crime rates in the area.

The Ogun State Police Command has deployed its School Protection Squad across the state as schools prepare to resume academic activities on Monday. According to Commissioner of Police Bode Ojajuni, the deployment aims to boost police visibility around schools, protect pupils, teachers and infrastructure, and ensure a swift response to any security threats during the new term.

Premium Times reports that gunmen attacked Government Day Secondary School in Lassa, Borno State, abducting schoolchildren just 35 days after officials visited the area to reassess security and ordered implementation of Safe Schools measures. The earlier directive followed a similar abduction of pupils in Mussa ten days prior. The report questions why the government's promised Safe Schools protections failed to prevent a second abduction within 45 days, highlighting persistent insecurity around schools in Borno State.

The Kogi State Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) has begun training school principals and Gender-Based Violence focal persons across the state's three senatorial districts, according to Leadership (NG). The initiative aims to prevent sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in schools. The training forms part of broader measures by the programme to curb gender-based violence and create safer learning environments for adolescent girls across Kogi State, Nigeria.