Nigeria school attacks mainly occurred in poorer north

Since the Chibok abductions in April 2014, violence targeting schools in northern Nigeria has intensified. Save the Children has verified at least 69 more incidents between February 2014 and December 2022. Overall, at least 1,680 girls and boys, as well as 60 teachers and school workers, have been kidnapped, and 184 learners and 14 staff killed.

Number of school attacks per Nigerian geopolitical region, Feb. 2014–Dec. 2022

Note: Data was collected through desk research across Nigeria as well as field research in Borno, Yobe, Kaduna and Katsina states (northeastern and northwestern Nigeria), including interviews and focus groups with schoolteachers, schoolchildren, parents, security personnel and community leaders.

Source: Save the Children

Graphic: Lou Robinson and Krystina Shveda, CNN