The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State Wing, has directed all public primary and secondary school teachers across the state to embark on an indefinite strike beginning today, Monday, June 1, 2026, over the continued abduction of teachers and pupils. The union said the industrial action became necessary following the failure to secure t...
•Kidnapped Major General Rabe Abubakar (rtd) Suspected armed bandits have abducted retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, a former Director of Defence Information, along with his wife in Katsina State. Reports say the incident happened along the Katsina–Matazu road when the retired senior military officer was travelling with his wife yesterday. ...
•Students protest The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Akinteye Babatunde Afeez, has called on all branches of the association, along with allied partners, to participate in a solidarity and advocacy rally in Oyo State on Monday, June 1, following the kidnapping of students and teachers in Oriire Local Governm...
•Gunmen Two staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) have reportedly been kidnapped in Ibadan, Oyo State. This comes as the state police command dismissed viral reports of a mass abduction in Abanla community and other parts of Ibadan, the state capital, reports Daily Trust. In a statement issued yesterday, police spokes...
•Nigerian Senate Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, yesterday condemned the abduction of 87 students and teachers in Borno and Oyo states within 24 hours. Bamidele, also Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, added that the recent abduction accentuated the need to expedite the establishment of state ...
• Terrorists No fewer than 45 pupils have been reported abducted during the Friday attack on three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The schools attacked were Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota; Community Grammar School, Esiele; and L.A. Primary School. It was gathered that tension is rising in the state following [...
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday stormed a residential estate in the Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State and abducted three persons said to be members of the same family. The Police Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, confirmed the incident. It was gathered that the suspected gunmen, numbering about 15, invaded Ipojo Golden Es...
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has confirmed the abduction of two of its staff members in its Ogun region. The company expressed deep concern over the whereabouts of the abducted employees and the condition of their families during the period of uncertainty, reports The Nation. In a statement issued today, IBEDC management...
A 31-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested for allegedly plotting to kidnap his aunt, the woman who raised him for a decade, police said yesterday. The suspect, identified as Chukwemeka Destiny, was apprehended by operatives of the Delta State Police Command after he paid ₦900,000 to individuals he believed were kidnappers, according to poli...
Security operatives in Benue State have arrested seven suspects in connection with the kidnapping incident in Otukpo Local Government Area. The development was confirmed in a statement issued yesterday by the Police Public Relations Officer for the Benue State Command, Udeme Edet. The abduction occurred on Wednesday when gunmen attacked a comm...
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