•The two aircraft The Oyo State government has taken delivery of the two long-awaited security surveillance aircraft. The two aircraft, which arrived at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport, Ibadan, today, are expected to support aerial surveillance, intelligence collection and rapid security response across Oyo State and adjoining areas, report...
•EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from proceeding with its planned investigation into the finances of the Oyo State government, describing the exercise as speculative and amounting to a fishing expedition. Justice Nkeonye Maha, who delivered j...
•’Pure water’ The Association of Table Water Producers in Oyo State has urged the Oyo State House of Assembly to reconsider its proposed bill seeking to ban sachet water, popularly referred to as Pure Water, as part of efforts to phase out single-use plastics, warning that foreign investors are already threatening to withdraw from ...
•Tinubu and terrorists Barely days after security forces secured the release of the 39 pupils and seven teachers abducted from Oriire, Oyo State, another school came under attack. On Tuesday, July 14, armed men stormed Government Secondary School, Olowa in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State while students were writing the National Exam...
•Governor Makinde and militants The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State Wing, has raised concern over the abduction of a primary school headmaster in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of the state. This comes days after the release of teachers and pupils in Oriire LGA, reports Daily Independent. The Chairperson of the Nigeria Union of [&h...
•General Musa (rtd) The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has explained why security forces are yet to rescue the pupils and teachers abducted in Oyo State, saying the kidnappers threatened to kill the captives if troops advanced on their hideout. Musa stated this in a preview of an interview with News Central TV shared on […]
The Southwest Security Stakeholders Group (SSSG) has issued a strong demand to the federal government and the Oyo State government to take urgent and decisive action to secure the release of kidnapped victims in Igbope, Oorelope Local Government Area, and the abducted school children in Ahoro-Esinele, Ogbomoso, both in Oyo State. In a statemen...
•The protesters There is gridlock at the popular Iwo Road area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, as protesters have barricaded the major route today. The protesters converged in the area around 10 am, led by a human rights group, Take It Back Movement, reports The PUNCH. The protesters are demanding an end to insecurity […]
•Agbedi and Tinubu The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Frederick Agbedi, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s failure to visit Oyo State in the wake of the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in the state. Agbedi spoke when he featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, asking Tinubu to resign if he [&hell...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Private schools have been shut across Oyo in solidarity over abducted pupils and teachers. The closure was coordinated by the Coalition of Private Schools in Oyo State, which also organised a special prayer session for the safe return of the abductees, reports The Guardian. The coalition comprises the Nation...
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