•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...
•Protesters against the kidnappings The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Malick Fall, has called for the immediate and safe release of schoolchildren and teachers abducted in recent attacks in Oyo and Borno states. Fall made the call after meeting with a delegation from the National Safe Schools Response...
•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...
•The Nigeria Teachers’ Congress and Oyo State Teachers’ Action Group A concerned Nigerian group, today called for the immediate rescue of teachers and pupils abducted in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, as anxiety mounts over the fate of the victims said to have been taken on May 15, 2026, in the Esiele and Yawota areas. The group, […]
•(Photo L-R)Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde; Oyo State Gubernatorial Candidate of Allied People’s Movement (APM), Hon Abimbola Adekanmbi and his wife, Dr Olukemi Adekanmbi The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has adopted Bimbo Adekanmbi as its consensus governorship candidate ahead of the 2027 general elections in Oyo State. The adoption took pl...
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