•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...
•Casket of the late teacher, Adesiyan Adegboye during the burial programme in Ogbomoso The burial arrangements for late Adesiyan Adegboye, one of the teachers killed during the coordinated attack on three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, commenced today at Ayegun Baptist Church, Ogbomoso. Adegboye, 49, was killed at the sc...
•Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land Chief Gani Adams The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has warned that the South-West must urgently address growing security threats following the recent attack on Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, where teachers and students were abducted, with one teacher confirmed killed. Speaking on Chan...
•The protesting teachers Public school teachers in Oyo State today, Monday, May 18 are staging a protest demanding urgent action over the recent terrorists attack on schools in Oriire LGA of the state. Recall that on Friday, gunmen riding motorcycles invaded communities within the Ahoro-Esiele/Yawota axis of Oriire, Ogbomoso, and abducted stud...
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