•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 […]
•Corper Imikan Inyang (R) and the pupils A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Imikan Inyang, popularly known as Backhat Dude on TikTok, has captured the attention of social media users with engaging videos featuring pupils at his place of primary assignment. The Accounting graduate posted his first classroom video on February 17, 2026...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and some of the abductees Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, yesterday, declared his preparedness to make any sacrifice, including risking his own life, to secure the release of pupils and teachers abducted by gunmen in Oriire Local Council of the state. The governor made the declaration while addressing [...
Panic swept through Minna, the Niger State capital, today as parents rushed to schools to withdraw their children following rumours of an impending attack by armed groups on educational institutions in the city. The scare also forced many shop owners to close their businesses and return home amid fears of possible insecurity, reports Vanguard....
•The protesters Civil society groups are staging a protest in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over the recent abduction of pupils and teachers in the state. The demonstration comes a few days after teachers protested in Ogbomoso, where the kidnapping incident occurred, demanding urgent action over the fate of the victims, reports Channels TV. T...
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...
•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, […]
•Terrorists The Oyo State Police Command said it has launched an intensive manhunt and rescue operation following a coordinated attack by armed hoodlums on schools and surrounding communities in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued today by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, the attack occu...
•An empty classroom at LEA Primary School in Gidan Bijimi Community in Bwari Area Council, FCT Abuja The already poor state of the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School in Gidan-Bijimi village, Kawu ward of Bwari Area Council in the FCT, has further deteriorated, as only 17 out of the 136 enrolled pupils now attend […]
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