•Davido performs at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Countdown Concerts at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, yesterday Nigeria’s Afrobeats star Davido yesterday drew global attention to the plight of the abducted Oyo schoolchildren and teachers by wearing a jacket bearing their names during his performance at the 2026 FIFA World Cup C...
•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...
The National Executive Council of National Association of Proprietors of Private School (NAPPS) has decried the continued detention of the teachers and pupils kidnapped from public schools in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State and other parts of the country. In a statement by its National President Hajia Samira Jibir and National Secreta...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero Nigerian workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress, have declared total support for the nationwide strike action by the Nigeria Union of Teachers and called for the immediate release of pupils, students and teachers abducted by kidnappers across the country. In a statement issued today and signed by its ...
•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...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has assured the families of pupils and teachers abducted in communities around Oriire Local Government Area that his administration will do everything possible within the ambit of the law to secure their safe release. The governor gave the assurance yesterday during a visit to Ahoro-Esiele community, where he...
•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 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...
Parents under the aegis of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, have frowned at today’s invasion of some schools in Borno and Oyo states where some students and teachers were abducted by yet to be identified armed men. The parents noted that the evil act of attacking schools should not be allowed to […]
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