By Adeola Badru A fresh crisis has emerged within the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after six of the party’s 11 governorship aspirants rejected the emergence of Senator Sharafadeen Alli as the party’s gubernatorial candidate for the 2027 general election. The aggrieved aspirants insisted that…

…expressing concern over recent abductions of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State.

Oyo state is vulnerable to human trafficking due to border with Benin Republic - NAPTIP The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has identified Oyo State as a major source, transit and destination point for human trafficking, warning residents to be cautious of fake job offers, scholar…

…Opeifa made the pledge on Friday during a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Olugbenga Abimbola, at the Command Headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan. He was accompanied by the Commissioner of Police, Nigeria Railway Police Command, CP Lasisi Titilola. The NRC boss commended the Oyo State Pol…

…they approached the rescue of the 44 abducted pupils and teachers of Oriire schools in Oyo State with the determination to save them because they regarded the victims as their own children. The officers made the disclosure on Friday while meeting with the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun? Wait no—Inspector…

…the recent k!dnapping of students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo state. The 10-count charges filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja, border on terrorism, kidnapping, concealment, incitement and illegal mining. The defendants, all of Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State, are alleged…

…successfully rescued last Friday following a joint military and security operation in Oyo State. The victims were initially seized on May 15, 2026, when heavily armed terrorists launched a coordinated assault on three separate schools within the Oriire Local Government Area. In a video circulating widely across digital…

…to free the abducted children. “We just finished prayer for the officer we lost in the Oyo State school abduction incident. You remember I called all of you here some few weeks back where I advised you and told you you’ll be joining other sister agency in a very serious national assignment. “I’m happy you guys went and…

…after the abduction of pupils, students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, has appealed to the Federal Government and Governor Seyi Makinde to help recover his remains for a dignified burial. The deceased's wife and his elder brother and widow made the appeal days after the rescue of the 39 pupi…

…than any staging. “They said the children were wearing matching ankara. Are they not in Oyo State? Don’t they know that the government has ordered that schoolchildren should be wearing native attires on Friday? “Primary school pupils in private schools now wear native wears on Friday. We the teachers wore native attire…

I do not support the call by Oyo State Governor SeyiMakinde that international bodies like the United Nations (UN) should participate in probing the 56-day abduction of 39 pupils and six teachers in the state. In receiving the freed victims, he called “on the appropriate international human rights and accountability me…

Capricorn Concierge Tourism Services, in partnership with the Oyo State Ministry of Culture and Tourism, is recruiting the manpower that will manage the Nigeria Domestic Tourism Club (NDTC) across schools in the state. The initiative is designed to equip participants with practical skills and create opportunities withi…

…press conference on Thursday, at the Aare Afe Babalola Bar Centre, Iyaganku, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Olagunju said the association was demanding for the adoption of the National Identification Number, the use of registered members’ phone numbers for voter verification, full compliance with the agreed electoral r…

…who was among the pupils abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Wednesday, recounted his 56-day ordeal in captivity with a message of courage, saying, “I’m not afraid to return to school.” The minor described how he and other victims trekked for an entire day to the kidnappers’ camp and…

There is no well-meaning Nigerian who is not relieved that the Oyo State kidnap saga ended happily despite the eight fatalities and the 56 agonising days it took to embrace the light at the end of what was, to all intents and purposes, a very dark chapter in Nigeria’s beleaguered history. The mass abduction, which took…

…two months in captivity following the abduction in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State has narrated the child’s traumatic experience, alleging that the terrorists beat him whenever he asked about his family and fed the captives garri without sugar. The revelation was made by one of the pupil’s relatives in an int…

Police rescue kidnapped 5-year-old girl, arrest two suspects in Oyo The Oyo State Police Command has rescued a five-year-old kidnap victim, Fikayo Gbemiga and arrested two suspects. The suspects, Seyi Adegboye and Adefemi Adegboye, abducted the minor from her residence in the Iyana Offa area of Ibadan on July 3, 2026.…

…secured the release of abducted pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State cannot be replicated in every kidnapping case because each security operation presents different challenges.Ngoshe stated this on Wednesday, July 15, during an appearance on Channels Television's The Morning Brief while res…

…rescue of pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. In a statement personally signed on Wednesday, the former Abia State governor described the rescue as “a great relief to the victims, their families and the nation.” He praised the coordinated efforts of the Office of the…

…over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Oyo State - Historian and Professor of African Studies Toyin Falola has called on the National Assembly to embed invocations of the Yoruba deities Sango and Ogun into the oath of office taken by public officials.He argued that spirit…

…forces pressured the kidnappers of Oriire Local Government Area pupils and teachers in Oyo State into releasing their captives after surrounding their hideout and cutting off their support channels. Ngoshe, while speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Wednesday, praised the Nigerian Armed Forces and oth…

The Senate on Tuesday cautioned Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over his call for a United Nations-led investigation into the abduction and rescue of 39 pupils and six teachers in the state, warning that such remarks could undermine the efforts of the Federal Government and security agencies in tackling insecurity. T…

…call for UN probe of Ogbomoso school abduction The Nigerian Senate has blasted the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, for calling for a United Nations-led probe into the abduction of pupils and teachers from Oriire Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at the plenary on Tuesday, July 14, the Senate asked the gove…

…Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has slammed Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, following his call for a United Nations (UN)-backed investigation into the abduction of pupils and teachers. While delivering a statewide broadcast on Monday, July 13, Governor Makinde urged the UN…

…Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has criticised Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde over the latter's recent remarks. Seyi Makinde on Monday, July 13, called on the United Nations to launch an independent investigation into the abduction of the Oyo schoolchildren and teachers. Makinde, who s…