…and Yawota Baptist Nursery and Primary School, abducting 39 pupils and seven teachers. As the attackers descended on the schools, pupils writing their tests screamed: “Bandits, bandits.” In this interview with Nigeria Info FM, one of the abducted teachers, Olatunde Zacheus, recounts the dramatic attack, their capture a…

…threat to education and the safety of learners in Nigeria. Many abducted children and teachers in other states remain in captivity. “The General Assembly welcomes the rescue of the 39 Oyo pupils and six surviving teachers. Still, the Federal Government must treat the rescue of all abducted children and teachers who rem…

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

…the community. Speaking during the reunion day, Navy Lt. Commander Suleiman Rabiu, Head teacher traced the history of the Nigeria Navy Primary School. Beyond the activities, many of the old pupils of the school excitedly recounted to FRED IWENJORA about life and times at NNPS Apapa. First is Leonard Aro, a development…

Newly-promoted 'Teacher of the Year' is arrested for 'having s3x with student' A former Mississippi Teacher of the Year has been arrested over allegations that she engaged in s3x with a student while working at Ocean Springs Middle School.Olivia Marie Smith, who was named Teacher of the Year in 2022 and was recently pr…

…Response Team (IRT) have said 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, Kayod…

20 children and one teacher de@d as school bus crashes into huge rock on notorious road in Uganda At least 20 children and a teacher have been k!lled after a school bus crashed into a rock on a dangerous road, with 60 others believed to be injured. The driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle upon impact and appea…

FG files charges against abductors of Oyo students and teachers The Federal Government has charged three men identified as Abdulrazak Umar (a.k.a. Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid), Yunusa Musa (a.k.a. Yunusa bin Musa), and Shamsu Adamu Sani (a.k.a. Abu Itisar), for the recent k!dnapping of students and teachers in Oriire Local…

Oyo teacher slams Nigerians who claim their abduction was staged One of the recently rescued teachers from the Oriire school abduction, Mr. Zacchaeus Olatunde, has strongly condemned Nigerians spreading social media conspiracy theories that their 56-day captivity was staged. Olatunde was among the 44 teachers and pupil…

…other security agencies to ensure the successful rescue of the 44 abducted pupils and teachers of Oriire schools because they saw the abductees as their own children. One police personnel, Sergeant John Jerome Mbena, was killed during the rescue operation while several other police personnel sustained various degrees o…

Widow begs FG to recover remains of Oyo teacher k!lled in captivity The wife of John Olaleye, one of the two teachers k!lled by terrorists 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 h…

A rescued Oriire teacher, Zachery Olatunde, has revealed that his abductors occasionally washed the captives’ clothes during the 56 days they held him and 43 others in the Old Oyo National Park. He said the disclosure was meant to counter online claims that the freed pupils and teachers looked too neat to have genuinel…

…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 mechanisms, including those within the United Nations system, to closely examine the facts surrounding t…

…with journalists in Ogbomoso on Wednesday shortly after he and other rescued pupils and teachers were released from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, where they had received medical treatment and psychological support. The pupil recalled that he was writing a test when armed men stormed hi…

…Ahoro-Esinele communities in Oriire local government, whisking away 39 pupils and six teachers, ended on July 10, when they were rescued by a combined team of the armed forces. Eight of the suspects were arrested while others were killed in an operation many agree demonstrates operational efficiency and improved inter-…

…beat her,” the relative said. PUNCH Online had earlier reported that all the pupils and teachers abducted during the May 15 attack on schools in Oriire Local Government Area regained their freedom after a coordinated rescue operation by security agencies. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy…

…has said the intelligence-led operation that 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 Chan…

…Nuhu Ribadu, and Nigeria’s security agencies for the successful 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 n…

…how security 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 F…

…deadline."When P.M. News called at some of the private schools, some of their head teachers who spoke under anonymity confirmed that their schools decided to go for NECO because of the lower fees."It was also revealed that all entries for the May/June 2000 NECO closed last week, while WAEC has extended its own closing…

…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. The warning followed the consideration of a motion sponsored by the Senate Leader, Op…

…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 governor to stop trivialising a very serious and traumatic matter. Recall that Gov Makinde, in a statewide broad…

…education directors to retire after spending eight years in office, ruling that teachers and education officers who become directors are entitled to remain in service until they attain 65 years of age or complete 40 years of pensionable service. Delivering judgment in Abuja on July 10, 2026, Justice O. Y. Anuwe nullifi…

…Makinde for calling for a United Nations investigation into the abduction of pupils and teachers, describing it as politically motivated and unnecessary. Read the full story below: https://punchng.com/oyo-abduction-presidency-slams-makinde-over-demand-for-un-probe/ Lagos to sue social media user over false flood video…

Gombe court remands school principal for attempting to shield teacher accused of r@ping 6-year-old pupil A Chief Magistrate's Court in Gombe has ordered the remand of a school principal and a teacher at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, over the alleged sexu@l ass@ult of a six-year-old pupil. According to the prose…