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…

…k!lled during the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to direct security agencies to recover his remains for a befitting burial. The family made the appeal in an open letter addressed to President Tinubu. Oyedokun was among the 44 persons…

…headmaster of Nomadic Basic School, Igbojaye, in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State, Matthew Owoade, has regained his freedom. LIB reported that Owoade, also a farmer, was abducted along the Igbojaye""Budo Aare bush on Saturday, July 11. The abductors contacted the victim's family and demanded N30m for his re…

Investigate Oyo school abduction, rescue operation - Gov Makinde tells UN Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has called on the United Nations (UN) and other international human rights and accountability bodies to investigate the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area, insisting that Nigerians d…

The Presidency on Monday criticised Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde over his call for a United Nations-led investigation into the abduction of pupils and teachers in the state, describing the demand as unnecessary and politically motivated. Makinde, while formally assuming responsibility for the welfare, rehabilitation…

…school abducted alongside teachers and pupils in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mrs Rachael Alamu, has recounted the harrowing 56-day ordeal in captivity, revealing that children were beaten into silence, male teachers were chained and blindfolded, while the victims were repeatedly forced to embark on dange…

Military hand over rescued teachers and pupils to Oyo State Government The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division, Nigerian Army Headquarters, Major General Chinedu Nnebeufe, this afternoon led the rescued teachers and pupils to the Oyo State Secretariat and officially handed them over to Governor Seyi Makinde. T…

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, on Monday, congratulated the schoolchildren and their teachers who were rescued unharmed in the Oriire Local Government Area of the state, describing their release as a significant relief following months of anxiety and grief. LAUTECH, in a statement is…

…Army officer who died during an operation to rescue abducted teachers and pupils in Oyo State, says it is struggling to come to terms with the loss. Lt. Isaac was killed on July 10, 2026, while leading troops in the operation that secured the freedom of teachers and pupils abducted from three schools in Oriire Local Go…

A Yoruba cultural advocate and Lead of Abinibi Hub, Bunmi Adetona, has appealed to the Oyo State Government to immortalise the late Michael Oyedokun, one of the teachers killed during the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area, by naming a secondary school after him. Adetona made the appeal in…

…man, Mr. Owoade Matthew Kolawole, in Igboyaye, Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State. The incident occurred between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, 2026. According to the victim's family, the kidnappers contacted them shortly after the incident using Mr. Kolawole's mobile phones and demanded a rans…