The Federal Government has arraigned three men before the Federal High Court in Abuja over the abduction of pupils and teachers from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The defendants — Abdulrazak Umar, Yunusa Musa and Shamsu Adamu Sani — are facing a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism,…
Retired two star General, Ishola Williams has backed Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s call for an independent international investigation into the abduction and eventual rescue of pupils and teachers kidnapped in Oriire Local Government Area of the state, describing the governor’s request as…
…Driving under the influence of alcohol attracts N100,000 fine or two years imprisonment or both The Senate has passed the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026, significantly increasing penalties for traffic offences, including imposing a N50,000 fine on anyone caught hawking,…
The Oyo State Government has said the two surveillance aircraft procured to strengthen security operations across the state will arrive before the end of July after delays caused by the manufacturing and assembly process in China. The Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, disclosed this in a…
Makinde’s call for UN probe of Oyo abduction is patriotic: We will miss the point when, inebriated on the loud applause the successful rescue has engendered, we fail to ask the critical question: what happened? That is what Makinde did. His is not a political question. It is a question that tends to address the…
The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a school principal, one NECO ad hoc staff member and four students writing the ongoing National Examinations Council examination at Government Secondary School, Odo-Ekina, in Dekina Local Government Area of the state. The incident occurred on…
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, has argued that the United Nations lacks the power to investigate the Oriire school abduction because it is a domestic security matter. That proposition sounds authoritative, but it is contradicted by both history and…
Oyo State Governor, engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday swore in Dr. Debo Ladipo as a commissioner, while announcing the redeployment of Professor Solihu Adelabu to another ministry. At the swearing-in ceremony held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan, Makinde announced…
President Bola Tinubu has expressed profound joy at the successful rescue of the children and teachers from Oriire community in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, by the security forces. President Tinubu praised the heroic efforts of the security agencies, especially the military, the DSS and the police, for working…
Almost two months after bandits struck in Oriire local government area of Oyo State, the pupils and teachers abducted from Ahoro-Esiele and Yawota schools have regained their freedom. This was disclosed in a post on X by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and…