Month: May 2026
Page: 5
An Executive Order to regulate, register, and coordinate associations, groups, and organizations providing security and allied services across Oyo State has been signed. Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyin Makinde signed Order No. 001 of 2026 at his residence in Ibadan, amid ongoing efforts to rescue students and teachers recently abducted in Oriire local government area. […]
All aspirants who were screened for the Governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State, are cleared to participate in Thursday’s primary election. The Chairman, APC Governorship and House of Assembly Primary Election Committee in the state, Mr Taofeek Olawale Abdulsalam disclosed this at a press conference held at the party’s secretariat, […]
While the nation particularly the southwestern Nigerians are still perplexed following the abduction of school pupils in Oyo State, bandits have again abducted the Vice Chairman Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti, Mrs Grace Ogunleye. She was abducted along Ido/Ipere Ekiti road. The Chairman, Ilejemeje Local Government, Mr Alaba Dada confirmed the incident to newsmen. […]
Due to unfounded rumours of bandits’ plan to attack schools in Oko, Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State and its neighbouring communities, Children in the Town have boycotted their schools. When Journalists visited some schools within the town, it was observed that there were no teachers or students in all the schools within the […]
The Chief Whip of the Oyo State House of Assembly, and Lawmaker representing Atiba State Constituency, Hon Gbenga Oyekola has restated that safety of students, teachers, and every resident of Oyo State is non-negotiable, saying the State government will continue to ensure protection of lives and property of its citizens. Hon. Oyekola stated this while […]
What began as a viral social media report of a foiled kidnapping in the Oyo State capital has unraveled into a complex web of jungle justice, questionable legal custodianship, and potential child labor infractions. On Monday, May 12, 2026, a near-fatal mob action in the Ologuneru area of Ibadan left a luxury SUV torched and […]
Osun State Police Command has apprehended three suspected Inter – State kidnapping syndicates. They are;Nasir Yahya,Umar Yahya and Umaru Adamu. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Gotan disclosed this while briefing Newsmen at the State Police Headquarters in Osogbo. He said earlier in May the complainant reported at Ijebu-jesa police station that while he was […]
The attention of the Media and Communications Office of Chief Peter Taiwo Ogundeji, APATA, has been drawn to a video currently circulating across social media platforms in which fictitious and highly misleading vote figures were attributed to Chief Peter Taiwo Ogundeji Apata, a frontline political figure and one of the most formidable aspirants in the […]
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has assured families of abducted pupils, students and teachers in Oriire local government that efforts were ongoing to secure the victims’ safe return. Speaking at his private residence in Kolapo Ishola Estate, Ibadan in Monday , Governor Makinde disclosed that the state government was prepared to listen to the […]
President Bola Tinubu has described as barbaric the reported killing of one of the teachers abducted during the recent attack on schools in the Esinele community of Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The President spoke while security agencies continue efforts to rescue the remaining victims taken away by gunmen who stormed the community […]
