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Nigeria Police, Kogi State Command has confirmed the abduction of a school principal, a NECO 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 Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at about 5:25 p.m., when the school […]
Some victims of the Oyo School abduction have been reunited with their families. The victims had earlier received medical attention at LAUTECH teaching hospital. Waiting parents and guardians could not hold their emotions as they beheld their children and wards. LAUTECH officials called out the names of the rescued children one after another as anxious […]
One of the rescued children of the Oriire abduction in Oyo State has been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Professor Olawale Olakulehin, made this known to newsmen in Ogbomoso. Professor Olakulehin disclosed that 31 of the 39 rescued pupils […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Oyo State, Sen. Sharafadeen Alli, has pledged to ensure full financial and administrative autonomy for local government councils if elected governor in 2027. Alli gave the pledge on Tuesday at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, while delivering the keynote address during a conference marking the 50th anniversary […]
The Acclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC , Mr.Adeniyi Adeyemi, has been arrested. He was arrested in Osun State by the Nigeria Police Force, Osun State Command following the warrant of his arrest issued by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The command’s spokesperson, Mr. Abiodun Ojelabi who disclosed this […]
The All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state has condemned the call made by Governor Seyi Makinde on the United Nations to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing and abduction saga in Oriire local government area of the state as well as the successful rescue operations of the 46 abductees describing it as shameful, shocking […]
The Oyo State Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, Engineer Muftau Open-Salawu, has expressed profound relief and gratitude following the safe release of the students and teachers who were abducted in Ahoro-Esinele and Yawota Communities, Oriire Local Government Area of the State. Engineer Open-Salawu, while speaking with Radio Nigeria in Ibadan, said […]
By Timothy Mancha The rising cost of living has become one of the most pressing realities of everyday life for millions of Nigerians. Citizens continue to grapple with inflation, soaring food prices, higher transport fares, rising rents, and increasing utility costs. What was once a routine shopping exercise has now become an unbearable burden that […]
The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, has paid a visit to the rescued pupils and teachers of the Oriire Local Government abduction who are currently receiving treatment at the Military Hospital in Ibadan. The APC Governorship candidate, who was visibly moved by the trauma suffered by […]
The Federal Government has suspended the proposed WAEC and NECO fee hike for 2027, pending wider consultations with stakeholders. In a Monday statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Education, the ministry said the letter conveying the proposed fee adjustment, dated June 18, 2026, had been withdrawn to allow for a comprehensive review before any […]
