By: Ganiyu Olayinka The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed an aerial surveillance platform to support search-and-rescue operations following the kidnapping of teachers and students from the communities of Yawota and Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Governor Seyi Makinde disclosed this on Friday during a visit by senior Air Force officials,…
By Ganiyu Olayinka Nigeria’s police have rescued Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, younger sister of former Minister of Power Chief Adebayo Adelabu, along with her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, following a late-night operation in Oyo State on Saturday. The family had been abducted on the morning of Wednesday, June 3, around 7:30 a.m.,…
By Tunji Okunlola Nigerian military forces have rescued two men from kidnappers in Kwara State, the army announced Saturday, as security operations against armed criminal groups intensify across the North Central region. Troops of the Joint Task Force North Central, operating under Operation Savannah Shield, freed the victims during a clearance mission along the Gidan…
By Tunji Okunlola The abductors of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, a former Director of Defence Information, have released a video showing him and his wife in captivity and setting out their conditions for the couple’s release. Major General Abubakar and his wife were seized along the Marabar Musawa-Kafinsoli road in Matazu Local Government Area…
By: Tunji Okunlola Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation Afenifere has called on South-West governors to urgently rearm and reinforce the Amotekun Corps, warning that the regional security outfit is critically outgunned by the bandits it is tasked with confronting. The group dismissed claims that poor intelligence gathering lay behind recent security failures, arguing that the problem was…
By: Tunji Okunlola President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 1,000 forest guards for Oyo State and ordered the deployment of a specialised rescue team following the abduction of pupils and teachers from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area. The measures were announced during a visit by a high-powered Federal Government delegation to…
By: Olayinka Ganiyu The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has ordered all primary and secondary school teachers in Oyo State to begin an indefinite strike, citing the government’s failure to secure the release of educators and pupils abducted from schools in the Oriire Local Government Area. The strike, which took effect Monday, will remain in…
By: Tunji Okunlola Mounting concern over Nigeria’s deteriorating security situation intensified this week after coordinated attacks on schools in Oyo and Borno states left dozens of children abducted, prompting condemnation from political leaders, traditional rulers, rights organisations and retired security officials. The apex Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has urged South-West governors to take urgent action…
By: Tunji Okunlola The Oyo State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all public primary schools in four local government areas following the abduction of several students and the killing of a teacher in Oriire Local Government Area. The affected local government areas are Surulere, Oyo East, Oriire, and Olorunsogo. The directive was issued…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka Suspected gunmen have invaded Ahoro-Esinele community in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting a school principal and an unspecified number of students, according to reports gathered by ClarityNewsNG. The attack reportedly occurred between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on Friday at Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele. Sources within the community disclosed…
