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Pupils rescued from captivity in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have reunited with their families after receiving medical treatment. Videos from the reunions shot by our correspondent captured emotional scenes as parents embraced their children in tears after weeks of uncertainty following 56 days in terrorists’ captivity. In one of the videos, officials […]

Rescued pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Oriire, Oyo State, after regaining their freedom following a 56-day captivity. Photo: X/@aonanuga1956 The Senate on Tuesday disclosed the identities of four security personnel who were killed and another injured during the operation that rescued abducted pupils and teachers from terrorists in Oriire Local Government Area of […]

The House of Representatives on Tuesday rescinded its earlier resolution on the constitutional amendment bill seeking the establishment of State Police Services, opting instead to consider a fresh executive proposal transmitted by President Bola Tinubu. The decision followed the reading of a presidential communication by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas during plenary. In the letter dated June […]

‘Director General’ of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council/Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi The police have arrested the self-acclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi He was picked up in Osun State few hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja issued a bench warrant for his arrest. In […]

Acclaimed Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council/Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi. A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the self-acclaimed Director-General of the alleged Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, after he failed to appear for his arraignment over alleged conspiracy, forgery […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Senate has faulted Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over his call for a United Nations-led investigation into the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area, describing the request as unnecessary and capable of trivialising a traumatic national security incident. The upper legislative chamber, during plenary on Tuesday, […]

Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar The Yoruba Ronu Group has condemned the latest comments by former Vice President and African Democratic Congress Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over the successful rescue of abducted schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State, It described his remarks as another alleged desperate attempt […]

A former Minister of State (Transport), Ademola Adegoroye, has donated whiteboards and grinding machines to Ondo State School for the Hearing Impaired, Akure. He made the donations on Saturday in commemoration of his birthday celebration. The prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state organised a party celebrating his birthday with the […]

Rescued pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Oriire, Oyo State, after regaining their freedom following a 56-day captivity. Photo: X/@aonanuga1956 Parents of the rescued schoolchildren in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have expressed relief over the development, saying they are eagerly waiting to reunite with their children. The victims, comprising pupils and […]

CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh The Christian Association of Nigeria has welcomed the rescue of pupils, teachers and other victims abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, describing it as a moment of thanksgiving while urging the government not to relent until all Nigerians still held by terrorists and bandits regain […]