Tag: Oyo State
Kashim Shettima: “Pray for Unity and Strength Against School Kidnappings”
Vice President Kashim Shettima is trending across Nigerian social media after urging citizens to pray in response to renewed cases of school kidnappings. Speaking...
Nationwide Protests Demand Action on Nigeria’s School Kidnappings
ABUJA, Nigeria — Protests demanding urgent action on Nigeria’s school kidnappings spread Tuesday across Oyo, Ogun, Abuja, Lagos, Delta, and Plateau, as teachers, civil...
“Ogun Residents Protest Oyo Kidnapping, Demand School Closures”
ABEOKUTA, Nigeria — Hundreds of youths and mothers marched through Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday to protest worsening insecurity and the recent abduction of...
Nigeria’s Children’s Day Marred by Mass Abductions, Critics Question Oyo Celebrations
ABUJA, Nigeria (FN) — Nigeria’s Children’s Day festivities on May 27 were overshadowed by outrage as more than 80 schoolchildren abducted earlier this month...
Oyo Teachers Union Declares Three-Day Fasting, Prayer After Kidnapping
IBADAN, Nigeria (FN) — The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Oyo State has declared a three-day fasting and prayer after the kidnapping of...
Presidency Says Nigerians Have Right to Defend Themselves Amid Insecurity
ABUJA, Nigeria — President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said Nigerians have the constitutional right to defend themselves against...
United Nations Warns of Escalating Attacks on Education in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria — The United Nations has voiced alarm over recurring terrorist attacks on schools in Nigeria, warning that the assaults are devastating communities...
Police: Informants Aided Oyo Kidnappers in Deadly School Attack
IBADAN, Nigeria (FN) — Authorities in Oyo State say suspected informants helped kidnappers carry out last week’s abduction of schoolchildren and the killing of...
‘Silence is complicity’, CAN condemns Oyo school abductions
IBADAN, Nigeria (FN), The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned coordinated attacks on schools in Oyo State that left pupils, teachers, and officials...
Adelabu Rejects Consensus, Declares APC Governorship Ambition in Oyo
Immediate past Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has firmly rejected the idea of a consensus arrangement in selecting the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate...
