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The Oyo State Police Command has rescued a 15-year-old kidnapping victim and neutralised a suspected kidnapper during a coordinated security operation along the Awe–Iwo Road axis of Oyo State, ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Government: Nigeria’s school kidnapping threat is changing: 4 lessons from the 56‑day Oyo attack
Parents and relatives of students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Kaduna in May 2021. Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images The lessons can be deduced from the differences ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Government: Oyo police in gun duel with kidnappers, kill one, rescue 15-year-old victim
The Oyo State Police command has neutralised a suspected kidnapper during a coordinated security operation along the Awe–Iwo Road axis of the state and rescued a 15-year-old kidnapped boy identified ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Government: Ebola: No case in Oyo – Commissioner
The Oyo State Government on Wednesday said no case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been recorded in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Oluwaserimi ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Government: LG autonomy: Oyo APM accuses Alli’s camp of misrepresenting Adekanmbi’s position
The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Oyo State has accused the camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, of misrepresenting the position of its ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Government: Saheed Oladele: Oyo Governor Has Performed Far Below Expectations In Education
Oyo AAC governorship candidate Saheed Oladele criticises Governor Seyi Makinde’s education record, citing poor public schools and rising out-of-school children.
News Nigeria » Oyo » Government: Oyo Police Rescue Baby Sold for US$1,500
Oyo police rescued a one-month-old baby allegedly sold for US$1,500 in Ibadan, Nigeria, and arrested two suspects, the spokesperson says.
News Nigeria » Oyo » Government: Nigeria Rescues Schoolchildren, Teachers Abducted in Oyo, Presidency Says
LAGOS, July 10 (Reuters) - At least 39 schoolchildren and six teachers kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's southwestern Oyo state nearly two months ago have been rescued by security forces, a ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Government: Nigeria: Oyo govt, ICMPD launch $2.7mln agricultural project, to empower 700 youths
The ICMPD Portfolio Manager for the Pan-Africa Region, Marcello Giordani, described Nigeria as ICMPD’s biggest and most important partner in Africa Oyo State government and the International Centre ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Government: Tanker Crash Kills 5 in Ibadan, Nigeria
Five people died when a diesel tanker hit vehicles in Ibadan on 17 October 2026. See where officials and newspapers agree, differ and what is unknown.
News Nigeria » Oyo » Government: Nigeria's School Kidnapping Threat Is Changing - 4 Lessons From the 56-Day Oyo Attack
Terrorists had struck before in south-western Nigeria. Also, criminal kidnappings on the highway had taken place, but not a mass school kidnapping. The Oyo State school kidnapping is the first in the ...