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News Nigeria » Oyo » History: Oyo at 50 and the weight of history on Makinde’s watch

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/oyo-at-50-and-the-weight-of-history-on-makinde-s-watch/ar-AA1VbC3g

Published on: Sunday 25 January 2026

Editor’s note: In this piece, political analyst Oluwafemi Popoola examines Oyo State’s 50th anniversary and what it reveals about its identity. He also dissects Governor Seyi Makinde’s achievements, ...

News Nigeria » Oyo » History: Nigeria: Oyo School Abduction - Still Gripped By Doubts, Gov. Makinde Constitutes Panel to Probe Incident

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202607310034.html

Published on: Thursday 30 July 2026

Governor Makinde has publicly expressed uncertainties about the circumstances of the abduction, and, at a time, read political undertone into the incident. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has set ...

News Nigeria » Oyo » History: Oyo Empire Day clelebration not to diminish history of other tribes –Alaafin

News channel or source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/08/oyo-empire-day-clelebration-not-to-diminish-history-of-other-tribes-alaafin/

Published on: Tuesday 25 August 2026

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has said that the Oyo Empire Day celebration 2026 was not meant to diminish the history of other tribes in Yorubaland and Nigeria in general. Owoade stated ...

News Nigeria » Oyo » History: Nigeria rescues schoolchildren, teachers abducted in Oyo, presidency says

News channel or source: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/nigeria-rescues-schoolchildren-teachers-abducted-in-oyo-presidency-says

Published on: Friday 10 July 2026

LAGOS, July 10 - 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 presidential ...

News Nigeria » Oyo » History: Government by seduction : history and the tropes of "mounting" in Oyo-Yoruba religion

News channel or source: https://www.si.edu/object/government-seduction-history-and-tropes-mounting-oyo-yoruba-religion:siris_sil_811540

Published on: Thursday 23 October 2025

In the precolonial and colonial periods, Shango priesthood with its possession cult symbolized by mounting -- husbands mounting wives, gods mounting possession priests, riders mounting horses -- was ...

News Nigeria » Oyo » History: Oyetola, ex-justice honour late veteran broadcaster in Oyo

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/society-culture-and-history/religion-and-spirituality/oyetola-ex-justice-honour-late-veteran-broadcaster-in-oyo/ar-AA2b81Bv

Published on: Friday 28 August 2026

Minister of Marine and Blue Economy and former Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, and retired High Court Judge, Justice Kunle Adeigbe, on Friday paid tributes to the late veteran broadcaster, ...