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The Oyo State Security Network Agency, code-named Amotekun Corps, has partnered with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to tackle drug abuse and its associated security challenges across ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Security: Nigeria must not privatise the power of the state
Stay connected via Google News Nigeria’s worsening insecurity has created an understandable demand for urgent action. Communities ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Security: 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 » Security: Nigeria announces rescue of 308 kidnapped citizens
More than 300 people who had been kidnapped across Nigeria have been freed in an intelligence and security operation, the government has announced. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu warmly welcomes the ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Security: Six Abducted Children Die As Oyo Police Uncover Child Trafficking Syndicate
Six children allegedly abducted by a suspected child-stealing and human trafficking syndicate have died while in captivity, the Oyo State command of the ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Security: Makindes pledges continuous support to security agencies in Oyo
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has reiterated his administration’s commitment to collaborate with and provide all necessary support to security outfits in the state. The governor gave the ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Security: Oyo CP to politicians: 'Don't turn electoral contest into warfare'
The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, CP Abimbola Olugbenga, has warned political leaders and their supporters against inflammatory statements capable of triggering violence during the ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Security: Oyo school abduction: Tinubu approves 1,000 forest guards, deploys special tactical unit
Tinubu unveils drastic new strategy to rescue abducted Oyo pupils Tinubu unveils drastic new strategy to rescue abducted Oyo pupils A high-powered federal delegation announced the deployment of a ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Security: Xenophobic - Oyo Receives 70 Indigenes Evacuated From South Africa, Begins Reintegration
The Oyo State Government has received 70 indigenes evacuated from South Africa following xenophobic attacks targeting foreigners in the country and commenced the process of reintegrating them into ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Security: The Guardian view on Nigeria’s kidnappings: a country can’t prosper when going to school is a danger
Editorial: Abductions are resurging and may be spreading to new areas – with young children among the victims. A military response alone won’t work ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Security: Three Years of Nuhu Ribadu As National Security Adviser
On June 19, 2023, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as Special Adviser on Security. On Monday, June 26, 2023, he formally assumed office as Nigeria's National Security ...