Nigeria News » Oyo News Nigeria » Oyo » Social: SGBV in Oyo: Urgent need to support survivors of forced economic dependence
Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria, has a serious problem of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), which manifests in various forms. Apart from issues such as underage marriage, rape, incest and physical ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Social: Experts, Oyo govt, warn adolescents against drugs, peer pressure, social media addiction
Add as a preferred source Medical experts and the Oyo State Government have warned adolescents that substance abuse, negative peer pressure and uncontrolled social media use could jeopardise their ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Social: Nigeria needs reset, not turn by turn leadership — Makinde
Makinde made the call at the APM South-West town hall meeting in Akure, Ondo State, attended by party leaders and representatives from Lagos, Ogun, Ekiti, Osun and Ondo states. He urged Nigerians to ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Social: Perspectives on agency from girls who are out of school in Oyo and Kano States, Nigeria
LAAGA research with girls who are out of school in Nigeria’s Oyo and Kano states finds that for adolescent girls living in highly marginalized contexts, agency is part of an everyday struggle. Family ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Social: 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 » Social: 2027: Makinde pledges tax breaks, cites Oyo revenue growth
Oyo State Governor and the presidential candidate of the Allied People’s Movement, Seyi Makinde, has promised to introduce tax breaks for entrepreneurs if elected president in 2027. Makinde, who ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Social: Nigeria’s poor population may be world’s largest, says EU envoy
Today, Nigeria is probably the country in the world with the highest number of people living under the poverty threshold,” he said.
News Nigeria » Oyo » Social: 2026 Int’l poverty eradication day: ActionAid Nigeria calls for urgent investment in housing, social protection
By Stella Odueme ActionAid Nigeria has called on governments at all levels to prioritise safe and affordable housing, strengthen social protection systems and implement economic policies to address ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Social: ILO strengthens Nigeria’s social protection systems through nationwide TRANSFORM trainings
Nigeria (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with UNICEF and with funding from the European Union, has successfully delivered a series of TRANSFORM step-down ...
News Nigeria » Oyo » Social: Nigeria 2023: Will Makinde’s gamble backfire in Oyo?
It is almost suicidal in politics anywhere in the world for a governor seeking re-election to work against the success of his political party in an election season. However, last month, Governor ...