Oyo state

A prosecution witness on Monday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that international terrorist organisation, Al-Qaeda, supported members of the Ansaru group to attack schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State and abduct students and teachers as leverage to force the Federal Government to release 30 detained members and leaders.

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday, moved swiftly to fill vacancies created by the resignation of two senior officials in his administration, appointing Akinwale Akinwole as his new Chief of Staff and Aderonke Adedayo as Director-General of the Due Process Office.

Ogunwuyi resigned on Monday, October 12, 2026, with immediate effect, becoming the latest political appointee to leave the Makinde administration in recent weeks as political manoeuvring gathers momentum ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The Houses of Assembly in Osun, Edo, Oyo and Rivers have endorsed the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police across Nigeria, a major policing reform currently before state legislatures.

The Oyo State House of Assembly has backed the constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish State Police Services, becoming the latest state legislature to advance the proposal aimed at changing Nigeria’s policing structure.

The coalition said several of its coordinators and grassroots mobilisers who worked across the state’s 33 local government areas, 351 wards and 6,390 polling units had not been adequately recognised, appointed or integrated into the administration despite their contributions to Tinubu’s campaign.

Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced three men to life imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to terrorism-related offences linked to the abduction of students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Justice Salim Ibrahim ordered...

Three suspects linked to the kidnapping of schoolchildren and teachers in Oriire LGA, Oyo State, pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The defendants admitted to concealing information about three alleged terrorist masterminds...

DSS vows to appeal the life sentences imposed on two convicted Ansaru commanders, insisting only the death penalty reflects the gravity of their crimes. Security agency links the convicts to the Oriire school abduction, alleging terrorists demanded their...

July 19, (THEWILL) — After enduring 56 days of despair following the abduction of about 44 pupils, teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, and relatives of the victims can now smile again. Two teachers from one of...