Oyo state

If He Knows, Invite Him – Atiku’s Spokesman Urges Security Agencies To Question Igboho Over Oyo School Abduction

June 4 (THEWILL) — Paul Ibe, the media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies to summon Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday...

Oyo School Abduction: Senate Demands Urgent Rescue of Abducted Pupils, Teachers

June 03, (THEWILL) — The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts and deploy all necessary resources towards the immediate rescue of schoolchildren and teachers abducted in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The upper chamber...

Oyo School Abduction: Reps Rage, Slam Brutal Execution of Teacher, Call for State Police

June 02, (THEWILL) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday erupted in outrage over the gruesome killing of Mr Michael Oyedokun, a mathematics teacher who was allegedly beheaded by kidnappers after being abducted alongside students and other teachers, as...

OPINION: Where is the Nigerian Child?

June 01 (THEWILL) — It is 9 o’clock. Do you know where your children are?” That famous line, made popular by the retired NTA anchorman Frank Olize, used to sound like a gentle public service reminder. Today, in Nigeria,...

NUT Directs Oyo Teachers to Embark on Indefinite Strike Over Abducted Colleagues, Pupils

June 01 (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has directed all public primary and secondary school teachers in Oyo State to withdraw their services from schools beginning Monday, June 1, 2026, until further notice. The directive, issued by...

Tinubu Deploys Security Chiefs, Orders 1,000 Forest Guards As 46 Oyo Pupils, Teachers Remain Captive

May 31 (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate recruitment of 1,000 forest guards and deployed a specialised rescue team to Ogbomoso, Oyo State, as part of an intensified federal response to the abduction of 46 pupils...

Oyo Guber Race Rocked As Ex-Lagos CP Owoseni Dumps Accord Primary Over ‘Infiltration, Thuggery’

May 27, (THEWILL) — Former Lagos and Benue State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, has withdrawn from the governorship primaries of the Accord Party in Oyo State, citing what he described as undue infiltration of the party structure...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: That Circular to Oyo Schools

May 25, (THEWILL) — Only a few days ago, the Oyo State Government announced the immediate suspension of all school excursions, field trips, inter-school sports competitions and other activities that require students to move outside school premises, citing growing...

Celebrities Call for Action Over Rising Insecurity in Oyo State

May 20, (THEWILL) — Nigerian entertainers are calling for swift action after recent kidnappings and attacks in Oyo State. Actress Opeyemi Aiyeola appealed to public figures and traditional rulers to use their influence to raise awareness. In a video on...

Oyo Schools Attack an Isolated Crime, Not Insurgency — DHQ

May 19, (THEWILL) — The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed claims of the existence of a terrorist base in Nigeria’s South-West region, insisting that the recent attack on schools in Oyo State was an isolated criminal incident and not...
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Kwankwaso Factor in 2031 Thrust Middle Belt Heavyweights onto Tinubu’s Re-election Train

Incumbent President Bola Tinubu is the choice of the Middle Belt leaders for the 2027 poll, THEWILL gathered at the weekend. That is the story behind the photo ops with President Bola Tinubu on Friday, November 6, 2027, when leaders of the Middle Belt and North Central visited the Presidential Villa.
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