President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 1,000 forest guards in Oyo State and ordered the deployment of a specialised rescue team to secure the release of pupils and teachers abducted in Oriire LGA. A federal government delegation announced the measures on Sunday during a visit to Esiele and Yawota communities, where gunmen abducted…
Rachael Alamu has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently intervene and secure the release of schoolchildren and teachers abducted in Oyo State, warning that their captors are becoming increasingly impatient. Alamu, who was abducted alongside several pupils and teachers, made the appeal in a viral video circulated on X and seen by ALO…
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oyo state was an isolated criminal incident and not evidence of an entrenched terrorist presence in the south-west. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Michael Onoja, director of defence media operations, the military dismissed claims that terrorists have established operational bases across the…
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the reported killing of one of the teachers abducted during an attack on schools in Oyo State. In a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Tinubu described the attack as barbaric and directed security agencies to intensify efforts to rescue the remaining…
By ALO360 Editorial Board Anybody who lives in Nigeria knows that we are dealing with a variant of insecurity that has never been seen before. The spike is quite glaring to ignore or act obliviously. Insecurity in Nigeria was predominantly in the North East, where Boko Haram terrorists were unleashing mayhem. From the North East,…
