Des hommes armés ont simultanément attaqué vendredi l’école maternelle et primaire baptiste de Yawota et deux autres établissements à Esiele, tous situés dans l’Etat d’Oyo.

Families have been left in despair after 39 pupils and seven teachers were kidnapped from classrooms in Oyo state, a part of the country previously considered relatively peaceful

Des hommes armés ont simultanément attaqué vendredi l’école maternelle et primaire baptiste de Yawota et deux autres établissements à Esiele, tous situés dans l’Etat d’Oyo.

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry established by the Oyo State Government to investigate the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Esinele and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area has invited members of the public to submit memoranda to support its investigation. The post Oyo commission of inquiry invites public memoranda on Oriire abduction appeared first on Tribune Online.

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry established by the Oyo State Government to investigate the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Esinele and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area has released the process for members of the public to submit memoranda to aid its investigation. The commission said anyone wishing to make a submission should […] The post Oriire abduction: Step-by-step process for submitting memoranda to Oyo panel appeared first on Tribune Online.

The Judicial Commission of Enquiry set up by the Oyo State Government to investigate the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Esinele and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area has called on members of the public with relevant information to submit written memoranda to assist its investigation. The call was contained in a public […] The post Oriire abduction: Oyo panel calls for public memoranda appeared first on Tribune Online.

The Oyo State Government has constituted a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the abduction of pupils and teachers from the Esinele and Yawota... The post Oriire: Oyo govt sets up judicial panel to probe abduction of pupils, teachers appeared first on Tribune Online.

How did we get to this crossroads of insecurity in Nigeria, a country that used to be a citadel of peace and tranquility in the past? The state of insecurity in the country has reached such a crescendo that even those who are custodians of power are no longer safe! If a retired Major General […] The post Yawota breakthrough appeared first on Tribune Online.

Father of one of the abducted pupils of Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota in Orire Local Government of Oyo State has revealed that his son is still suffering from the effects of the abduction. Armed bandits attacked Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota; L.A. Primary School; and Community Grammar School, Ahoro-Esienle, in Oriire LGA on May 15, 2026, abducting 39 pupils and six teachers.

The charges arrived barely a week after the Nigerian military, in collaboration with other security forces, rescued 44 schoolchildren and teachers abducted by kidnappers in three schools in Yawota and Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The Nigerian government has filed 10 terrorism charges against three men over the 15 May abduction of pupils and teachers from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of…

The Oriire abductions of May 15, 2026 were not merely a security emergency. They were a stress test of leadership. What unfolded was a portrait of a governor overwhelmed by the moment, inattentive to the gravity of his constitutional role, and far more invested in political showmanship than in the rescue of his citizens. The facts are stark. Armed bandits struck across three schools in Yawota, Alawusa and Ahoro Esienle communities, abducting pupils and teachers who were held for fifty‑six days.

The Presidency has criticised Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde over his call for a United Nations-backed investigation into the abduction of 39 pupils and six teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of the state, describing the demand as unnecessary and politically motivated. The victims were abducted on May 15, 2026, when armed bandits attacked three schools in the Yawota and Ahoro Esienle communities.

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said the state government would strengthen security around communities bordering the Old Oyo National Park following the safe return of pupils and teachers abducted from Ahoro-Esinle and Yawota communities in Oriire Local Government Area. In a statewide broadcast after the release of the abductees, the governor expressed gratitude for […] The post Oriire abduction: Makinde vows stronger security, seeks UN probe appeared first on Tribune Online.

Lieutenant Felix Ademe Isaac, a 28-year-old officer of the Nigerian Army who was killed during the operation to rescue abducted pupils and teachers in Oyo State, has been laid to rest. The officer died while leading troops in the mission that secured the release of the victims, who regained freedom on July 10, 2026, after weeks in captivity. The victims had been abducted on May 15, 2026, when gunmen attacked three schools — Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota; Community Grammar School, Esiele; and LA Primary School — and took pupils and teachers into the forest.

Yoruba nation freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Igboho, has said President Bola Tinubu spared no effort in making sure that the kidnapped school children and their teachers in Oyo State regained freedom. Igboho said the government under Tinubu is determined to deal with all forms of criminalities in Nigeria. The students and staff from Community Grammar School, Ahoro-Esinele, LA Primary School, Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, were kidnapped for 56 days before they were saved by a group of security officers on Friday. However, a statement from Igboho’s Media office praised the Security Chiefs and the Department of State Services, DSS, for their efforts in releasing the children.

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has arrived at the Military Hospital in Ibadan to visit the rescued school pupils and teachers who were abducted from the Oriire Local Government Area nearly two months ago. Heavily armed attackers had previously invaded three schools in the Ahoro-Esiele and Yawota communities on May 15, taking 39 schoolchildren and six teachers hostage. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that one teacher was killed during the initial assault, and another passed away while in captivity.

The Presidency has questioned why former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has remained silent following the rescue of the schoolchildren and teachers kidnapped in Oyo State. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that armed attackers had raided three schools in the Ahoro-Esiele and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area on May 15, abducting 39 students and six teachers. One teacher was killed during the initial attack, and another died in captivity.

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 election, Peter Obi, has expressed delight following the successful rescue of dozens of schoolchildren and teachers who were kidnapped in Oyo State nearly two months ago. Heavily armed attackers had raided three schools in the Ahoro-Esiele and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area on May 15, 2026, abducting 39 students and six teachers.

Des hommes armés ont simultanément attaqué vendredi l’école maternelle et primaire baptiste de Yawota et deux autres établissements à Esiele, tous situés dans l’Etat d’Oyo.

[Vanguard] A toddler, Christianah Akanbi, aged 2, of Yawota Baptist Nursery and Primary School is among the 46 persons kidnapped by terrorists in some communities in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State last Friday.