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Breaking: Kidnapped Oyo Pupils, Teachers Regain Freedom + video

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2026

Pupils and teachers abducted from three schools in the Oriire area of Oyo State have regained their freedom. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced their release in a post on his X handle on Friday. Onanuga confirmed that all the kidnapped

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Borno’s Askira-Uba school children: The abduction Nigeria chose to ignore 

Daily Dispatch June 10, 2026

By Zainab Suleiman Okino In a conversation on the now-ubiquitous insecurity involving the abduction of schoolchildren, I asked an acquaintance what she knew about the abduction of 42 pupils from Primary and Junior Secondary Schools in Mussa, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, by alleged Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists. She told me outright she had […]

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Makinde appoints Special Advisers, Internal Revenue Board Chair, others

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2023

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the reappointments of retired Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni and former chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State chapter, Comrade Bayo Titilola-Sodo, as Special Advisers on Security and Labour Matters, respectively. This is as the governor reappointed a retired Assistant Comptroller of Immigration,

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Nigeria@61 keep praying for Nigeria, Oyo state, Makinde urges Nigerians

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2021

…….Our leaders need to rule with fear of God – Cleric Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Sunday, charged residents of the state and Nigerians, in general, to keep praying for Oyo State and the country in order to address present challenges. The governor, who stated this during a special thanksgiving service to commemorate Nigeria’s […]