Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Oyo State Government has suspended all school excursions, field trips, sports competitions, and other activities outside of school grounds as burial rites for slain teacher Adesiyan Adegboye begins. The move by the state government follows last week’s deadly coordinated abduction attack on schools in the Oriire Local Government Area. Adegboye, 49, one of the teachers slain in the attack, lay in state on Friday at Ayegun Baptist Church in Ogbomoso before being buried later that day at his home in the Owolake district of town. The deceased, born on December 11, 1976, was slain by armed bandits who broke…

Baba Malam Wali, former secretary to the Yobe State Government, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress’ governorship contender for the state’s 2027 general elections. Wali won the APC governorship primary poll, which took place on Friday at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Damaturu, defeating other candidates. Muttaqah Darma, Chairman of the APC Governorship Primary Election Committee, announced the results, saying the exercise followed the party’s constitution and standards. ‎‎“I therefore declare Baba Malam Wali, having satisfied the requirements of the APC constitution and guidelines and scored the highest number of votes, as the winner of the…

Real Madrid head coach Alvaro Arbeloa has stated that he will depart the club at the end of the season, with Jose Mourinho poised to take over. The 43-year-old was promoted from his post as Real Madrid B manager in January, replacing former Liverpool teammate Xabi Alonso, and will now leave the club following a trophyless season. Mourinho, who has been in charge of Benfica this season, is in final talks to take over at Real Madrid, having previously managed the club from 2010 to 2013. Arbeloa announced his departure from Real Madrid in a press conference ahead of the…

Manchester City have confirmed that manager Pep Guardiola will leave the club after Sunday’s final match of the season. Guardiola has led City to 17 major trophies in ten seasons, including six Premier League titles and a Champions League triumph. The 55-year-old will play his final game against Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium. In recognition of Guardiola’s impact, City’s newly constructed north stand will be named after him and will be fully operational for the first time for his final game in command of the club. On Monday, BBC Sport reported that City were preparing for Guardiola’s exit a…

An irate crowd set fire to a section of a hospital near the core of the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo when family and friends of a young man assumed to have died from the virus were barred from taking his body away for burial. They began firing objects toward the hospital. They also set fire to tents used as isolation wards,” local politician Luc Malembe Malembe told the BBC about what he saw at Rwampara General Hospital. During the tumult, police fired warning bullets to disperse the gathering. The body of a dead Ebola victim…

President Donald Trump has announced that the US will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, a week after the Pentagon canceled a planned deployment of 4,000 troops to the country. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte hailed the move ahead of a conference of foreign ministers in Sweden, saying the trend toward Europe becoming less reliant on the US “will continue.” Trump said on his Truth Social platform on Thursday that the decision was based on the US’s connection with Polish President Karol Nawrocki, whom he supported in the presidential election last year. He did not elaborate on whether the…

Benue state Governor Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia has emerged as the winner of the All Progressives Congress governorship primaries ahead the 2027 general elections. The Chairman of Benue State Governorship Primary Election Committee, Professor Mohammed Kabiru Isa on Friday announced Alia as the winner of the kinly contested primary election. According to the announced results, Alia won by a huge margin over the other two contenders, Terwase Orbunde and Jeffrey Kuranun. Isa declared that the incumbent governor won with 367,786 votes, defeating the other candidates, Jeffery Kuranun and Terwase Orbunde, who received 2,923 and 3,247 votes, respectively. Alia, who was…

The Defense Headquarters (DHQ) has stated that the recent kidnapping of students and teachers in Oyo State was carried out by terrorists displaced from other parts of the country following intensified military operations. The military high command declared this on Thursday in response to what it described as “mischievous and misleading publications” about comments attributed to the defense headquarters regarding the classification of terrorists and criminal groups operating in the South-West. According to a statement issued by Maj. Gen. Michael Onoja, Director of Defence Media Operations, the perpetrators behind the Oyo kidnapping were members of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati…

Abayomi Fagbenro, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s special adviser on security, has dismissed as false viral social media posts alleging that victims abducted during last Friday’s attack on three schools in Oyo State’s Oriire Local Government Area have been released. The attack on three schools in the Ahoro-Esinle/Yawota axis of Ogbomoso in the Oriire Local Government Area resulted in the deaths of two people and the kidnapping of approximately 30 teachers and children. Since Wednesday night, reports claiming the release of the abducted teachers and pupils have spread widely. While some tweets confirmed that the victims had been released, others…

The Oyo State Police Command has announced that students, pupils, and teachers abducted last Friday during terrorists’ attack on three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have not been rescued. DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, the Command’s spokeswoman, revealed this in a statement released to journalists in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, on Friday. The command advised the public to remain calm, support the joint security team’s ongoing efforts, and verify all information before spreading it. The statement read: “The Oyo State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that the abducted students, pupils, and teachers…