FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Oyo - The Untold Story

Nigeria’s school kidnapping threat is changing: 4 lessons from the 56-day Oyo attack

Following the mass abduction of 46 pupils and teachers in Oyo State, south-west Nigeria in 2026, the authorities attributed the attack to the Ansaru terrorist group. Key suspects were prosecuted and handed prison terms. But this was not the first time terrorist groups had engaged in mass abduction of school…

The Conversation · Sep 30

Nigerian forces suffer casualties in kidnap rescue

IBADAN, Nigeria - Nigerian security forces suffered “casualties” during the rescue of more than 40 kidnapped schoolchildren and teachers, the army said on Saturday, in an operation that put an end to a security crisis in the country’s relatively safe southwest.

Bangkok Post · Jul 11

Students abducted in May by Muslim militants in Nigeria are rescued, government says

The Nigerian government has announced the rescue of students abducted by militants in Oyo state in May

The Independent UK · Jul 10

Twenty bus passengers burn to death after horror crash in Nigeria

Only two badly burned people survived the accident at Lanlate in Ibarapa area of Oyo state

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2022

Sequencing West Africa's "yam belt" for food security

Stacks of hairy yams line a market in Ibadan, where traders haggle over quality and price before loading them into cars for the last mile to Nigerian consumers. Nearby, a man navigates heavy traffic with a hand cart piled high with the tubers.

Reuters · Aug 9, 2022