Day: May 20, 2026

The Chief of Defence Staff, Olufemi Oluyede, has called on media practitioners to uphold factual, balanced, and conflict-sensitive reporting, stressed that responsible journalism can deny terrorists and bandits the “oxygen” they depend on to thrive. Oluyede made the call on Tuesday through the Director of Defence Information at the Defence Headquarters, Major General Samaila Uba, during the Press Week lecture and awards ceremony organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Abuja. Speaking on the theme, “2027 Election: Defending Democracy in the Era of Misinformation,” the defence chief described the…

The Oyo State chapter of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the abduction and alleged killing of victims in the recent attack on Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle, in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, describing the incident as “callous, wicked and barbaric.” In a statement issued on Monday by the State Secretary of MURIC, Amb. Mallam Ibrahim Agunbiade, the group alleged that the death toll from the incident had risen to three. According to the organisation, a teacher and a commercial motorcyclist were reportedly killed during the abduction,…