On Tuesday night, parents, siblings, and other family members shed joyous tears as they embraced the returning youngsters at the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital facility, where the victims had been getting therapy and emotional assistance since their rescue. As worried family members came forward to greet the rescued students, hospital staff organized the release procedure by shouting out their names one by one. According to information received, 31 people have been released, and one is receiving a heart defect diagnosis.

The Presidency has criticised Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s request for a United Nations-led investigation into the abduction of pupils and teachers in the state, describing the move as unnecessary and politically driven. Makinde, on Monday, formally assumed responsibility for the welfare, rehabilitation and education of the 45 pupils and teachers who were rescued after spending 56 days in captivity. The governor had called for an independent international inquiry, arguing that Nigerians deserved a transparent explanation of the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The Nigerian Air Force revealed it has continued its counterterrorism operation with new airstrikes that killed multiple fighters and destroyed a terrorist enclave in Borno State. According to the NAF, the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai conducted the operation near Yaganari in the Gezuwa general region on July 10 in response to reliable information of resumed terrorist activity. Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, the Air Force's Director of Public Relations and Information, said in a statement on Saturday that intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations verified the existence of terrorist facilities and logistical centers prior to the targets being attacked.

The teachers and students kidnapped in Oyo State's Orire Local Government Area have been liberated. Bayo Onanuga, the President's Special Advisor on Information and Strategy, revealed the development on Friday.
Onanuga only declared that the victims' kidnappers had freed them in a shared post on his verified X handle. He claimed that no compromise was made to the terrorists in order to obtain the release of the teachers and students who had been kidnapped.

Following Christopher Musa's revelation that Nigerian troops now receive a minimum monthly wage of N100,000, reactions have ensued. The sum, according to veterans and active military personnel, was woefully insufficient. They said that President Bola Tinubu had neglected to implement a pay increase he had promised over four months earlier.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has rejected allegations that the detention of journalist Zainab Sodiq was politically motivated, insisting that its actions were guided by established security protocols and the need to clarify issues surrounding the possession of a drone at the airport. The agency maintained that claims of persecution and personal targeting were unfounded and aimed at portraying a routine security process as an act of repression.