Tension engulfed the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, on Wednesday, as hoodlums invaded the premises to demand the corpse they earlier dumped at the morgue on Tuesday. It was gathered that the hoodlums, who arrived on motorcycles, had on Tuesday dumped ...

  Kidnappers of 50 members of the GSM communication Union in Zamfara State have reduced the ransom placed on their victims to 60 million naira as against 145 million naira earlier demanded. DAILY POST reports that the bandits had on Monday demanded the sum of N145 ...

No fewer than 10 young men have been reportedly killed in Sagamu area of Ogun State as suspected cultists went on rampage in the past few days. Residents of Sagamu, who spoke with our correspondent anonymously, said they could no longer sleep with their two eyes closed. On ...

Ifreke Inyang Bishop Rt Rev Oluwaseun Aderogba of Jebba Diocese, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion and his wife have been kidnapped. They were abducted by unknown gunmen on Sunday evening along Ogbomoso/Oyo road. The Bishop’s Chaplain who escaped from the ...

  The names of the 11 released Kaduna-Abuja train victims have been released. Terrorists had abducted over 60 train passengers in March 2022 but released the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture a few days later. They also released a pregnant woman who was ...

Wale Odunsi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a couple, Onyinmiebi (Miebi Baraza) and Beatrice Bribena, wanted. An alert by the anti-graft agency urged persons with information about them to contact any of its offices across ...

The Cybercrime Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, submitted reports of forensic investigations led by Whyte Dein to corroborate their case against singer Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley, charged with credit card fraud before the Ikoyi Federal High ...

Deji Lambo Justice Abdulazeez Anka of a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has sentenced a Nigerian-American-trained surgeon, John Nweke, to 27 years imprisonment for fraudulently obtaining goods from Konga Online Shopping Limited. The goods reportedly include 19 expensive ...

The suspects Deji Lambo The Police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State on Wednesday said it arrested three suspects for allegedly attempting cyberattacks on 10 banks in the state. The spokesperson for the unit, SP Eyitayo Johnson, in a statement, said the Commissioner of Police, ...

Deji Lambo Following an allegation of rape against a Lagos-based pastor, identified only as Bishop Daniels, two former members of his church have claimed that they were also raped by the cleric. The two victims, who spoke to PUNCH Metro on condition of anonymity, said the suspect used a ...

Matthew Agbaje Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday sentenced a lesson teacher, Joseph Ibanga, to life imprisonment for defilement and impregnating a 14-year-old girl. The offence is said to be punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal ...

By Luminous Jannamike The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, said there was no bandit attack in Gwarimpa Estate but a robbery attack contrary to reports in some sections of the media. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this ...

Gunmen have allegedly abducted a former Bayelsa State Commissioner for Special Duties in charge of Federal Projects in the state, Mike Ogiasa. Sources said that Ogiasa, who is a cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was kidnapped at Otuogidi in the Ogbia Local Government Area of the ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the release of Mr Ahmed Idris, the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, from its custody. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the Head of Media and Public Affairs of the commission, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted permission to the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari to file more evidence against a suit by the Federal Government seeking to extradite him to the United States of America for trial on criminal charges. ...

Another victim of last Monday night attack by suspected cultists in Ilorin, Kwara State, has died of gunshot injuries. DAILY POST recalls that a bloody attack was launched by suspected cultists at Omoda/Adangba quarters of Ilorin metropolis on Monday night which reportedly claimed three lives, ...

A receptionist who lodged Timothy Adegoke, OAU’s postgraduate student into the Hilton Hotel Honours, Ile-Ife, Osun state has disclosed that owner of the hotel, Dr Rahman Adedoyin, his son, Raheem were in the hotel the night the deceased lodged in. She disclosed this while being cross examined by ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday stormed the residence of former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, Channels TV reports. The anti-graft agency operatives stormed the residence of the former governor in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital ...

Terrorists who attacked and kidnapped the 28 March 2022 Abuja-Kaduna bound train passengers have threatened to, within seven days, start killing the passengers in captivity if their demands are not met. They called the government to, as a matter of urgency, release their children allegedly ...

Irked by the death of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was gruesomely killed over alleged blasphemy, 13 Muslim groups, under the auspices of Muslims United for Peace and Justice, have demanded justice for the victim. The groups advised the State ...

Almost a week after operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) nabbed the embattled Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, for allegedly diverting N80bn from the country’s coffer, tongues are still wagging, with many Nigerians expressing shock over the startling ...

There are fresh fears in some Anambra communities, following revelation of setting up of a new camp by criminal elements, known as unknown gunmen. A message circulating on social media stated that the criminals have created a new camp in Unubi, Nnewi South Local Government Area, from where ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an outdoor advertisement executive over a political advertisement about the 2023 elections. The advert on two billboards in Enugu State had the name and logo of the commission. The messages on the boards sited at ...

A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly representing Aguata II, Okechukwu Okoye has been beheaded. Okoye’s severed head was found on Saturday at Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The deceased lawmaker, who represented the constituency ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has released former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs Patricia Olubunmi Etteh on bail. She was released Friday night after fulfilling bail conditions offered her by investigators working on her case. ...

About five persons have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack by suspected Fulani militias on Tse Alashi Kaambe Community, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The suspected Fulani militia invaded the community, Friday afternoon, at about 1pm in their large numbers when ...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has expressed concerns about the emergence of insurgents and their enclaves in the Chukun and Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas of Kaduna. El-Rufai listed the insurgents as those belonging to Boko Haram and Ansaru. He raised the concerns ...

A 36-year-old man, Kingsley Essien, has been arrested by the police for allegedly selling his wife and his two-year-old son at prices amounting to ₦2 million in total. The police in Ogun State said the husband had trafficked his wife to Mali for prostitution at the rate of ₦1.4million. He ...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has condemned “the manipulation of the justice system to favour influential politicians facing corruption charges in Nigeria.” Falana stated this, yesterday, in a paper, titled, ‘Sentencing Rich and Poor Convicts In Nigeria: An Unbalanced Scale’, ...

Bandits have again unleashed terror in Zamfara State, kidnapping one student along Kaduna-Abuja expressway on Tuesday evening. According to a press statement signed by Abdul Gusau Polytechnic’s Head of Public Relations, Comrade Aliyu Damri, the bandits blocked the highway between Kurmin Kare ...

The European Union (EU) has expressed grief over the lynching of Nigerian citizen, Deborah Samuel in Sokoto State. The life of the Shehu Shagari College of Education student was violently cut short by a mob last Thursday. The EU urged the Nigerian authorities to ensure that the ...

Bandits, on Tuesday night, released Dr. Rahmatu Abarshi, former Head of Department, Electrical and Electronics Engineering department, Kaduna Polytechnic. However, her daughter, Ameerah, and her driver are still with the bandits. DAILY POST reported on April 24, 2022, how bandits abducted ...

The Kaduna Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed the bandits’ attack on Kaduna-Abuja road, abducting an unspecified number of road users. DAILY POST reported on Tuesday that bandits had attacked passengers along Kaduna-Abuja road, wounded three passengers, and abducted several others. ...

Ahmed Idris, the Accountant General of the Federation, has been suspended indefinitely. Idris was suspended by the Minister of Finance, budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday. His suspension followed his indictment for fraud worth N80 billion by the Economic and ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh. The Guardian gathered last night that Etteh was being grilled by EFCC’s special duties unit over allegations of her involvement in solar power electrification scam ...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, on Tuesday, reportedly blocked Abuja-Kaduna road and kidnapped several travellers. One of the travellers, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa told DAILY POST that he narrowly escaped being kidnapped. He said the operation lasted for more than an hour. According to ...

Unknown gunmen have written letters to nine local governments in Anambra state, notifying them of their preparedness to attack them. The anonymous group believed to be responsible for disturbing the peace and security of the state, warned security operatives to get ready for action in ...