Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province terrorists have attacked troops at the Gubio Local Government area of Borno State, killing five. Also, 10 soldiers were wounded and four are missing in action. The troops, during the attack, also killed many of the ...

By Joe Chukindi  Communities in Anambra Central Senatorial Zone are in tension as gunmen said to be enforcing the outlawed sit-at-home order wreaked havoc on Monday morning. DAILY POST gathered that the attacks which happened ...

By Amos Tauna The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen. Christopher Musa, has accused some individuals of frustrating the Nigerian government’s efforts to end insurgency in the country. Musa, who spoke in Abuja on Saturday, after ...

By Seun Opejobi The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has disclosed strategies the Nigerian government would employ to defeat the terror group, Lakurawa. Badaru said with ...

Bandits, on Sunday night, attacked two villages – Kwaga and Ungwan Zako – in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, setting fire to harvested maize on six farms. The devastating attacks caused anger in the villages as locals lamented their losses. ...

By Ochogwu Sunday A security expert, Bulama Bukarti, has claimed that the Lakurawa terror group currently causing havoc in Sokoto and Kebbi states is not new. Bukarti said the group has been in the country since about six years ago, ...

The acting Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, visited the 8 Division of the Nigerian Army in Sokoto on Sunday as part of efforts to combat the new terror group, Lukarawa. Olukoyede ordered the troops to crush the new terror group which was reportedly ...

By Amos Tauna The military says it has uncovered a recruitment drive on social media by terrorists, particularly the ISWAP terrorist group. It vowed that it would sustain the offensives to eliminate all threats by the terrorists. Director, ...

By Francis Ugwu The newly emerged terror group known as Lakurawa, is reportedly offering as much as one million naira to young men in exchange for their allegiance. This was made known on Saturday by Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin ...

By Seun Opejobi President Bola Tinubu has promoted the acting Chief of Army Staff, Olufemi Oluyede to the position of Lieutenant General. Tinubu decorated Oluyede with his new rank during a short ceremony at his office in the Presidential Villa on ...

By Matthew Atungwu Sokoto State Government says another terrorist group identified as LAKURAWAS has emerged in the state. The State Deputy Governor, Idris Gobir, disclosed this while receiving participants of Course 33 of ...

By Matthew Atungwu The senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Ned Nwoko, has defended the rationale behind his proposal for a bill that would permit civilians to own and carry firearms. The lawmaker re-emphasized his ...

By John Gabriel The Nigerian Army has debunked reports that insurgents have taken over a military training area in Kontagora, Niger State. Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Terrorists have reportedly taken over the biggest military training camps in Nigeria located at the Nagwamase Military Cantonment in Kontagora, Kontagora local government area of Niger State. A member of the Niger State ...

By Ogaga Ariemu A gun battle erupted between soldiers and yet-to-be-known gunmen in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, allegedly leaving scores dead and many injured. According to the Nation, the attack occurred at the Aba branch ...

By Ifunanya Obeme-Ndukwe The Rivers State Police Command have remained silent amid sudden violence that erupted at several local government council secretariats on Monday morning. DAILY POST reports that suspected ...

By Seun Opejobi Notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji has claimed he and his associates are not afraid of death. Turji said he and his foot soldiers wouldn’t take up arms if they were afraid of death. The bandit leader disclosed this in ...

Operatives of the Kano State Police Command have initiated a house-to-house search to recover items stolen during the #EndbadgovernanceinNigeria protest in Kano. The protest, initially peaceful, was hijacked by suspected hoodlums who embarked on a looting spree, as reported by Daily Trust. The ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, FCT Commandant, Dr Olusola Odumosu, has said there is no report of vandalism of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure, CNAI, during the ongoing protest in the territory. Odumosu said this after inspecting some critical ...

By Ifreke Inyang The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has commended officers for the discovery and detonation of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Unit of the Nigeria Police Force. ...

By John Gabriel The Nigerian Army, on Monday, said its troops deployed for counter terrorism operations in Imo State, in collaboration with other security forces, conducted successful raids on multiple hideouts of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security ...

Makurdi — Suspected armed bandits operating in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State have reportedly commenced the collection of taxes and levies from residents of Torough and nearby communities. It was gathered, yesterday, from a resident of the community, who spoke on condition of anonymity ...

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa has wowed that Simon Ekpa, self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) must be arrested and prosecuted. Musa made this vow in an interview on Channels Television. The Chief of Defense Staff accused ...

By Chris Johnson A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, who was kidnapped alongside 29 others, has disclosed that the kidnappers collected about N40 million in ransom before they were granted freedom. DAILY POST reported on Monday that about 30 travellers, including some students of the ...

By Chris Johnson Bandits have forced the residents of Bassa, a farming community in Niger State, to abandon their homes following a brutal attack that left 20 people dead. Sani Musa, the senator representing Niger East Senatorial District, disclosed the tragic news on Friday while commenting on ...

By Priscilla Dennis No fewer than 20 persons were allegedly killed by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect at Bassa community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Out of the 20 deceased, 10 youths were purportedly slaughtered and their heads handed over to members of the community ...

By Francis Ugwu Bandits have reportedly attacked Zurak village in Bashar District of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing more than 40 persons, including vigilantes. Daily Trust reports that the incident occurred around 5:00 pm on Monday, when people were going about their normal ...

By Ifeanyi Nwannah The Zamfara State Government has dissociated itself from plans by some individuals, claiming to be the agents of the Federal Government, to negotiate with bandits in a bid to address lingering security challenges in the state. The State Government noted that some group of ...

By Agabus Pwanagba Amnesty International Nigeria on Thursday disclosed that 1,336 people were killed in Plateau State between December 2023 and February 2024. The organisation also said the figures were basically from Mangu, Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of the state. It added ...

The Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, on Wednesday, lamented the drop in enrolment of pupils into schools across the state. Sani, who expressed concern over the development, linked it to the spate of insecurity, occasioned by kidnapping, banditry and other related crimes, in the state. He ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Police have arrested the alleged mastermind of the killing of passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train. The incident happened in March 2022. The mastermind was Identified as Ibrahim Abdullahi, also known by the ominous moniker of Mandi. The Police Public Relations Officer in ...

The Benue State Government is to launch a 10,000 man security outfit to complement the efforts of other security agencies to tackle insecurity in the state. Governor Hyacinth Alia who made this known during the expanded stakeholders meeting of the All Progressives Congress, APC, held in Government ...

Troops of the  Nigerian Army have dismantled their tents and withdrawn from communities in Niger State following the recent deadly ambush by terrorists, leading to the killing of six military personnel. Two officers and four soldiers lost their lives last Friday in the Allawa community in the ...

By Amos Tauna A bandit was killed by a courageous family of a bride-to-be and a group of passengers when they thwarted a kidnapping attempt in Zamfara State. Reports have it that the incident unfolded when the family of the bride-to-be and other travellers were ambushed by bandit terrorists along ...

By Joe Chukindi Awka, Anambra State capital, is again under the siege of gunmen, believed to be cultists. At the last count, over 15 residents have been murdered in cold blood within the last two weeks, including some victims who cannot be identified as cultists, promoting the belief that ...

President Bola Tinubu will on Monday open the African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, and shared on his Facebook page on Sunday. Nigeria, with the support of the United Nations Office of ...

By Seun Opejobi Vice President Kashim Shettima says that President Bola Tinubu has made security his top priority and is determined to end insecurity. Shettima made the remark while noting that Nigeria has been under the threat of Boko Haram for too long. The Vice President spoke yesterday in ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says corruption and corrupt practices fuel insecurity in the country, calling for all hands to be on deck to fight the menace. The minister said this, when he paid a courtesy visit to Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, the Chairman of ...

The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Nigerian Army, Major General Nosakhare Ugbo, said yesterday the Army has recovered some of the arms and ammunition snatched from soldiers killed on March 14 at Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State. This came as Olota community in ...

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists about midnight of Saturday attacked a military base in Gujba town, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, killing a soldier. The Yobe State Police Command spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, who confirmed the attack to The PUNCH, said a military patrol vehicle was ...

By Francis Ugwu A Nigerian journalist, Jaafar Jaafar, has alleged that the Nigerian government paid through the nose to secure the release of abducted Kaduna pupils. In a post on his X handle on Sunday, the journalist claimed that no lobbying, persuasion, flattery, charm or conning will convince ...

The Force Headquarters of the Nigeria Police on Saturday released the identities of 12 policemen, six of whom they said were gruesomely murdered and the six others still missing during a rescue operation in Delta State. They also confirmed the arrest of five suspects. The slain officers, ...

By Matthew Atungwu Unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, an armed group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have killed two police officers along old Gariki Road, Okigwe Council Area of Imo State. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations ...

By Shehu Usman The Federal Government has identified 15 entities suspected to be involved in financing terrorism in Nigeria. Information released by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, said those financing terrorism include nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and ...

By Emmanuel Ani In response to rising concerns over car theft in Ekiti State, the State Police Command has issued a cautionary alert to car owners and drivers in the state regarding the increasing tactics used by criminals to steal cars. The Command made this known via a press statement signed by ...

By Seun Opejobi Embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has vowed that he will end the insecurity in the South East in two minutes, if released from detention. Kanu said nobody in the South East can counter his orders concerning the security situation in the ...

By Matthew Atungwu Terrorists on Saturday attacked the Dogon-noma community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping 15 women and one man. A local, Istifanus, told newsmen that many residents of the village ran to neighbouring communities for safety when the hoodlums ...

Kaduna-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Tuesday, sought government’s permission to approach and have talks with bandits who abducted about 287 schoolchildren from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The Islamic cleric ...

Kaduna State government has said it will not negotiate with bandits to free about 287 primary school pupils and their teachers abducted in the Kuriga community, Chikun Local Government Area of the state. Bandits abducted the pupils and teachers of Government Secondary School and LEA Primary ...

By Matthew Atungwu Suspected armed herdsmen on Thursday evening, attacked Wandor, Mbaikyor community in the Mbalom Council Ward of Gwer East Local Government Area, LGA of Benue State, killing a retired army officer, and 15 others. The invaders also razed over 50 houses, huts, farmlands and food ...