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 ChukindiAwka, 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 AtungwuTerrorists 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 ...

By Matthew Atungwu Bandits, Thursday morning, stormed LGEA Primary School, Kuriga (1), Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped scores of pupils and teachers. DAILY POST gathered that the incident happened at about 8:20 am immediately after the morning assembly. Locals said the ...

By Chris Johnson Several people, including a soldier, were reportedly killed in separate attacks by suspected bandits in Kwande and Apa Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Benue State over the weekend. DAILY POST learnt that the attacks occurred between Saturday and Sunday in Udedeku community of ...

The incessant kidnapping cases across the nation have turned inter-state travel a nightmare for a lot of Nigerians, with fewer people staying off the road for long journeys. Bandits and kidnappers have been dominating the news of late with humongous amounts being demanded for ransom from the ...

By John Owen NwachukwuThe Kaduna Area Commander of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Dalha Wada Chedi, has revealed that bandits have taken control of two fully loaded trucks containing smuggled goods.He said that the criminals hijacked the trucks within a dense forest as they were ...

By Ameh Comrade Godwin Benue State, the nation’s food basket, is trapped in an endless crisis. Residents of over 200 villages now find themselves targeted on a daily basis by heavily armed herdsmen, reportedly cloaked in military camouflage. DAILY POST gathered that over the past three months, ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The armed bandits terrorizing parts of Benue State have attacked three communities in Entekpa Ward, Adoka District of Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. DAILY POST learnt that the attack, which occurred on Sunday night, claimed at least seven lives. According to locals, ...

By Chris JohnsonBoko Haram insurgents have carried out a series of attacks in Damaturu Local Government Area of Yobe State, resulting in the tragic loss of lives and destruction of property. The attacks occurred at midnight on Saturday, with gunshots echoing through the village located ...

By Abdulrazaq Adebayo Unknown gunmen, who killed Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, Olukoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State have reportedly reached out to the family of the late monarch demanding a ransom of N40m for the release of the abducted monarch’s wife and one other ...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has revealed how villagers hid guns after troops killed some terrorists in the Northeastern part of the country.Musa made this revelation in a 30 Minutes interview on Trust TV on Sunday.According to him, this happened when he was ...

Five bandits, in the early hours of yesterday, carried out a brutal attack on the residence of one Mallam Suleiman Mai Rake, in Unguwar Yayyara, Yantumaki village, Danmusa Local Government Area, Katsina State.The victim, said to be the father of Isa Bawa Yantumaki, a member of the Katsina ...

By Dunamis Ogalah Bandits reportedly killed five persons in two polling units within Kankara LGA, Katsina State, where a rerun election is scheduled for today. The assailants, arriving in over 50 motorcycles, also looted over 100 bags of guinea corn, cowpea, and soybeans from the Ungwar Kela ...

By Abdulrazaq Adebayo Unidentified gunmen, on Thursday night, invaded Koro community, in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, killed the community’s monarch, Olukoro of Koro, General Segun Aremu, (rtd) and abducted his wife, alongside two others. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who ...

By Ochogwu SundayThe bandits terrorizing Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, have reportedly kidnapped a director at the Federal Housing Authority in the Federal Capital Territory, Aondo Ver.Our correspondence gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday at ...

No fewer than six pupils, three teachers and the driver of a private school bus in Ekiti State were, on Monday night, kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. They were abducted while returning from Eporo-Ekiti on the school bus. Their kidnap came barely hours after two monarchs, the Onimojo ...

By Francis Ugwu Stakeholders have described as disturbing the recent withdrawal of Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, saying it raises serious concerns about Nigeria’s security. The development comes amid alleged infiltration and ...

By Chris Johnson Suspected herdsmen reportedly attacked several communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State on Saturday, resulting in the tragic loss of eight lives. The affected communities, including Ogwumogbo, Ikpele, and Ejima, according to reports, witnessed residents fleeing ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, has alleged that some insiders may be responsible for the lingering security crisis in the country particularly the ravaging kidnapping for ransom. The organisation called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to ...

By Shehu Usman Infrastructural development, educational reform, healthcare enhancement, empowerment and job creation have been identified as some of the measures that can be taken by government to address lingering insecurity in parts of northern Nigeria. Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara ...

Gunmen have kidnapped the deputy vice chancellor of the Abia State University, ABSU, Uturu, Prof. Godwin Emezue.Emezue was said to have been abducted at a filling station near Amachara, in Umuahia South council area where he had gone to refill his tank, along with his wife.Eyewitnesses told ...

Over 30 persons were killed and several houses destroyed, yesterday, in the Kwahaslalek and the surrounding communities, as gunmen defied the 24-hour curfew imposed on Mangu Local Government Area by the Plateau State government, on Tuesday. Recall that Governor Caleb Mutfwang had declared a ...