Bandits have demanded a ransom of N4m for one of the eight members of the National Youth Service Corps abducted on a highway in Zamfara on Saturday. The victims were travelling on an AKTC bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State, en route to Zamfara State to participate in the compulsory ...

No fewer than four people were killed, while six others sustained injuries in a shooting incident at a biker bar in southern California, the United States. According to BBC, the gunman was among the four who died in the shooting at Cook’s Corner in Orange County, police said. County fire ...

Men of the Nigerian Army have reportedly foiled an attack on the Forward Operating Base by the Indigenous People of Biafra fighters in Imo State. The Army said the IPOB fighters who attempted the attack on its base were met with stiff resistance by the personnel on the ground. A statement on ...

The Nigeria Police will soon introduce the “Saver School Programme” in all primary, secondary schools and tertiary institutions across the country. The programme will save the schools and the students from unnecessary exposure to bandits and kidnappers in every part of the country. The Assistant ...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted eight members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, along a highway in Zamfara State. The victims were kidnapped on Saturday, while traveling inside AKTC bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State en route Zamfara State, to take part in the ...

The Kano State Police Command, on Monday, banned all forms of protests in the state, with immediate effect. This followed intelligence received by the Command that the two dominant parties; the New Nigeria People’s Party, and the All Progressives Congress have assembled a crowd to embark on a ...

By Daniel Chibuike Residents of Ohiya community in Umuahia South Local Government Area have alerted the Abia State government and security agencies about the discovery of two naked corpses. The unidentified dead bodies, according to village sources and commercial transporters, were discovered ...

By Seun Opejobi Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has said his administration will dialogue with bandits. This was as Bago said his administration had put in place a non-kinetic mechanism against bandits. Bago disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola ...

Bandits have attacked a secondary school in the Riyom Local Government Area of  Plateau State and killed two teachers. It was learnt that the victims were a newly-married couple who were teaching at the BECO Comprehensive Secondary School in the Kwi community of the LG. Eyewitnesses said the ...

Bandits have invaded Chukuba Ward in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, just as they   shut down a fighter helicopter in the area and  killed the pilot. The Convener, Shiroro Concerned Youths, Mr. Sanni Kokki who spoke on Phone with Journalists on Friday in Abuja, said that the ...

By Ifeanyi Nwannah A public commentator in Zamfara State, Malam Buhari Abubakar, has advised both the federal and state governments to, as a matter of urgency, tackle the menace of insecurity in the state. According to him, banditry was waxing stronger than before. Abubakar explained that nobody ...

By Solomon Odeniyi troops of the Nigerian Army, on Sunday, raided camps of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra in Anambra State, arresting nine suspected hoodlums and recovering weapons during the ‘clearance operations.’ The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in ...

A popular native doctor based in his hometown, Oba in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State was kidnapped on Sunday night in one of his hotels in the town. The native doctor, Chinedu Nwangwu, also known as Akwa okuko tiwara aki (an egg that breaks palm nut), was believed to ...

Following the threat of attack on Churches in Osun state, security operatives were deployed to many of the worship centres in the state to ensure hitch-free worship. A message emerged from an anonymous Facebook on Saturday threatening to attack churches during worship on Sunday thereby creating ...

No fewer than 22 terrorists have been killed during an air operation conducted by Air Force personnel in Katsina State. Among those killed are foot soldiers of terrorist kingpin, Abdulkareen Lawal, popularly known as Abdulkareen Boss. Abdulkareem Boss was alleged of masterminding the killing ...

The Nigerian Army has intercepted a truckload of ammunition en route to Anambra, The PUNCH has learnt. The ammunition, according to the Army, was intercepted by troops of the 192 Battalion on Saturday, during a rigorous stop-and-search operation. A statement on Monday by the Director, Army ...

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has pledged to involve Nigerians in the fight against insecurity in the country. This is just as he said the armed forces would drive the onslaught against insecurity in line with the laws of the land. General Musa also identified the ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has debunked reports making the rounds that it withdrew Police Mobile Force (PMF) personnel attached to Mrs Aisha Buhari, wife of former President Muhammadu Buhari, and his brother, Mallam Mamman Daura. Reports earlier emerged online stating that ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Sunday, said military offensives alone could not sustainably resolve the security crisis in the North-West. Rather, he said it would take a mix of kinetic and non-kinetic strategies to restore calm in the troubled region. “Unless we want to engage in an ...

By Abdulrazaq Adebayo Isanlu-Isin community in Isin Local Government of Kwara State has redesigned its security architecture in the wake of last week’s abduction of four indigenes of the community. Last Thursday, four locals were abducted from the town but were released on Saturday during a ...

The Federal Government has withdrawn the Mobile Police Force personnel attached to several Very Important Persons, including ex-governors, former ministers and lawmakers. The order, which was contained in a police wireless message from Mopol 45 Force Headquarters, Abuja, affected Daura Buhari, ...

By Seun Opejobi The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, would end sponsored criminality in the Southeast. IPOB made the call in reaction to the warning by the Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, over the sit-at-home order by Simon Ekpa. Lagbaja ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has directed troops of the Nigerian Army to assert control over regions where Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, imposed a sit-at-home order in the South-East. He spoke ...

By Edward Nnachi Operatives of the Ebonyi Police Command has killed two hoodlums, who were allegedly enforcing sit-at-home, in the state. Sit-at-home in the South-East is a brainchild of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra to protest the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The ...

By Seun Opejobi A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili has charged members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to hand over the presidency and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to her. Ezekwesili vowed to tackle the degenerated insecurity in ...

By Maina Maina Two senior members of the Jam’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihd, also known as Boko Haram, in Borno, Khaid Malam Ali and his subordinate, Bunu Umar, have surrendered to the Nigerian military’s Operation Hadin Kai troops. It was gathered that the Islamic State of West African ...

By John Gabriel A renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Saturday, volunteered to join any team raised to negotiate with bandits, to bring a lasting solution to incessant bandit’s attack in the country. Sheikh Gumi spoke in an interview with Trust TV, on Saturday and expressed his ...

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has said the Force is working on a surveillance application to capture all motor parks, commercial drivers and hotels operating in the country. Additionally, he said the Force was working on an innovation that could collect and manage ...

Northern leaders have rejected a call by former governor of Zamfara State, Malam Yerima Sani, asking President Bola Tinubu to negotiate with terrorists and bandits in the country and grant them amnesty as it was done for Niger Delta militants by the late Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration. In their ...

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the deployment of 35 Commissioners of Police to various commands and formations. He added that the postings were in line with his commitment to ensuring effective policing, security, and the maintenance of law and order in ...

By Emmanuel Ani Residents of Enugu State were thrown into serious tension and fear on Wednesday as unknown gunmen moved round many parts of the State to enforce the one week sit-at-home declared by the Simon Ekpa led faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. DAILY POST learnt that the ...

By Godwin Aliuna Ebonyi communities have continued to boil as hoodlums set ablaze a police van at Ukwagba village and shot sporadically to scare citizens in a bid to enforce the seven- days sit-at-home order declared by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, led by Simon Ekpa. It was ...

There is mourning at Tamigbe Town in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State as unknown gunmen kidnapped and killed a 60-year-old woman identified as Ebikabo-ere Oyas Officer after collecting N1m ransom. The kidnappers shot her skull to pieces thereby throwing residents, family, friends, and ...

A former Zamfara Governor, Sani Yerima said President Bola Tinubu may dialogue with bandits in a bid to restore lasting peace and security to the country. Yerima stated this while speaking after his visit to President Tinubu at the State House on Monday. He said, “A lot of bandits have been ...

By Ishola Oludare Some unknown gunmen, on Saturday, stormed a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish in Ogun State, killing the pastor and abducting seven worshippers. The Ogun State So-Safe Corps Commander, Soji Ganzallo, confirmed the incident, saying his officers rescued the seven ...

By Emmanuel Uzodinma Tension is high in Eke community, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State following the alleged killing of a neighborhood watch group member by soldiers attached to the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu. Also allegedly shot dead is a house wife from the same community. ...

Five persons have been confirmed dead following Monday evening attack by terrorists on Kerang community in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack on the community occured despite a 24-hour curfew imposed on the LGA by the government following similar attacks by gunmen which ...

The people of Obosa Assa community in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State have decried the continued occupation and destruction of their farmland and crops by Fulani herdsmen. Speaking to Sunday PUNCH in separate interviews on Thursday, the people who are predominantly farmers, ...

By Shehu Usman A notorious Commander of the Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP), popularly known as Kiriku, has reportedly died after he was bitten by a venomous snake in Sambisa forest, Borno State. The deceased was said to have died three days after the incident. According to ...

The Department of State Services, DSS has warned Nigerians of planned attacks on worship and recreational centres before and during Eid Kabir celebrations. According to the Nigerian secret police, the recovery of Improvised Explosive Devices from terrorists in joint operations by the service, ...

By Great Ozozoyin The quest for absolute control of resource allocation has been identified as the major cause of the incessant upheavals between herders and farmers in Taraba State. The member representing Takum I Constituency in the state House of Assembly, Abubakar Tonko, made the observations ...

THE new Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun has vowed to rid the system of corruption, abuse of power and take necessary action against any form of misconduct from personnel of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF. Egbetokun, who stated this at the official handing over ceremony, held, ...

By Emmanuel Uzodinma Fear has gripped commutters in Enugu State following the reported return of kidnappers to the Enugu-Ugwuogo-Nike-Nsukka road. Recall that late last year, kidnappers took over the road and abducted travellers on a daily basis. The climax was the abduction of a former ...

Founder of Dorian Home, an orphanage, based in Akure, Ondo State, Dr. Tolulola Bayode, has urged governments at all levels to focus attention on the welfare of the less privileged in the society, noting that caring for the needy will reduce crime and make them useful for themselves, their ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday, decorated the new acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, at the State House. This is followed by his appointment by the President, Bola Tinubu, on Monday. The ceremony which took place at about 1 pm had in attendance the National ...

By Seun Opejobi Some unknown gunmen attacked the convoy of Imo West Senator, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha’s convoy was attacked at the Ihube community on the Okigwe-Enugu expressway on Friday, leaving one policeman dead. The former Imo State governor was en route to the burial ceremony of ...

By Agabus Pwanagba No fewer than 21 persons were killed and several others injured on Sunday during coordinated attacks by yet-to-be identified gunmen on residents of Rim, Jol, Kwi communities of Riyom LGA as well as Gana-Ropp community in Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State. DAILY POST ...

By Maina Maina Over 100 terrorists from the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād(JAS) Boko Haram faction have been neutralized in the week-long coordinated strikes by the Nigerian Airforce in the fringes of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria. The precise ...

By Ochogwu Sunday For 12 years, insecurity has been the bane of Nigeria. Since the symbolic bombing of the police headquarters in June 2011 and the UN building a few weeks later by Boko Haram insurgents, the problem has degenerated into an existential threat that has swept across the North East, ...

By John Gabriel Bandits have reportedly killed 25 farmers and abducted several women and girls from various communities in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. The attack reportedly took place around 2 pm in five villages. The breakdown of the killing showed that 13 people lost their lives ...