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The Federal Government has withdrawn the Mobile Police Force personnel attached to several Very Important Persons, including ex-governors, former ministers and lawmakers.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 ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi-Ojaja II, has said traditional rulers are well grounded on challenges of insecurity, hence President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should employ their services to tackle it. He gave the charge during a courtesy visit by the National Council of ...

By Ochogwu Sunday President Bola Tinubu has charged security agencies in the country to share information in order to combat the negative effects of terrorism. He said that hoarding such resources would be counterproductive in the fight against the menace. The president stated this on Monday ...

Less than a week to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years tenure, one of his spokespersons, Mallam Garba Shehu, reviewed efforts of the administration and said although the dreaded Boko Haram insurgency had been degraded, it remained an occasional threat to the nation. Speaking in ...

Officials of the United States of America, USA, embassy, yesterday, visited the Naval Base, Onitsha, Anambra State and commended the Nigerian Navy for rescuing two embassy officials who were abducted after gunmen attacked their convoy in Ogbaru local government area. Regional security officer, ...

The two staff of the United States Consulate in Nigeria who were kidnapped during the attack on their convoy along Atani/Osamela road in Ogbaru Local Government Area in Anambra State on Tuesday have been rescued by security operatives. The Anambra State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Tochukwu ...

Two persons were killed and six others abducted by gunmen in Yangoji town in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). One of those killed, Alhaji Yakubu Ayuba, was the community leader while the other a middle aged man was killed while returning home after watching the ...

Anambra State police command said it had raided a camp occupied by hoodlums operating in Ogbaru Local Government Area, and arrested two persons, in connection with Tuesday attack on US Embassy convoy in the area. The command has also released the names of those in the US government vehicles when  ...

United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, Wednesday, gave more details on the attack on US Mission convoy in Nigeria. Gunmen had on Tuesday attacked a convoy of US government vehicles in Anambra State, South East Nigeria, killing four people and kidnapping three others Providing more ...

Some members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who just passed out from Orientation Camp in Ondo were abducted on Tuesday at about 9pm their way to Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. An eyewitness whose sister-in-law was among the kidnapped corps called into a Port Harcourt ...

By Ifreke Inyang At least four staff members of the US Embassy in Nigeria on a humanitarian mission in Anambra State have been killed. DAILY POST reports that they were killed during an attack on their vehicle by gunmen on Tuesday. The incident happened in the Amiyi/Eke Ochuche communities in ...

By Amos Tauna About 40 people were on Sunday abducted by gunmen during a church service at Bege Baptist Church, Madala, along Buruku Baringi road, Kaduna, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State chapter, Rev. John Joseph Hayab ...

Contrary to viral reports that Alaba International Market had been razed by fire, the Lagos State Police Command has stated that the shanties around the market were set ablaze by police officers attached to Ojo Division. It was gathered that after raiding the vicinity, arresting suspects, and ...

The Nigerian Army presented two more Chibok schoolgirls who had been rescued from the captivity of the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Sambisa forest. Additionally, the Army rescued two of the three humanitarian workers with the Family Health International (FHI360), who were abducted on April 26 in ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, in Sudan, has said all Nigerian students stranded in the war-racked North African country had been evacuated from the country’s capital, Khartoum to the Egyptian border. The Public Relations Officer of the association, Amal Pantami, who ...

Kwara state police command at the weekend  arrested Police Inspector over his alleged excessive drinking of alcohol while on duty post  in the state. Already, the command has ordered the suspected senior police officer to undergo a  medical examination in the police clinic to ascertain the state ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor on Thursday said Nigeria requires an all of society approach to curtail the various forms of insecurity facing it. Irabor said this on Thursday in Abuja, at a two-day workshop on “Use of Broadcasting in Complementing the ...

By Samson Atekojo Usman Benue State government has described endless attacks on its communities as financially burdensome, particularly in the recent times where over 18,000 residents ran to the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps. There have been increased attacks by suspected Fulani ...

By Wale Odunsi The Lagos State Police Command has reacted to the outrage over the sighting of a uniformed officer standing on the road with an assault rifle. A photo of the operative, with an assault rifle trended on social media with Twitter users asking if the disbanded Special anti-Robbery ...