Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria, KACRAN, has rejected the idea by some presidential candidates to recruit one million security operatives as a way of addressing the prevailing security challenges in the country. The position of the Association was made known in a statement ...

Barely one week after gunmen killed three police officers attached to the Governor of Delta State and vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa in Anambra State, some hoodlums have attacked a police station in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of ...

Gunmen, on Tuesday, kidnapped 15 members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Anambra State. The corps members were abducted by the hoodlums at a filling station in Ihiala Local Government Area of the State. It was gathered that the corps members had just completed their three-week ...

Unknown gunmen operating in the South-East struck again on Friday, killing three policemen from the department of Explosive Ordinance Device, (EoD), Delta State Police Command, Asaba. The victims, who were attached to the State Government House, were murdered in Ihiala Local Government Area of ...

The former Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd) said President Muhammadu Buhari has fulfilled his promise to subdue Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists. Buratai, who made the assertion in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, recalled that ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday alleged that its intelligence unit, M-Branch, has uncovered a plot to assassinate PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the South East. Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesman alleged that Atiku’s assassination would be blamed on the followers of ...

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has charged officers and men of Sector 2 Joint Task Force, North-East, Operation Hadin Kai, in the state to intensify surveillance in some local government areas bordering Borno State. Buni gave the charge during the Nigerian Army Social Activities, NASA, on ...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has raised the alarm alleging that there are plots by some Fulani elite to eliminate him. The governor, who made the remark 2hil addressing newsmen in Makurdi on Thursday, insisted that he will not be intimidated by anyone to back down from his fight against ...

Gunmen have beheaded the Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Christopher Ohizu. His abductors carried out the act after allegedly receiving a N6millon ransom. The gunmen, who called themselves separatists, reportedly tied his hands backward with a rope ...

Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed two persons believed to be members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ebonyi State. The incident reportedly occurred in Mkpuma Akataka Community in the Izzi Local Government Area of the State. DAILY POST was reliably informed that the APC meeting was ...

The Edo State Government has confirmed the arrest of two village chiefs over the January 7 attack at the Igueben train station. Chris Nehikhare, Commissioner for Communication and Orientation gave the hint after the State Executive Council meeting in Benin on Wednesday. Seven other suspects ...

By  Stephen Angbulu Despite spending over $1bn to reclaim Boko Haram-held territories in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States since 2015, Nigeria’s security and that of the Lake Chad Basin remains unstable due to lingering conflicts in Libya, the Central African Republic and Russia’s aggression in ...

Irate youths of Kaffin-Koro, Paikoro local government area have allegedly burnt down the Police station in protest to the gruesome murder of a Catholic Priest, Rev Father Isaac Achi of St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church by armed bandits, along Daza road, in the area. It was gathered the youths ...

By  Solomon Odeniyi The military has reportedly killed two wanted Boko Haram Commanders, Abu Ubaida and Mallam Yusuf Abba. They were neutralised together with about 40 of their foot soldiers at an abandoned warehouse in Kurebe, a popular community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that its office in Enugu South Local Government Area has been attacked by gunmen a few weeks to the general election. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated ...

Unknown gunmen suspected to be Eastern Security Network, ESN, militants have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Imo State, killing one in the process. DAILY POST gathered that the gunmen, who were about 20 in number, operated with two SUVs, one blue-coloured ...

Suspected terrorists on motorcycles in early hours of Sunday, attacked New Life for All Church in Kankara local government area of Katsina state and abducted no fewer than 25 worshippers. Senior Special Assistant on Christian Affairs to Governor Aminu Bello Masari, Rev. Ishaya Jurau, disclosed ...

Niger State Governor, Alhaji Sani Bello Abubakar has directed security agencies to go after the killers of a Catholic priest of SS Peter and Paul, Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi, at his residence in Kaffin Koro, Paikoro Local Government Area. Bello, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, ...

Bandits in the early hours of Sunday attacked St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church located along Daza Road, Kafin-Koro in the Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State and burnt the priest, Very Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi to ashes. A source in the area told SaharaReporters that Fr. Achi's assistant ...

Why we’ll not return to our ancestral homes in Borno — displaced persons By David Odama, Lafia THE prevailing insurgency in the North has led to the emergence of displaced persons in many of the states across the region. Some of those displaced by terrorism have not been able to return to ...

The Federal Government has perfected plans to commence the second phase of the prosecution of Boko Haram suspects currently being held in a military facility at Kainji, Niger State. The Solicitor-General of the Federation, SGF, and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mrs ...

A suspected terrorist has been arrested for allegedly carrying out a fatal bombing in Kogi while President Muhammadu Buhari was visiting the state. Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) announced the arrest in a statement issued on Wednesday by its spokesperson, Peter ...

Ogbese Community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State was on Wednesday in turmoil, following a brutal clash between Fulani and Hausa settlers in the community. One person was said to have died in the crisis with many people injured and properties destroyed. It was gathered that ...

Several houses and shops have been destroyed in a fresh communal violence between Waja and Lunguda communities in Lafiya, Lamurde Local Government Area, of Adamawa State. The clash according to residents erupted a day after the New Year celebration. A resident, who was caught in the ...

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma on Tuesday met President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, where both men deliberated on critical infrastructures that would boost security in the state. The visit is coming barely a few hours after a former governor of the South ...

Former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim has broken his silence on his attack by gunmen on Monday and the killing of four policemen in his convoy. The former governor escaped death by the hair’s breadth when gunmen rained bullets on his vehicle at Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. ...

Four police orderlies of former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, were killed by unidentified gunmen on Monday evening while he escaped by a hair’s breadth in an attack on his convoy. A source said the incident happened at Oriagu, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state while the ...

There was palpable tension in Imo as gunmen attacked a military checkpoint at Ubomiri/Nwaorieubi road in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State on Saturday night. DAILY POST gathered that people close by have already vacated their houses for fear of a fresh attack, lamenting that they don’t ...

By Guardian Nigeria The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has neutralised over 100 terrorists including some of their leaders in an airstrike on Dec. 20, in Borno. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the Director Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air ...

A Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Mark Ojotu, Chaplain of St Mary’s Hospital, Okpoga, in Okpokwu Local Government area of Benue State, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. DAILY POST learnt that the incident, which happened on Thursday, barely four days before Christmas, had plunged residents of ...

By James Abraham A female traveller, Lucy Jeremiah, who was abducted by a nine-man kidnap gang in Plateau State, has narrated how she fought the gunmen to escape from the bush where she was held captive. It was learnt that the kidnappers abducted Jeremiah and three other victims while ...

Residents said the the victims included armed militants and civilians resident in the community. At least 64 people were reportedly killed in an airstrike by a Nigerian military plane on Sunday at Mutumji Community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Residents told PREMIUM TIMES ...

Many bandits have been killed and their camps destroyed in the latest round of operations by the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, across Kaduna State. Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, yesterday, disclosed that the feedback sent to the state government ...

An infighting between the late Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), has reportedly left scores of terrorists killed in the last three days. Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, gathered that the ...

PRESIDENT BUHARI CALLS FOR TIGHTER SECURITY AROUND BORDERS IN LAKE CHAD BASIN WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS FROM THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged more vigilance and tightening of security around borders, drawing attention to the increased number of ...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammed Sa’ ad Abubakar III, has opined that the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, can help resolve the insecurity crisis in the country. Abubakar said the leadership of MACBAN can help put an end to the issue of banditry and kidnapping in ...

Residents of Ifelagba community, in the Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State have been thrown into fear over a letter of threat containing planned attack sent to them by suspected armed robbers. DAILY POST gathered that the threat letter was pasted on walls of buildings in the community by the ...

The security situation in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State appears to be worsening as gunmen have issued a 10-day sit-at-home to mourn in the entire council area.SaharaReporters gathered that the sit-at-home was to mourn their colleagues killed by security agents in the ...

Bandits on Thursday killed 15 locals and wounded several others in Kaduna communities. Resident in Giwa LGA of the state, Alhaji Musa Bawa said about 11 locals were killed while several others sustained gunshot injuries. Confirming the attack in a statement on Friday, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, ...

Abductors of four persons in Zamfara State have ordered that the N5 million ransom agreed, must be paid in the newly unveiled Naira notes. DAILY POST recalls that four persons – a man, woman and two teenagers – were kidnapped on Monday, at Kolo Village, in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara ...

Rauf Argebesola, minister of interior, says the investigation into an attack on a correctional facility in Kuje area council in the federal capital territory (FCT) has been concluded.Aregbesola spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the fourth edition of the federal government’s scorecard organised by the ...

Richard Omosehin, a former Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has been kidnapped in Ondo State. His kidnap was confirmed on Monday by the Ondo State Police Command, which said the incident was being investigated, with search efforts for the victim already started. Omosehin was ...

About 44 people have been kidnapped by bandits from Kanwa community in the Zurmi Local government Area of Zamfara State. A source told DAILY POST that the bandits moved from house to house in Thursday night. The source added that the community of late has experienced pockets of attacks by the ...

Terrorists reportedly killed four villagers in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to a resident in the community, Mr Didan Auta, one of the victims is a newly recruited primary school teacher identified as Elisha Arziki. According to him, the attack took place in Gefe and ...

Gunmen in their numbers on Monday morning invaded the Obudi Agwa community in Oguta LGA of Imo State killing the monarch of the community and his two guests. DAILY POST gathered that the hoodlums stormed the palace of the community custodian of culture and tradition, Eze Assor, Udi of Obudi Agwa, ...

The Nigerian Military authorities has declared 19 Terrorists wanted and placed N5m bounty on each of them for anyone with information leading to their arrest.According to a banner placed along strategic locations across the country, a N5m reward awaits anyone with information that could lead to ...

Some residents of Oyo State have expressed mixed reactions over cases of incessant attacks and abduction on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. While some of those who spoke to DAILY POST enjoined the police and other regular security agencies to beef up security along the road, others are of the opinion ...

Gunmen attacked the Isuofia community of Aguata Local Government Area, where the governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo hails from in the early hours of Saturday. Sources said no fewer than two soldiers and four of the attacking hoodlums died in a fierce gun battle between the gunmen and ...

Following the continued attacks on people along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Chief Gani Ige Adams has asked the Governors of Oyo, Ogun and Lagos states to give Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) the go-ahead to enter the forests and flush out the bandits ...

Terror Alert: We’ve restored confidence, hope in Abuja, environs – IGPThe IGP says some arrests have been made in connection to the security threats in Abuja and its environs and that the suspects would soon be charged to court. The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, says security agencies ...