By Hammed Shittu:Some  gunmen have reportedly abducted a  senior  police officer with the Kwara State Police Command, Mr. Abdulmumini Yusuf.  Already, the men of the state police command have commenced the manhunt for the suspected kidnappers so as to rescue the police officer.THISDAY ...

By Emameh Gabriel: The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has once again condemned in strong terms Saturday’s attack by terrorists in army uniforms on a farm in Ipapo, Oke ogun, Oyo State, where four people were kidnapped at gunpoint.In a statement signed by the organisation’s ...

There is tension currently in the camp of the Joint Security Task Force in Magami District, Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State over an alleged assault of a police Inspector by a Nigerian Army Major.The joint security forces comprising mobile police and the military were posted to the ...

An insider in the Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, Lagos State, has narrated to FIJ how 101 suspected Boko Haram terrorists were released from the facility on Saturday morning.Speaking to FIJ on Sunday, the source said wardens at the facility let them out of the medium and maximum security ...

Travellers plying the 100-kilometre Gusau-Funtua road linking Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi to Katsina and  many other states, have been put on edge by the resurgence of abductions by armed bandits along the road, Daily Trust on Sunday has learnt.Travellers told our correspondent that from last Sunday ...

There was tension in Enugu State yesterday as unknown gunmen attacked and disarmed members of the Vigilante team at Nkerefi, Nkanu East Local Government Area, LGA of the State.The members of vigilante team popularly known as Neighbourhood Watch, were reportedly disarmed one after the other by the ...

How Mamu Thwarted Efforts To Rescue Train Victims, Encouraged Terrorists To Demand Huge RansomDr AbdulMalik Atta, a member of the Presidential Committee that facilitated the rescue of passengers abducted from a Kaduna-bound train in March, has accused self acclaimed terrorists’ negotiator, Malam ...

The Nigerian Government announced a major milestone in the fight against insecurity, stating that no major pirate attack has been recorded in Nigeria’s waterways since the last quarter of 2021.This comes as Nigeria ended the year 2020 as the global hotspot for international piracy, which saw the FG ...

I welcome, with much happiness, the safe release of the remaining 23 kidnapped train passengers held in captivity by Boko Haram terrorists. Like the entire nation, I am delighted by this news, and we are all grateful to the military and other security agencies.Our nation's Armed Forces, and all ...

By George Okoh:The Emir of Lafia, His Royal Majesty, Justice Sidi Bage Mohammed (rtd) has lauded Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State for his efforts toward ensuring the security of his people.The traditional ruler, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, gave the commendation yesterday  ...

The Nigerian military has secured the release of the remaining 23 Kaduna train hostages, the Chief of Defence Staff Action committee (CDSAC) has announced.A statement issued by the Secretary, Chief of Defence Staff Action Committee (CDSAC), Prof Usman Yusuf, said the seven-man Presidential ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday  tasked the Armed Forces of Nigeria to leverage digital technology in the fight against terrorism and other forms of insecurity in the country.Osinbajo gave the charge at the combined 32nd convocation ceremony of officer cadets of 69 Regular Course and ...

The Police Service Commission (PSC), on Tuesday, dismissed seven senior police officers over gross misconduct. The Commission also approved the reduction in rank of...The Police Service Commission (PSC), on Tuesday, dismissed seven senior police officers over gross misconduct.The Commission also ...

By Kingsley Nwezeh:The federal government has so far procured 37 fighter jets and attack helicopters from United States and Italy, in a renewed bid to boost the fighting capacity of the air component of the military establishment.Beyond the 12 A-29 Super Tucano fighter planes earlier procured from ...

By Gboyega Akinsanmi:The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may be under constraint to conduct 2023 elections in over 686 communities under the atrocious activities of armed non-state actors across the federation, THISDAY’s findings have revealed. The findings also revealed that the ...

By David-Chyddy Eleke:The Nigerian Army has disclosed that the gunmen terrorising the residents of the South-east geopolitical zone hide under the cloak of Biafran agitation to commit crimes in the region. The new General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, Major ...

We Are Relying On God For Release Of Remaining 35 Kidnapped Train Passengers – Nigerian Government.The Nigerian government has stated that it is relying on God as plans have been concluded to secure the release of the remaining 35 Kaduna-Abuja train passengers who were kidnapped by terrorists on ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said insecurity in Nigeria will soon be a thing of the past with the renewed efforts of the Nigerian military.The President said this at the weekend in New York while speaking during an audience with the Prime Minister of Ireland, Micheal Martin.President Buhari ...

The major highway between Maiduguri to Damboa has been closed as troops of Operation Hadin Kai engage Boko Haram members in a fierce shootout.DAILY POST gathered that suspected members of Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, Boko Haram terrorists group, ambushed troops of Operation Hadin ...

…locals ask for security presenceBarely four days after armed herdsmen invaded Mchia and Mou communities in Logo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state where 14 persons were gruesomely murdered and close to 30 others sustained serious injuries, the marauders again invaded Ukemberagya/Tswarev ...

Some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State have been abducted in an attack along Kaduna-Kachia highway in Kaduna State.Daily Trust gathered that the attacked happened at a place called Tashar Icce, which is some meters from Kujama community in Kajuru Area of the ...

By Fidelis DavidThe Coalition of Southern and Middle Belt Youth Leaders Assembly (COSMBYLA), the umbrella body of all the youth groups in the South-east, South-west, South-south and Middle Belt region, yesterday, commended Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) who said the state ...

Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has lambasted the Federal Government of Nigeria, noting that the country cannot have two systems.In a statement on Thursday, Akeredolu reacted to the video showing the Katsina security outfit obtaining the approval to bear arms.The governor said this followed ...

By Deji Elumoye:President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed happiness that the present administration’s investments in improving security are yielding good dividends across the country.He, therefore, gave kudos to the Nigerian military and other security agencies for making significant progress in the ...

Five persons, comprising four male adults and a house wife, drowned in an attempt to escape being kidnapped by bandits at Chakumi village in Gurdi ward of Abaji area council of Abuja.Daily Trust reports that Chakumi shares boundary with neighboring Daku village through river Gurara in Dobi ward of ...

Why Dogo Gide, terror leader, married off our daughters – Father of abducted pupilMr Kaoje, a retired civil servant, said Mr Gide married off the remaining 11 girls because the government failed to give him the ransom he requested.Sani Kaoje, 66, is the father of Farida Kaoje, 16, one of the pupils ...

The Nigerian Senate yesterday at the plenary, condemned the assassination attempt on its Prince, Sen. Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah.Senator Uche Ekwunife Presented A Matter Of UrgentPublic Importance On The Attack On Senator Dr Ifeanyi Ubah And The Gruesome Murder Of His Aides .The Senator who came under ...

By George Okoh:The Benue State Government has set a target to recruit 10,000  persons into the State Community Volunteer Guards.Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed this yesterday  while speaking at the funeral of his foster father, Elder Joseph Vanger Iyorhon held at St. Athanasius Parish, Gbajimba, ...

Details have emerged as to how notorious Zamfara bandit leader, Bello Turji, narrowly escaped being trapped in aerial bombings by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets on his enclave located at Fakai in Shinkafi LGA, Zamfara State.Reports from the area said there was heightened tension over the ...

  By Idowu AbdullahAnambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma SoludoThe Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has explained why insecurity and kidnapping are rife in the state, saying the economic situation of Anambra among South-East states made it a target of criminals.He said that with the ...

The killing of five security detail and aides of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah last Sunday from a bloody ambush by suspected assassins in Anambra State is a strong evidence of the worrisome deterioration of security in the South-east,Louis Achi writesWhen Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, representing Anambra South ...

A former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late General Sani Abacha, Hamza Al-Mustapha on Saturday, broke down in tears over the issue of insecurity in Nigeria.The presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) went emotional when he received a coalition of northern Christian women at his ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya, yesterday warned those fueling crises in various parts of the country to desist from such unpatriotic acts.The army chief gave the warning at the closing ceremony of the Chief of Army Staff Third Quarter Conference 2022 held at the Army Headquarters ...

By Kingsley Nweze:There was jubilation in the camps of the military on the frontlines in Borno State following the surrender of a senior member of Boko Haram, Bashir Bulabuduwaye to troops of the Nigerian Army, resulting from their renewed onslaught in the Lake Chad area.Security sources said ...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has vowed to drag the foremost Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti Allah, to the International Criminal Court, ICC, over invasion and killings in the state allegedly carried out by armed Fulani herdsmen.The resolution was made known by the state’s ...

David-Chyddy Eleke writes that there is a renewed fear over the state of security in Anambra State following recent attack on the convoy of a member of the National Assembly, Senator Ifeanyi UbahUntil last Sunday, the governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo may have already been thumbing ...

By Ismail Adebayo:The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Kebbi State office, has commended security operatives for always standing guard whenever its workers and machineries are carrying out maintenance works on federal roads in any part of the state.The Head of the FERMA in Kebbi State, Mr. ...

By Deji Elumoye:The National Security Council (NSC) at a meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has passed a vote of confidence on the current strategy adopted by security forces to tackle insecurity, which has brought relative peace to the country.Briefing newsmen Thursday at the end ...

Imo State has witnessed frequent deadly attacks by gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed IPOB.Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has said bandits and hoodlums would have overrun the state if not for the “prompt” intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari.Mr Uzodinma stated this on Tuesday ...

Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the country must tackle corruption to be able to address insecurity. Speaking on Friday at a dialogue on corruption and insecurity in Abuja, Lawan said deploying the military in troubled parts of the country is not enough to address the security challenges facing ...

The Ondo State Government has issued an order restricting nightclub activities in the 18 local government areas of the state as well as the operations of commercial motorcycle riders throughout the state.The government also disclosed that there will be a crackdown on unregistered vehicles and ...

Military Helicopters Patrol For Buhari As IPOB’s Sit-at-home Paralyses Enugu, Imo, Other StatesThe Tuesday's sit-at-home order was declared by the Biafran group in solidarity with its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.Socio-economic activities were on Tuesday grounded in the South-East region of Enugu, ...

Many ISWAP Terrorists Killed as Super Tucano Jets Raid ‘Somalia’ in SambisaNigerian military troops, with the support of two Super Tucano fighter jets, have eliminated scores of Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, terrorists in Somalia, PRNigeria reports.Somalia, a location near Sambisa ...

By Francis Sardauna:The Katsina State 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Yakubu Lado, has said the peace accord between Governor Aminu Bello Masari-led government and bandits has not yielded any result in the state.He kicked against engaging the marauding ...

Chairman of Oyo State Western Nigerian Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, General Kunle Togun (retd) has threatened to the use of bees and poisonous snakes to attack bandits terrorizing the state and region.Togun who stated this while delivering a lecture at the special meeting of Oke-Ogun ...

About 10 persons were said to have died in the convoy of the senator representing Anambra South, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah on Sunday evening attack.Details gathered by DAILY POST show that some of the deceased persons have been identified.Though Anambra State Police command had in a phone call with its ...

The Theatre Commander, North East “Operation Hadin Kai”, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, said over 79,000 insurgents comprising combatants and non-combatants have so far surrendered.Musa made this known in Maiduguri while briefing newsmen on recent successes of the command.The commander said that the ...

The Kaduna State Government yesterday revealed that bandits who were responsible for the security breach at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and kidnapping of students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation Kaduna had been killed.However, the state government disclosed that notorious ...

By Segun Awofadeji;Bauchi State Police Command has arrested 1,460 suspects in connection with various crimes committed within and outside the state from November 2021 to date.The Commissioner for Police, Umar Mamman Sanda, who resumed duty on November 29, 2021, disclosed this yesterday during the ...

By Kingsley Nwezeh;The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof Bolaji Owasanoye, yesterday identified corruption by the military, the Police and civil servants as responsible for the worsening insecurity in the country.Speaking at a one-day ...