The police command in Kebbi says the vehicle used to kidnap students from Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi, belongs to a high court judge in the state. Nafi’u Abubakar, Kebbi police spokesman, said the van was hijacked by bandits on Birnin Yauri road. Abubakar said the police are yet to determine the number of […]

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, says Nigeria has already broken up spiritually and if some drastic actions are not taken, the physical manifestation of the break up will soon become evident. Mailafia, who stressed that he believes in one indivisible Nigeria, spoke on Friday while featuring on […]

Fulani settlement near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has been demolished by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Joint Task Force (JTF). The development was disclosed by Ikharo Attah, Chairman, FCT Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation, on Sunday in Abuja. He said the Ruga settlement contravenes sanitation regulations. He explained that the FCT Minister, […]

The 17 Southern Governors in the country have replied the Presidency after it described their resolution to ban open grazing in the region as unconstitutional.  The governors lambasted the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu and accused him of creating confusion in the polity.  Garba ShehuClassic FM, Abuja. […]

At least, 100 people have been killed in four council wards of Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State at the weekend after gunmen unleashed terror on communities. Daily Trust is reporting that over 100 dead bodies have been recovered from many villages in the four council wards where the gunmen attacked simultaneously between Saturday and Sunday. […]

The alleged death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has elicited mixed reactions among Nigerians. Reports say Shekau allegedly blew himself up to avoid being captured alive by the Islamic State West Africa Province, a rival rebel party (ISWAP). The report of his death, however, elicited both doubt and excitement from Nigerians who demanded to […]

One person has been reported dead and 21 others mostly women and children abducted in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. An eyewitness told Channels Television that the armed bandits arrived in Batsari town at about 10:20 pm on Tuesday shooting sporadically and eventually abducted 21 persons. The eyewitness said that the hoodlums after […]

An officer was killed when gunmen attacked two police stations in Etim Ekpo LGA of Akwa Ibom state. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning. Odiko MacDon, police public relations officer in the state, confirmed the attack. He said the gunmen, who came in their numbers, first attacked the Etim Ekpo area command where the police […]

There has been a spike in the activities of gunmen across the country in recent months, with cases of kidnapping for ransom and banditry being reported weekly. Several police stations have also come under attacks with many officers losing their lives. Addressing a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, Mohammed said the country’s security personnel […]

The Nigerian Military has abandoned soldiers trapped in Sambisa Forest after the troops were dislodged by Boko Haram terrorists. The attack happened on Friday, May 7, 2021 around 8 am.  Seventy-two hours after the attack and the retreat by the troops, the command headquarters of the Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, […]

Ahmad Gumi, prominent Islamic cleric, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay the N100 million demanded by the abductors of Greenfield University students, Kaduna state.  Several students were abducted on April 18 when gunmen attacked the school. The kidnappers have since killed five of the students and threatened to kill 17 of them still in […]

Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday lashed out at the nation’s main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, accusing it of playing politics with the issue of security in the country. Lai Mohammed, who addressed a press conference at the National Press Centre in Abuja, said the PDP went off track during a […]

One of the abducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State has been released by the bandits. Although the police and government authorities are yet to confirm the development, the mother of the student, Lauritta Attahiru confirmed the release of her son to Channels Television, on Tuesday. She however refused to give details of how […]

Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has stated that Boko Haram terrorists are the ones behind the abduction of students of Greenfield University, Kaduna. Twenty-two students and a member of staff of the institution were abducted from the school campus along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on April 20 and within a week, five of them were […]

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has appealed to those clamouring for secession to jettison such idea. In a goodwill message at a Special Ramadan Prayer Tafsir lecture held at the Lagos House, Marina, on Sunday, Tinubu maintained that Nigeria is better together. He said the drums of war […]

The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has debunked a video circulating on social media alleging that Boko Haram terrorists are forcefully converting people to Islam in the state. The video was shared by many handles on Twitter including a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who said it happened in territories captured by Boko Haram in […]

If Governor Samuel Ortom wants peace in Benue, he should cooperate with President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime by accepting Ruga and other policies, says the Presidency. Mr Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu, claimed the recent spate of insecurity ravaging the state resulted from Mr Ortom’s rejection of Ruga settlements. His comment came on the heels of […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN has issued a security advisory to all its staff as insecurity across the country worsens. In a memo sent out to staff on Wednesday, April 28, the management of the apex bank warned its staff to be wary of where they go in this trying times. See a copy […]

The Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr Ejike Mbaka, has called for President Muhammadu Buhari to be impeached over the spate of insecurity in Nigeria. Mbaka, speaking at the Adoration Ministry in Enugu, said Buhari has failed Nigeria woefully and that he should resign now. The cleric wondered how Buhari is […]

Osinbajo said this at an interactive forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra governorship aspirants, organised by the state chapter of APC Patriots in Abuja. “The thing about the kind of conflict in this part of the world, developing countries, is that it is usually a war without end. “Everyone who thinks he has some […]

Barely 24 hours after the death of nine security operatives in Rivers, unidentified gunmen, Monday attacked the camp at Abua, in Abua/Odual Local Government Area, killing nine soldiers. Yesterday, the nine victims were said to have been killed in different security check points in the state. Vanguard Source said the invaders attacked four security check […]

A family of eight, including a nursing mother have been abducted at a hotel in Ajaawa, Ogbomoso in Ogo Oluwa Local Government Area of Oyo State. The victims, identified as Mr Olukunle Oyedokun, his wife, Juliana and six others were reportedly kidnapped around 10 pm on Saturday. Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Adewale […]

At least one person has been confirmed dead while several others have been abducted on Sunday morning when arms-wielding bandits attacked a church in Manini Tasha village, Kuriga Ward in Chukun local government area of Kaduna State. LEADERSHIP Newspaper reports that the dead person was confirmed to be a medical doctor – An eyewitness, who narrowly […]

Senior Special Assitant to President, Garba Shehu, has lamented that the way killings are being reported under the Muhammadu Buhari-administration is like it had never happened before. Garba Shehu explained that killings had been in existence since forever and President Buhari seems to be a target in the way it is being reported now. Speaking […]

Mr Garba Shehu has slammed the critics of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, for their unwillingness to forgive him. He believes the failure to forgive the minister for the comments he made in support of extremist groups in the past is worse than the offence he committed. The President’s Senior […]

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has accused politicians of funding banditry to run down the present administration. He made the allegation on Friday while briefing reporters shortly after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The governor who condemned the recent attacks by armed […]

Three students of the Greenfield University in Kaduna State who were abducted by bandits suspected to be kidnappers have been killed by their abductors. The students were among those that were abducted by bandits from the private university located along the Kaduna- Abuja highway on Tuesday night. Confirming the development, the Kaduna State Commissioner for […]

Minister of Defence, Major-Gen. Bashir Magashi, retd, said yesterday Nigeria is currently bleeding., following the state of insecurity in the country. This came on a day bandits attacked the General Hospital in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting two nurses on duty, barely 24 hours after bandits invaded Greenfield University in same Kaduna, […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed shock at allegations that the Communications Minister, Isa Ali Pantami and Muslim leaders planned the death of former Kaduna Governor, Patrick Yakowa. Rev. John Joseph Hayab, CAN Chairman in Kaduna said the church and Yakowa’s family consider the allegation very serious with a possible adverse impact on […]

The former education minister Oby Ezekwesili says President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to react to terrorism allegations against Isa Pantami could put Nigeria on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism. Mr Pantami is the country’s minister of Communications and Digital Economy. Mrs Ezekwesili, who berated Mr Buhari’s silence in a tweet on Thursday, warned that the […]

December 9, 2004, a student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Sunday Achi was found dead at the university mosque. It was later revealed that the 24-year-old student of Architecture was strangled dead by Muslim students over allegation that he circulated a tract that contained blasphemous content. For years, the incident has been under the […]

The Chief of Defence Staff Lucky Irabor on Tuesday said security chiefs sometimes become confused and clueless about how to react to the barrage of negative breaking publications around insecurity.  Mr Irabor, a general, said the Nigerian media should tone down its reporting around insecurity in order not to stoke fears amongst citizens and security […]

Some gunmen have abducted an unknown number of students from Green Field University in Kaduna state. The gunmen attacked the school around midnight on Tuesday. They were said to have opened fire to scare away residents before kidnapping some students. More to follow…

David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state has urged herdsmen to stay away from the the state for now. According to Umahi, there is no herdsman in Ebonyi as a result of the ongoing tension in the state. He said, “We are killing policemen, we are burning police station which means that South-East leaders should know […]

The Abia Police Command said the hoodlums who attacked its Uzuakoli Police Station in Bende LGA came with dynamites and rocket launcher. SP Godfrey Ogbonna, the spokesman of the command said the attack happened at about 3 am on Monday. “They used dynamite and rocket launcher to burn down the building, including private and official […]

The officials will serve in various roles such as patrols at checkpoints, and other assignments. A batch of Nigerian policemen, numbering about 144 have arrived in Somalia to improve security in liberated areas – The officials will be deployed to different parts of the country to serve in various roles such as patrols at checkpoints, […]

The Ondo State Security Network Agency, the Amotekun Corps have arrested over 250 cows following a distress call and petitions by farmers in Ipogun, Ilara, Owena Dam axis in Ifedore Local Government Area of the State. The State Commander of the State Security Network, Amotekun, Adetunji Adeleye disclosed this to journalists in Akure, the state […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately invite the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for questioning over alleged affiliations with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The party also demands that President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately sack the minister, given the sensitivity of the issue at stake. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s communications minister Isa Pantami once condemned Nigerian Army’s incursion into Boko Haram strongholds, describing the insurgents as “our Muslim” brothers who did not deserve to be killed like pigs. “See what our fellow Muslim brothers’ blood has turned to? Even pig blood has more value than that of a fellow Muslim brother,” […]

Allen Manasseh, strategic team member of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group, says over 20 parents of the Chibok girls have died from health complications induced by the protracted wait for the return of their children.  In April 2014, 276 schoolgirls of Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) Chibok, Borno state, were abducted by Boko […]

Two of the kidnapped women Gunmen have abducted three women at Onipe community, Idi Ayunre along the Ibadan/Ijebu Ode Road. It was gathered that the gunmen emerged from the bush around Onipe community at about 8:20am on Monday, April 12 and shot indisrciminately to scare travellers before they whisked away the women to an unknown destination. The names […]

Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has imposed a 24-hour curfew on three communities in Balanga Local Government after a violent communal clash.  The violent clash reportedly claimed lives and led to destruction of properties in Nyuwar, Jessu and Tolde. An eyewitness, Kabiru Abubakar Sulaiman told Daily Trust that the violence erupted late Monday evening, April 12, between youth hunters of […]

BREAKING: Gunmen invade Gwagwalada community, overpower police, abduct residents Unknown gunmen have invaded the Tungan-Maje community in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja. The gunmen who stormed the area on Tuesday overpowered the security agencies who tried to repel them. A police officer and other residents were reportedly shot during the […]

The Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum (NBAWF) has condemned the alleged murder of their colleague, Adaeze Ikpeama, Esq, by her husband, Anthony Ikpeama. According to police reports, the incident occurred in Lagos when the 28-year-old woman was on admission as an in-patient for pregnancy-related complications after her husband had allegedly beaten her into a state […]

Daily Independent Newspaper reports that, there’s an allegation that the Minister of Com­munications and Digital Economy, Alhaji Isa Ali Ibrahim, also known as Sheikh Pantami, has fall­en on the watch list of the America’s Intelligence Service. Ibrahim, also the Dep­uty Secretary General of the Supreme Sharia Council in Nigeria and a former student of Salafist ideologies, […]

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a Catholic priest, Rev. Prof. Izu Marcell Onyeocha, in Imo State. It was gathered that that the priest was abducted around 7:00 am on Sunday, April 11, at Ihube Community in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, along Enugu -Port Harcourt Express Road The cleric is said to […]

Gunmen on Tuesday razed the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo State. This development came just a day after unknown gunmen attacked Owerri Correctional Centre and the Imo State Police Command headquarters, freeing 1,884 inmates and razing over 50 vehicles. Tuesday’s attack came few hours after the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, […]

The Kaduna State Government has vowed to prosecute anyone caught negotiating with bandits or terrorists in the state. This is according to the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who made the government’s position known via a statement issued on Sunday. While noting that the government has not appointed an intermediary to […]

Many people have been feared dead following an attack launched by suspected Fulani herdsmen in four villages in Ebonyi State.  The affected villages are Umuhuali, Nkalaha, Obeagu, Nkalagu, and Amazu in Ishielu Local Government Area of the southeast state.  Eyewitnesses told Channels Television that the gunmen were shooting sporadically, killing at least 15 people in different areas of […]

The abductors of the eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Kaduna state have established contact with the leadership of the church in the state, demanding a ₦50 million ransom before they will release them. This was disclosed by the public relations officer of the Church in Kaduna province, Alao Joseph. Mr. […]

Six Boko Haram terrorists have been killed by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole along Dikwa – Ajiri axis in the Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State. Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima in a statement released on Tuesday March 16 said the terrorists who mounted  motorcycles and a gun truck, were killed by […]

Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has once again restated his position to never negotiate with bandits and kidnappers. Following the repeated attacks by criminals in some parts of the North, there have been calls by some Nigerians for government to negotiate with the criminals so they can lay down their arms. Cleric, Sheik Gumi, has […]

Gunmen have kidnapped some pupils from a UBE primary school at Rama in Birnin-Gwari LGA of Kaduna state. The gunmen abducted some teachers from the school as well. A resident told TheCable the gunmen invaded the school on Monday morning. It is not immediately clear how many persons were taken hostage. The state police command […]

Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 172 students and eight others kidnapped by bandits in the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the rescue in a statement on Friday. Aruwan said that bandits, in […]

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it would crush terrorists, bandits and other criminals disturbing the peace of the country as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, stated this at the Army Headquarters in Abuja while hosting the new permanent secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Musa Istifanus, […]

No fewer than 100 miners operating between Anka and Maru Local Government Areas of Zamfara State have been abducted by bandits. Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, who spoke on behalf of other members of the state Council of Chiefs as chairman, disclosed this when the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor, led […]

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has stated that failure of security operatives to defeat bandits have emboldened them to develop a national footprint and endanger national cohesion.  The Kaduna state Governor said this at the presentation of the 2020 Annual Security Report on Wednesday March 10.  El-Rufai also disclosed that Governors in some states in the North-West […]

Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Wednesday suggested ways the Federal Government can resolve the challenge of banditry in the North. Gumi said the Federal Government should adopt the non-kinetic approach in tackling banditry and insecurity in the Northern part of the country. In an exclusive interview with DAILY POST, the cleric explained that […]

The Federal Government has been tasked to declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria a terrorist group. A group, the Igbo National Council (INC), made the demand during a summit held in Owerri, the Imo State capital. INC President, Chilos Godsent also asked Nigerians to stop buying and eating cow meats grown by […]

Kukah said during a virtual interview with Toyin Falola, academic and historian, on Sunday. He said as Nigerians, we are bound together and nobody should pretend we are not. “I don’t think any Nigerian, in his right sense, should pretend nothing binds us together. This 923,768 km² that Lugard gave us binds us together. All […]

The Nigerian Army has dismissed the report of bandits’ attack on its base and killing of soldiers at Marina in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Saturday described the report as false and unsubstantiated. Yerima said the report in a newspaper publication claimed […]

At least 12 people have been kidnapped by bandits following an attack on the Junior Staff Quarters of the Kaduna International Airport. The incident occurred on Saturday, but the police authorities in the state have yet to confirm the attack. One of the victims, who is a member of staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management […]

Nigerians have begun to lambast President Muhammadu Buhari and some governors over comments to summarily shoot anyone illegally seen carrying an AK-47 rifle. President’s spokesperson Garba Shehu Wednesday said Mr. Buhari has directed the military to shoot whoever is seen with sophisticated weapons like AK-47 at sight. Mr. Shehu said the president’s directive was to […]

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Friday, called for the arrest of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, for saying journalists are criminals for calling bandits criminals. The union expressed reservation on Gumi’s remarks during an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday where he labelled journalists as criminals for calling bandits criminals. In his interview, Gumi said: […]

Gunmen Attack Police Patrol Team In Cross River, Kill Officers, Steal Rifles… There is tension in the area as many residents had fled going by the apprehension generated by the attack on the police station… Details later..

Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari regime to recruit more Nigerians into the country’s security forces as bandits ravage the northern state. Mr. Sani-Bello lamented that the Buhari regime only provided his state with 4,000 police officers instead of the 14,000 required, the Voice of Nigeria reported. The governor […]

Niger State Ministry Of Education has released photo of the student killed during the attack on Government Science College Kagara in Niger State.  Benjamin .B. Habila, an SS3C student, was shot dead by the bandits while trying to escape.  The bandits invaded the school around 3 am on Wednesday, February 17, abducting the students and some […]

Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed has doubled down on his justification for arms-bearing herdsmen, stating that the use of  ‘AK-47 is a figure of speech for protection’  “It is a figure of speech to show you the despondence, the desperation and frustration and the agony that this particular person is exposed to by his own people, […]

Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi,  met with abductors of the staff and students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State. According to TVC News, the meeting took place at Tagina forest in Niger State on Thursday, February 18. The bandits wielding their guns, were led by their leader, Dogo Gide. Sheik Gumi appealed to […]

The state released the names of the students about 24 hours after they were kidnapped on Wednesday. The list of the teachers abducted alongside the students was also released. The student who was killed during the attack has been identified as Benjamin Habila. Below are their names: Jamilu Isah Shem Joshua Abbas Abdullahi Isah Abdullahi […]

The Niger state government has shut down boarding schools in four local government areas (LGAs). This follows the abduction of school children at the Government Science College (GSC), Kagara. Gunmen had attacked the school early hours of Wednesday and abducted yet-to-be-known number of the students. Sani Bello, governor of the state, gave the order at […]