For the merchants and inhabitants of the Jilli community, April 11, 2026, began as any other ordinary day. Unfortunately, the day took a dark turn when reports surfaced that an airstrike had killed more than 280 people in a rural Borno State desert market. Jilli, a small trading town in northeastern Nigeria, was levelled to … Read more
Former Malian diplomat and Tuareg rebel Ghaly is wanted by the International Criminal Court and is also listed as a terrorist by the United States. Several audacious assaults on military authority have been attributed to JNIM since its formation in 2017. The security ministry, which is headed by the military, announced a bounty of $3.5 … Read more
Tragedies like the one in Oyo were common. In Askira Uba, Borno State, 42 students from Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School were kidnapped by militants on the very same day. More than 80 students and teachers from Nigeria were removed from their classes in the span of one day. After all these time, a … Read more
With the beginning of hostilities with Tehran on February 28, Washington’s long-sought goal of limiting Iran’s influence in Iraq has gained fresh impetus. Since the Middle East war began at the end of February, Iranian-backed forces in Iraq have launched multiple strikes against US installations in the country. The US has reacted against pro-Iranian militias, … Read more
Armed gunmen kidnapped 42 students from schools in Mussa, Askira-Uba Local Government Area, Borno State. Gunmen stormed three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting seven teachers and thirty-nine kids. The state had previously been thought to be relatively safe from such mass abductions. There is a pattern to these occurrences. … Read more
Accord has condemned the assassination attempt on its Osogbo Local Government Area Chairman, Asimiyu Ajibola, calling it a politically motivated act. The party further asks that the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services conduct a thorough investigation to identify and prosecute the perpetrators of the heinous act. The Osun State ruling party said … Read more
Sam Amadi, former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has condemned the conduct of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) primary elections, describing them as badly managed and substantially skewed. In a post on X on Thursday, Amadi said the NDC’s primaries were the weakest among the major political parties that recently conducted internal … Read more
At least seven people have been killed following a violent clash between farmers and herders in Lanzai and Dosho communities of Darazo Local Government Area in Bauchi State. According to the Bauchi State Police Command, the incident began after suspected herders allegedly attacked farmers working on farmland on the outskirt of Lanzai community. Police spokesperson … Read more
Operatives of the Yobe State Police Command have uncovered an illegal firearms fabrication site in Potiskum and arrested seven suspects. SP Dungus Abdulkarim, the State Police Public Relations Officer, issued this statement on Wednesday in Damaturu, the state capital. Abdulkarim said operatives of the Potiskum Area Command, in collaboration with the Divisional Police Headquarters, carried … Read more
At least five congregants were kidnapped during the savage attack on the ECWA Church in Omugo, located in the Oro Ago District of the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, and are believed to have died in terrorist captivity. Zubair Olaitan, Coordinator of the Kwara South Joint Security, confirmed to DAILY POST on Wednesday … Read more