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
Yusuf Usman, 45, died after becoming caught within a well in Kwa Town, Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Kano State, while attempting to retrieve his mobile phone. The incident was contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Yusif Abdullahi. The event happened on Wednesday about … Read more
The Umuahia Capital Development Authority, or UCDA, has demolished illegal stores, shanties, and other makeshift structures in Isiama Afaraukwu, Umuahia North LGA in Abia State. The General Manager of UCDA, Mr. Kingsley Agomoh, said that some of the demolished structures allegedly served as hideouts for criminals and drug peddlers, prompting the state government to move … Read more
The Delta State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has secured the conviction of four suspected oil pipeline vandals. DSC Anthony Uchenna, CDPRO, Delta State Command, said in a statement that Justice Olubanjo of the Federal High Court in Asaba convicted four defendants, Sylvania Elvis, Peter Ojichini, Bala Idris Adey, and … Read more
The Accord has abandoned Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim as their presidential candidate in the 2027 election. The Party stated that it did not create a presidential candidate after the sale of expressions of interest and nomination papers, did not screen any aspirants, and did not have a primary election for the office. Accord stated that its intended … Read more