A viral video circulating on social media has stirred nationwide debate after a man identifying himself as a Fulani herdsman alleged that the Nigerian government provides weapons to armed groups. The clip, shared by several users on X, includes English interpretations provided by viewers, as the original audio has not been independently verified. In the footage, posted by an X …

The government of the United Kingdom has rejected Nigerian government’s request to transfer Ike Ekweremadu, the former deputy senate president, to serve the remainder of his prison term in Nigeria. Ekweremadu is currently serving a prison sentence in the UK for organ trafficking. He was convicted in March 2023 and sentenced to nine years and eight months for conspiring to …

An alleged terrorist commander has issued new threats against Nigeria, declaring that his group will soon begin targeting military officers, state governors, and even President Bola Tinubu for abduction. In a video obtained by SaharaReporters, the armed militant — wearing what appeared to be a Nigerian military jacket — boasted about recent kidnappings of schoolchildren in Kebbi and Niger states. …

President Bola Tinubu’s government has said the high-level Nigerian delegation and the United States officials have agreed to collaborate in ending the protracted security challenges facing the nation. A delegation, led by the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu had last week, met with senior officials across the US Congress, the White House Faith Office, the State Department, the National …

Constitutional lawyer Fred Nzeako says Nnamdi Kanu’s trial violated criminal law principles and urges Tinubu to grant mercy. Constitutional lawyer and public affairs analyst, Fred Nzeako, has declared that the conviction of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, amounts to ‘a travesty of justice’, insisting that the presiding judge acted outside the law and that the entire procedure was fundamentally defective. Speaking …

The United States has affirmed its commitment to partnering with Nigeria in the fight against terrorism, after a high-level security meeting at the Pentagon on November 20. The meeting, hosted by Pete Hegseth, US secretary of war, was attended by a delegation of security leaders from Nigeria led by Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA). Their meeting took place …

Nigeria suffered its second mass school abduction this week with authorities confirming an attack on a Catholic school in the conflict-battered northern region of the country on Friday. A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted in Friday’s attack at St. Mary’s School in Niger state’s Papiri community. It wasn’t immediately confirmed who the attackers were. Local police …

In recent times, Nigeria has gone through turbulent periods of different kinds. DAILY POST examines 10 tragic events that occurred in the last 10 days as the security of the country continues to deteriorate. 11/11/25 – Six Senior Directors from the Ministry of Defence were kidnapped along the Kogi axis, reminding us that even those tasked with securing our nation …

The revered monarch of the Benin Kingdom, Oba Ewuare II, has openly expressed deep admiration for the detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing him as “a man history will never forget.” In a statement, in Benin, Oba Ewuare says,“I am witnessing history unfold before my eyes. A man like Nnamdi Kanu still walks this earth — a man who …

A group of impoverished farmers in Kaduna State has raised alarm that so-called repentant bandits have resumed terrorising their communities and stealing their cattle. In a desperate Save Our Soul (SOS) message, the farmers from Chikun and Igabi Local Government Areas called on authorities to investigate and stop the renewed criminal activities being carried out by some ‘repentant bandits’ operating …

Under the APC-led Tinubu Administration, Nigerians have witnessed, especially in the last week, a spate of kidnappings in different states (25 students in Kebbi and 315 students and staff in Niger) in Northern Nigeria. Each of these kidnappings leaves a trail of sorrows, tears, blood, fear, and deep anguish on the families of those affected and their communities. In response, …

Kanunta Kanu, one of the brothers of the recently jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, tweeted on Sunday that Prince Emmanuel Kanu and Dr. Maxwell Opara had met with the IPOB leader at the Sokoto Medium Security Prison. On Friday, President Bola Tinubu’s government transferred Kanu from the Department of State Services (DSS) facility in …

President Bola Tinubu has thanked security forces, after Catholic School students in Niger State and worshippers in Kwara State, regained their freedom. In a statement on Sunday, he promised that every Nigerian would be safe under his watch. His statement read: “You will recall that I cancelled my trip to the G20 summit in South Africa to enable me to …

The past 10 days in Nigeria have witnessed unprecedented negative news, a level of chaos, insecurity, and institutional decay that should trouble the conscience of all the leaders. Our country is now going through troubling times, not by fate, but by our collective leadership failures that allow insecurity, lawlessness, and institutional decay to thrive. Each day confronts us with a …

A Yoruba socio-political group, the Yoruba Revolutionary Movement (YOREM), has condemned any form of U.S. military intervention in Nigeria and warned against what it describes as internal extremist colonisation of Yorubaland. The group also called on all Yoruba people, at home and abroad, to rise in defence of their ancestral lands. In the statement, Comrade Wale Balogun, National Coordinator of …