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The Oyo State Police command, on Wednesday, said that it has arrested no fewer than eight suspects in connection with the kidnap of a local government Chairman and a farmer in the State. Police confirmed that it arrested five suspects in connection with the kidnap of a local government Chairman along Iganna-Ado Awaye Road. It also disclosed that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the kidnap of a farmer who was later found dead after spending some days with the kidnappers. Our correspondent gathered that Hon. Adeleke Olayiwola, a caretaker committee Chairman in the State was recently kidnapped. DAILY POST also reports that a farmer, Mr. Oluwole Agboola was also kidnapped in Akinyele local government area of Ibadan. The farmer was later found dead  after the family allegedly paid some amount of money as ransom. The State Police command has however said that eight suspects have been arrested in connection with the two incidents. Commisioner of Police, Mrs. Ngozi Onad...

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan on Tuesday, confirmed that bandits killed 23 persons in attacks across five local government areas of the state. This was contained in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said one bandit was neutralized as citizens repelled an attack in Chikun local government area of the state stressing that Air platforms are presently engaging bandits in the state. “Following the security situation across the state within the last 24 hours, the Kaduna State Government has received reports from security agencies of the killing of 23 citizens in different attacks on soft targets in Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Chikun, Igabi and Kauru local government areas.” “The attacks on soft targets in these local government areas occurred around Kaduna state’s boundaries with neighbouring states. “In Birnin Gwari LGA, 10 citizens were killed by bandits in an attack on Ungwan Gajere, Kutemeshi ward. They are: Abdu Hasan, Sufya...

The Oyo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, urged the state government to without wasting more time, set up open grazing prohibition task force. The assembly urged the government led by Engineer Seyi Makinde to set up the task force in order to ensure full implementation of the anti-open hearing and grazing law in the State. DAILY POST recalls that the State House of Assembly had earlier  passed the anti-open grazing law . It was, however, gathered that that the law is yet to be fully implemented in the state. The House of Assembly in its suggestion on Tuesday said that all hands must be on deck at the moment to ensure that the high rate of killings, kidnappings, banditry, armed robbery, cult clash and other forms of crimes across the State are addressed and reduced drastically DAILY POST gathered that his suggestion was made in view of the current security challenges the state is facing. The house made this disclosure as part of its resolutions while deliberating on how to stem t...

Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has urged Nigerians to be ready to take the pains of increased petrol pump price as crude oil price goes up above $60 per barrel. Sylva explained that with no provision of subsidy in the 2021 budget, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) couldn’t continue to bear the cost of under-recovery. The former Bayelsa Governor disclosed this at the official launch of Nigerian Upstream Cost Optimisation Program on Tuesday. According to Sylva: “Since we’re optimizing everything, NNPC needs to also think about the optimization of product cost because as we all know, oil prices are where they’re today, $60. “As desirable as this, this has serious consequences as well on product prices. So we want to take the pleasure, and we should as a country, be ready to take the pain. “Today the NNPC is taking a big hit from this. We all know that there is no provision in the budget for subsidy. “So, somewhere down the line, I believe th...

The Zamfara State Government says its sustained dialogue with bandits was producing results. Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Abubakar Dauran, said more gunmen had submitted their weapons. He spoke on Tuesday at a joint press briefing with the Police at the State Command Headquarters in Gusau. Daura commented on the arms a bandit leader, Daudawa and his followers  gave up on Monday. “These 20 AK47 riffles were surrendered at once by just one gang of repentant armed bandits and l can tell you, each of these weapons is capable of killing 2,000 persons”, he said. Commissioner of Police, Yaro Abutu, assured that the command would continue to support government’s peace initiative. He said the command had rescued many kidnapped victims and recovered several arms and ammunition from repentant bandits in recent months.

An audio message making the rounds on social media exposes the wicked plans of the Yorubas against the Fulani herdsmen. The message opens with one faceless man complaining about the handling of the menace of the Fulani herdsmen in the South-western region. The speaker alleges an insidious collaboration between the Ooni of Ife and President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that the duo met at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, after which the traditional ruler sued for peace. The man in the audio stated that the Yorubas are in the custody of a wicked charm that will be planted on the grazing routes of Fulani herders. This is expected to cause the instant death of all their animals. He boasted that the voodoo is trusted and it has been tested. He also claimed to have developed some explosive devices that could blow up bridges, in the event of an attack. The identity of the man in the audio message remains unknown but it is widely shared on social media. Recall that the Yorubas have been bragging about...

The minister said this while briefing newsmen after a facility tour and inspection of the ongoing NIN enrolment exercise at NIMC and other designated centres in Abuja. He said he had made a presentation to the National Economic Sustainability Committee and drew the attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Governor on the need to replace BVN with NIN. According to him, the BVN is a regulator’s policy, while NIN is a law. He said, “The strength of the law wherever you go is not the same with a policy of one institution.’’ The minister noted that BVN was only applicable to those who had a bank accounts while NIN was for every citizen and legal resident in the country. “BVN is our secondary database, while NIN and the database is the primary one in the country that each and every institution should make reference to NIMC,” he said. Pantami boasted that Nigeria was at the forefront in Africa in regard to data protection regulations, claiming that the level of security in the entire databa...

The Northern States’ Governors Forum has said there are already threats of reprisals in the North over the ongoing eviction notices given to Fulani herdsmen in the South, adding that the forum is working hard to contain such threats. The forum noted that it had resolved to “urgently meet” to discuss the issue holistically and look at the sources of conflicts between herdsmen and the southern communities. The NGF submitted that the current system of herding conducted mainly through open grazing was no longer sustainable in view of the growing urbanisation and large populations of the country. The forum reached these conclusions during its emergency meeting held virtually to discuss issues affecting the region – a meeting presided over by its Chairman and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong. It added that it would aggressively sensitise herdsmen to the need to adopt new methods of herding by ranching or other acceptable modern methods. The governors, therefore, appealed to the Nigeri...

Six passengers and the driver of a Toyota Sienna bus were on Monday, kidnapped along Ilesa-Akure expressway. Three persons have escaped from the abductor, DAILY POST gathered. It was gathered that around 7:pm, some gunmen emerged from bush opened fire and flattened the tire of the Toyota Sienna bus with registration number ABJ 635 DC along Ilesa/Akure expressway by Iwaraja forest. The freed three persons said that their abductors are Fulani bandits. Confirming the news, the spokesperson of Osun State Police command, Yemisi Opalola told DAILY POST that Police, in conjunction with the local hunters and Vigilante groups have launched manhunt on the kidnappers. She said “intensive manhunt underway by police and local hunters/vigilantes to rescue victims and arrest suspects.”

An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, remanded two persons, Saliu Saheed and Azees Rafiu for allegedly stealing 18 bags of maize and 1032 chickens. The prosecutor, Jacob Akintunde, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on February 3, 2021, at Oyebode farm in Abudo Village, Ede, Osun state. He told the court that Rafiu, when the owner of the poultry was not around invited the 1st defendant, Saheed, who had been sacked from the poultry to carry out the operation. The prosecutor further stated that the stolen bags of maize were found in the defendants’ house. He said that the first accused person was a driver in the organization, while the second defendant was a worker in the poultry. According to the charger sheet, the offence is contrary to section 516,39(9) of criminal code Cap 34 vol 2 law of Osun state, 2003. Meanwhile, the defendants pleaded guilty to the court charger levelled against them by the police. The duo told the Court that they only stole four bags o...