The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed reports claiming that it compelled its personnel to buy a handbook titled “Attitudinal Change Handbook for the Nigeria Police Force” for N2,000. An online report had alleged that the Force ordered all officers nationwide to pay for the handbook, purportedly making its purchase mandatory with a deadline. However, documents sighted on Monday revealed that the approval for the book’s distribution came through a letter dated May 28, 2025, from the Department of Training and Development, Force Headquarters, Abuja. The letter, signed by the Commissioner of Police (Training), Rashid Afegbua, on behalf of the Deputy…
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Immigration officers at a Nigerian airport have reportedly seized the international passport of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central. The lawmaker, in a live Facebook broadcast on Tuesday morning, alleged that the action was carried out on the orders of Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Akpoti-Uduaghan said she had planned to take a short break following the celebration of her second year in office but was stopped from travelling when officials withheld her passport. “Having completed the celebration of my second year, I decided to take a week off, and my passport is being withheld again. The same thing happened before,”…
Panic has gripped residents of Tombo Council Ward in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State following the killing of a former councillor, Mr. Atindiga Tsebee, by suspected armed herdsmen. The incident occurred over the weekend along the Ayilamo–Anyiin Road, near Tsukwa Village, while the victim was returning from a security meeting held to discuss rising attacks in the area. Sources said Tsebee was travelling in a vehicle belonging to another community leader, Zaki Terngu Iorhuna, when the attackers laid ambush and opened fire on them. “They were returning from a meeting on how to curb the incessant attacks when…
The family of a 19-year-old nursing student, Aisha Ibrahim, has raised alarm over her sudden disappearance in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Aisha, who hails from Gombe State, was said to have gone missing on October 30, 2025, while on her way to Glorious Amazing Grace and Maternity, Ikot Ekpo, 8 Miles Junction, where she was undergoing her industrial training. Her brother-in-law, Shehu Muhammed Danladi, told Daily Post that the family last saw or heard from her the morning she left home for the hospital. “She left home that morning for work and has not returned since then. We…
Thai authorities have arrested three women allegedly linked to an international romance scam syndicate reportedly operated by a group of Nigerians, which defrauded victims of more than six billion baht (about ₦212 billion). According to the Bangkok Post, the suspects — identified only as Jutharat, Janjira, and Jiraphan — were arrested on Sunday during coordinated raids in Chachoengsao, Nonthaburi, and Yala provinces. Police said the women face charges bordering on transnational crime and money laundering. The operation was led by Pol Maj Gen Pattanasak Bupphasuwan, Commander of the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD), who confirmed that the arrests followed a…
The Lagos State Police Command has declared activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore wanted over an alleged plot to stage protests that could disrupt public order and obstruct major roads in the state. Commissioner of Police Olohundare Jimoh disclosed this on Monday while addressing reporters at the Iyana-Oworo section of the Third Mainland Bridge. Jimoh said Sowore, convener of the Take It Back Movement, had ignored police warnings against mobilising demonstrations over the recent demolition of buildings in Oworonshoki, Lagos Mainland. “We are closing in on Sowore and others coordinating activities intended to disrupt public peace,” the commissioner said.…
The Bayelsa State Police Command has launched an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a 24-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr. Levi Anyanwu. Anyanwu, with registration number BYS/25A/0244, was serving at the Ijaw National Academy, Kaiama, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, before he was declared missing on October 8, 2025. Police spokesperson Musa Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday, said the command had directed operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident. According to the statement, initial investigations revealed that the corps member was last seen with a couple, Mr. and Mrs.…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has alleged that ex-US President, Barack Obama, plotted his defeat in 2015. Jonathan made this allegation in his new book, ‘My Transition Hours’ due to launch on Tuesday. He said Obama displayed an unusual level of bias during the 2015 elections, describing him as overbearing and ‘condescending’ in his message to Nigerians ahead of the 2015 general election. According to Jonathan, “On March 23, 2015, President Obama himself took the unusual step of releasing a video message directly to Nigerians all but telling them how to vote.” Giving the details in the book, Jonathan said, “In…
The Lagos State Police Command has begun a full investigation into the brutal killing of a commercial motorcyclist, Afesomu Amos, whose dismembered body was discovered in Ade-Odo, Ogun State — a week after he was reported missing. Amos, a popular rider in the Ajara-Vetho area of Badagry, went missing on October 24 after he reportedly dropped off a passenger at Erekiti. According to his brother, Samuel Afesomu, the deceased had called his wife around 7:30 p.m. that evening to inform her he was on his way home, but his phone went off minutes later. All attempts to reach him failed.…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued two kidnapped victims and recovered ₦3.8 million paid as ransom during a coordinated operation in Kogi State. The operation, according to a statement on the Army’s official Facebook page, was executed by troops of the 12 Brigade attached to the Forward Operating Base (FOB), Oguma. The statement, signed by the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Hassan Abdullahi, said the troops acted on credible intelligence on kidnapping activities along the Itobe–Adumu–Ejule axis. It was gathered that the soldiers intercepted the kidnappers on November 2 while they were expecting relatives of some victims…