The National Secretariat B of the Peoples Democratic Party, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, was on Wednesday sealed off by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force amid escalating tensions between rival factions of the opposition party. The development follows the violent clash on Tuesday between the Saminu Turaki-led group and loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The confrontation, which threw the secretariat into chaos, saw Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, teargassed as security operatives attempted to control the situation. When DAILY POST visited the facility on Wednesday, officers had mounted barricades…
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One of the 25 schoolgirls abducted during Monday’s predawn attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State, has escaped and reunited safely with her family, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. According to the Associated Press, the school principal, Musa Rabi Magaji, disclosed that the girl returned home late Monday, while another student managed to flee during the raid and was never taken by the gunmen. “They are safe and sound,” Magaji said, adding that both girls appeared to be in their early teens. A video verified by AP showed the escapees surrounded by relieved family members in their…
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two persons and the injuring of another following a bandit attack in Eruku, a border town in the Ekiti Local Government Area of the state. One of the targeted locations was a parish of the Christ Apostolic Church, where worshippers were holding a service when armed men reportedly opened fire. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said the attack occurred around 6pm on November 18, 2025. According to the police, operatives from the Eruku Division, working with local vigilantes, responded immediately…
Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, has deferred his planned ceremonial defection to the All Progressives Congress, citing the recent abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State. Kefas, in a personally signed statement on Tuesday, said it would be insensitive to go ahead with any political celebration at a time the country was grappling with yet another tragedy of insecurity. The APC, in a separate statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, also confirmed the postponement of the event, noting that a new date would be announced in due course. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the reception was…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested 10 suspects in connection with alleged organ harvesting, armed robbery and culpable homicide in different parts of the state. Commissioner of Police, Shettima Jauro Mohammed, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing journalists on recent breakthroughs recorded by the command. He said one of the suspects was apprehended for allegedly engaging in organ trafficking, while nine others were arrested for their roles in multiple robbery attacks across the state. Mohammed explained that on November 17, operatives from the command responded to a distress call at Yahaya Sabo Motor Park in Lafia, where park officials…
Scores of members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State have defected to the All Progressives Congress, pledging to work for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The defectors, drawn from all 18 local government areas of the state, described the PDP as a “crisis-ridden” party with a weakened leadership structure, saying they could no longer remain in a system they claimed had lost direction. Many of the decampees are members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers and operate under the umbrella of the Asiwaju Transport Movement. Speaking on their behalf on Tuesday, the group’s coordinator, Mr…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man alleged to be a key player in an organ-harvesting syndicate, rescuing four purported victims in Lafia. Commissioner of Police Shettima Muhammad, who briefed journalists on Tuesday, said the suspect, Maro Ebojoh from Etiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, was apprehended on Monday at the Alhaji Yahaya Sabo Motor Park, Bukan Sidi, after park officials raised an alarm over his suspicious activities. Operatives from ‘B’ Division immediately responded and took Ebojoh into custody. Preliminary investigation, according to the CP, revealed that the suspect arrived in Lafia to recruit individuals…
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court has granted bail to three men arraigned for allegedly being in possession of substances suspected to be hemp. The defendants — 26-year-old Adefila Oluwanifemi, 23-year-old Peter Benson, and 20-year-old Jamiu Yekini — were brought before the court on Tuesday on charges bordering on unlawful possession of Indian hemp. They, however, pleaded not guilty to the allegations. Prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the suspects were arrested on November 15 at about 11 a.m. in Ado-Ekiti after being found with weeds suspected to be hemp and other illicit substances. He noted that the offence…
A late-night fire has claimed the lives of two children and rendered dozens of residents homeless after sweeping through a cluster of makeshift buildings in the Rumuola area of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State. The inferno, which broke out around 10 p.m. on Sunday, destroyed an entire shanty settlement behind the Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, displacing no fewer than 27 families. Eyewitnesses said the fire started in a room where a woman, whose identity was withheld, had left food cooking on a stove before stepping out to buy ingredients. She reportedly locked the door with her four children inside…
The Gombe State Police Command has recovered 66 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp after intercepting an unregistered vehicle along the Kuri–Deba Road on Monday night. PUNCH Metro learnt that operatives of the Deba Division carried out the operation around 9:30 p.m. following credible intelligence from surveillance officers who had tracked the suspicious movement of an ash-coloured, unregistered Toyota Corolla. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, said the Divisional Police Officer immediately deployed a team to the scene after receiving the alert. “On arrival, our operatives sighted three suspects attempting to deliver the suspected illicit…