The Edo State Police Command has arrested two female suspects found in possession of an automatic pump-action shotgun and five live cartridges. The Command’s spokesperson, Moses Yamu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Benin City, obtained by journalists. According to Yamu, the firearm, identified as an automatic pump-action shotgun (Breach No. 0230), alongside five live cartridges, was concealed inside a sack at the point of recovery. Police identified the suspects as Believe Ehinor, 18, and Ofoma Sofia, 19. Yamu said the duo were apprehended on November 25, 2025, at about 11:30pm, amid ongoing investigations into the earlier arrest…
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A driver has been killed after troops repelled an attempted kidnap along the Makurdi–Kura highway in Benue State. The incident was first disclosed by security analyst Zagazola Makama in a post on X on Thursday. According to Makama, the attack occurred on Wednesday at about 6:30pm, when armed men barricaded the highway in a bid to abduct passengers in a commercial bus travelling ahead of a convoy of engineers en route from Kura to Makurdi. Soldiers on routine patrol, positioned behind the engineers’ vehicle, quickly engaged the gunmen, forcing the suspected bandits to flee and scatter into nearby bushes. Makama…
A police constable in Katsina State has been declared missing after signing out a service rifle and disappearing shortly after reporting for duty. The incident was first disclosed by security analyst Zagazola Makama in a post on X on Thursday. According to Makama, the officer, Police Constable Ahmed Tukur of the Danmusa Division, reported for duty on November 23 at about 6pm, where he signed out an AK-47 rifle with breech number 13492 and rifle number 13492 for standby duty. Shortly after collecting the weapon, he reportedly left the station and has not been seen since. Efforts by his colleagues…
Armed bandits have abducted 54 farmers and residents, including four pregnant women and children, in Paleta community, Unguwan-Kawo, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Sources told newsmen that the attack occurred around 1pm on Wednesday, November 26, barely six days after bandits seized over 300 students and teachers from St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, also in Niger State. Eyewitnesses alleged that the gunmen invaded the community, shooting sporadically before whisking villagers—among them expectant mothers and minors—to an unknown location. A community source said the affected settlement lies approximately five kilometres from a…
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested seven suspected cultists inside a hospital in Uromi, the administrative headquarters of Esan North-East Local Government Area, over an alleged violent conspiracy. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, Moses Yamu, disclosed the development on Thursday in a statement made available to journalists in Benin City. Yamu said the suspects—believed to be members of the Eiye Confraternity—were allegedly holding a strategic meeting to plan an imminent attack on a rival group, the Aye Confraternity, following a bloody clash between an Eiye member, identified by sources with the alias “I Dey…
Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, says his administration has cut the state’s infrastructure deficit by more than half since 2022. Adeleke disclosed this on Wednesday in Osogbo during a live statewide broadcast marking the third anniversary of his administration. According to the governor, Osun’s infrastructure deficit stood at over 80% when he assumed office. “Today, we have reduced the infrastructure deficit by over 50%. Osun has become one of the fastest-growing states in road connectivity,” he said. The governor explained that infrastructure development remains central to his administration’s economic strategy, with road connectivity identified as the most direct pathway…
Residents and traders along the Arakale axis of Akure, the Ondo State capital, were on Wednesday thrown into panic after thugs fatally stabbed a Police Inspector during a dispute. The suspects, identified by the police as Shina Jacob, 25, and Felix Olalekan, 32, allegedly attacked the officer amid an altercation at Oke-Arata, a busy trading hub in the city. The development comes days after a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was stabbed to death in the Oba-Ile area of Akure by a mentally unstable man. Sources said the slain inspector had recently been transferred from…
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has debunked a viral social media report claiming he stated that security operations in Zamfara State “would not work without him.” In a statement issued on Thursday, Matawalle described the publication as untrue and misleading, emphasising that he never made such a remark. He clarified that although he has in the past voiced concerns over the security situation in Zamfara, he did not grant any interview or hold any conversation suggesting that ongoing military or security missions depend on his personal participation. The minister said the report distorted his position and…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a fresh alarm over what it described as a rapidly expanding criminal economy driving banditry, kidnapping and terrorism across Nigeria, cautioning that insecurity has morphed into a highly organised enterprise. The opposition party also urged the Federal Government to stop politicising national security, warning that treating the crisis as a partisan issue is worsening the country’s security landscape. The party’s Ini Ememobong raised the concerns on Wednesday while speaking on the Democracy Today, stressing that ongoing government tactics are emboldening criminal networks. Ememobong, citing unnamed national datasets, said available figures indicate that banditry,…
Tension is mounting in the Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State following the killing of Alhaji Ibrahim Nagode, 60, father of a wanted bandit leader, during a raid conducted by personnel of the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF. Security analyst, Zagazola Makama, who monitored the unfolding development, quoted sources as saying the shooting occurred when the bandit leader, Haruna Ibrahim, popularly called Fada, was reportedly returning to Na’alma village after a recently negotiated peace accord between bandits and surrounding communities in the area. According to the sources, the locality had been on edge after intelligence reports suggested that armed…
The Delta State Police Command has declared the Owelle of Onicha-Olona, Chief Jerry Nkeeshe, and members of an armed group wanted over a deadly attack that claimed the lives of three youths near the “B” Division area in Asaba on November 24, 2025. The development was confirmed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, and monitored by newsmen. According to Edafe, preliminary investigations indicate that the traditional leader allegedly led a combined group of local vigilantes and suspected cult members to a disputed land parcel at Okwe community along the Asaba–Onitsha Road…
A butcher in Adamawa State, Umaru Usman from Shelleng Local Government Area, has regained his freedom after serving 17 years in prison over a N150,000 debt. Usman was earlier sentenced to 17 years imprisonment by the Shelleng Area Court on charges of criminal breach of trust and cheating, and was remanded at the Numan Correctional Centre. InfoStride News reports that his release followed the visit of a special court panel constituted to decongest correctional centres by reviewing questionable convictions, which inspected the facility in Numan. He was subsequently freed by the Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee, led by the state…
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections, Adewale Adebayo, has warned that Nigeria is heading toward a one-party state, accusing the ruling APC of stifling opposition voices and shrinking democratic space. Adebayo gave the warning on Tuesday during a visit to the Kaduna State SDP Secretariat, urging nationwide mobilisation to resist what he called anti-democratic manoeuvres. The SDP flag-bearer alleged that some political actors had “conspired” to concentrate power in a single dominant party, weakening political competition and citizen choice. “They forgot that God created this country,” he said, adding that hunger, unemployment, and…
The African Democratic Congress has criticised the Federal Government for shutting down schools due to insecurity, saying the decision signals a collapse of the state’s responsibility to protect learning institutions. ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, made this known on Wednesday during an appearance on the Politics Today programme on Channels Television, monitored by pressmen. Abdullahi warned that school closures embolden extremist narratives opposed to Western education. “When you close schools because bandits could kidnap children, you are saying you are no longer capable of protecting your schools,” he said. He added that the shutdown reinforces Boko Haram’s anti-education ideology.…
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has expressed optimism that the rising wave of insecurity ravaging parts of Northern Nigeria is “a phase” that will end soon. Sule made the remark on Tuesday in an interview on the Prime Time programme of Arise Television, monitored by newsmen. His comments come amid escalating attacks in the North, raising concerns over the stability of the region’s security architecture. InfoStride News recalls that armed bandits struck communities in Kwara State twice within two weeks, abducting locals, though 38 abducted worshippers of the Christ Apostolic Church were later rescued by security forces. In another major…
As Nigeria battles escalating violent crimes, including mass abductions and community attacks, advocacy for decentralised state policing has resurfaced with renewed urgency. Many citizens, security experts, and political stakeholders argue that a localised policing structure could improve response time and strengthen intelligence at the grassroots level. InfoStride News reports that in recent days, the country has recorded multiple attacks exposing weaknesses in its centralised policing architecture. Over 300 pupils and teachers were abducted by gunmen from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State — an incident widely compared to the 2014 Chibok schoolgirl abduction. In Kebbi,…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, on Tuesday, November 25, presented a N1.39 trillion appropriation bill for the 2026 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. While presenting the estimate on the floor of the House in Jos, Governor Eno said the proposed budget is tagged: “The People’s Budget of Expansion and Growth.” The governor disclosed that 25% of the total estimate is allocated for recurrent expenditure, while 75% is earmarked for capital expenditure aimed at stimulating economic growth and consolidating ongoing infrastructure development. He further stated that N387.5 billion would be committed to roads and major infrastructure,…
A coalition of youth and women’s groups in Osogbo has called on the ruling All Progressives Congress to zone its 2026 governorship ticket to Osogbo town. The coalition made the demand in a joint statement released on Tuesday at Osogbo, saying the call was based on Osogbo’s strategic electoral weight, not sentiment. The group noted that Osogbo has historically played a decisive role in shaping electoral outcomes in Osun State. InfoStride News recalls that during the INEC Continuous Voter Registration exercise, Osogbo and Olorunda recorded over 300,000 registered voters, representing 15% of total voter registration in the state. It said…
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has decried the worsening security crisis in the country, saying Nigeria is steadily losing control of its internal security architecture. PRP National Chairman, Falalu Bello, in a statement issued on Tuesday, lamented the surge in killings and mass abductions, warning that the nation’s security architecture was in collapse. Bello said the lives of citizens being wasted daily were no less important than those of political leaders, their families and allies, many of whom, he noted, have relocated abroad for personal safety. The opposition party challenged the Federal Government to stop what it called “denial of…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has urged Nigerians and the Independent National Electoral Commission to disregard the planned congresses announced by the Kwankwasiya Movement, led by former presidential candidate, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, describing the move as unconstitutional. In a statement released on Monday in Abuja, the National Secretary of the party, Mr Ogini Olaposi, said the court-ordered congresses recognising the authentic leadership of the NNPP had already been held and concluded. The party maintained that the Kwankwaso-led faction lacks constitutional backing to organise any congress on behalf of the party, stressing that the last recognised internal elections were conducted…