Two persons were killed and one other injured on Sunday after a petrol-laden tanker exploded along the Ihiala area of the Onitsha–Owerri Road in Anambra State. The incident occurred opposite the office of the Federal Road Safety Corps at about…

Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria, AMDON, Kebbi State Chapter, has condemned the alleged killing of one of its members, Tukur Alhaji Salihu, by operatives of the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, of the Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B, Kaduna, attached to…

The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of seven persons and 70 others injured, while 28 were unhurt in a lone accident that occurred in Kano. The Sector Commander, Idris Muhammed-Lawal, disclosed this in a statement signed by…

A private security man employed by a private school in Aba, Abia State,  has been arrested by the police after he allegedly defiled a three-year-old pupil of the school. The incident happened on  Friday at Umuosi Road by Ibadan Road,…

The Ekiti State Police Command has begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a middle-aged man, identified simply as Segun, who allegedly took his life after attempting to kill his daughter in Ise Ekiti, Ise/Orun Local Government…

The Lagos State Government has sealed the Ladipo Spare Parts Market in the Mushin area of the state over repeated environmental infractions. The enforcement followed persistent cases of indiscriminate refuse disposal on the road median and highway, as well as…

The Kogi State Government has ordered the temporary closure of selected markets and motor parks across parts of the state as part of intensified security operations aimed at flushing out terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements. The decision was announced…

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnapper following a gun duel with armed criminals during a bush-combing operation in Ekpoma, Edo Central Senatorial District. The command’s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this in a statement on…

Two people, an adult male and female, have died following a collision between two trucks at the Alamutu section of the Abeokuta–Igboora Expressway in Ogun State. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi, told PUNCH Metro…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers in connection with the abduction of Dr Abu Babatunde and the killing of his younger brother. The command’s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, disclosed in a statement on Sunday that the arrests…

The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of suspected kidnappers in connection with the abduction of two medical doctors’ brothers in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state. DAILY POST reports that the two medical doctors…

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a gospel artiste, Matthew Ogundele, popularly known as Segun Praise, and three members of his crew, who were found dead inside a music studio in…

The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the alleged theft of three children belonging to two separate mothers at Nkwagu Village, opposite the Nkwagu Military Cantonment, in Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state. The incident was reportedly carried out…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has averted a potential fire disaster following the overturning of a fully loaded petrol tanker at Awoyaya along the Lekki–Epe Expressway in the early hours of Sunday. PUNCH Online learnt that the incident occurred…

Oyo State Police command has disclosed that it has seized no fewer than nine bags of Indian hemp. The command also revealed that it seized one hundred and one (101) wraps of dried leaves suspected to be Canadian Loud. Other…