A soldier identified as Abubakar has allegedly killed a Nigerian Civil and Security Defence Corps officer, Olapade Segun. Abubakar and Segun were said to have met at a nightclub in the Bodija area of Oyo State on Friday. PUNCH Metro…

Hippopotamus has killed Malam Usman Maigadi, a guard at Orchard Farm owned by the Emir of Yauri, Dr Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi, According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the animal may have perceived the deceased as coming to harm its baby,…

The management of  Bovas and Company Limited has suspended one of its managers in Ibadan, Oyo State, for taking some petrol station attendants to a herbalist over an alleged theft incident. This was disclosed in a statement on the company’s…

An 80-year-old grandfather,  Pa Aremu Shojobi, has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency with 14 kilograms of cannabis. Shojobi confessed to having been selling illicit drugs in the last 25 years, according to a…

Three suspected robbers terrorising the Ejirin community in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State have been arrested at their hideout in Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered from the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, on Sunday…

Some traders in the Mowe and Ibafo areas of Ogun State have expressed sadness over the decline in patronage by customers, which they claimed was occasioned by the high cost of goods and commodities. They stressed that the situation had…

Residents of The Exclusives Community Development Association, Teachers’ Quarters, Selewu, Igbogbo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, have blamed the vandalisation of their electricity distribution transformer on the alleged negligence and refusal of Ikeja Electric to energise the transformer…

The Kano Anglican Church Women’s wing has donated foodstuff and other items to the inmates of the Goron Dutse Medium Security Custodial Centre in the state. The gifts comprising foodstuff, toiletries, clothing buckets and different types of seasoning were presented…

A 21-year-old resident of Yelwa in Bauchi State, Dauda Sa’idu, who was recently arrested by the police for trespassing, vandalism, and theft, has said he destroyed graves to use the proceeds therefrom to buy Indian hemp and food items. The…

A mass shooting in Birmingham’s busy nightlife district late Saturday night has left four people dead and over 20 others injured. The tragic incident occurred on 20th Street near Magnolia Avenue in the Five Points South area, a popular hub…

There was panic at the University College Hospital, UCH in Ibadan when a spark ignited a fire in one of the wards in the hospital on Sunday. DAILY POST gathered that the fire incident happened in the early hours of…

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man, Dauda Sa’idu who allegedly destroyed graves and extracted iron rods for sale. In a press release issued by the Command’s spokesman, Superintendent of Police, Ahmed Wakili on Sunday, said, “On September…

Troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army have neutralized two armed vandals, recovered two AK 47 rifles and arrested 18 suspected oil thieves. The troops also destroyed 13 active illegal refining sites and 7 boats, discovered 8 illegal connection points…

The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, says its operatives have neutralised two armed vandals involved in illegal oil bunkering during a gun duel and recovered two AK-47 rifles while 18 suspects were arrested across various states in the Niger Delta region.…

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested Dauda Saidu, a 21-year-old scavenger, for allegedly desecrating a grave at Yelwa Christian Cemetery in the metropolis and stealing iron rods. Spokesman of the Command, Ahmed Wakil, revealed in a statement on Sunday that…