Operatives of the Oyo State Fire Service have rescued a 65-year-old woman from the scene of a fire incident in Ibadan, the state capital. Chairman of the agency, Maroof Akinwande, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on…

An 18-year-old woman has allegedly attacked her 25-year-old husband with a knife, inflicting a deep cut on his genital organ. The incident occurred yesterday in Potiskum town. This was confirmed in a statement by the Yobe State Police Command’s Public…

‎The Yobe State Police Command has launched a manhunt for an 18-year-old woman, Khadija Jamilu, for allegedly attacking her husband during a domestic dispute in Potiskum Local Government Area of the state.‎The suspect allegedly stabbed her 25-year-old husband in the…

Security operatives have repelled suspected bandits who invaded Anwase village in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. The State Command spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet, confirmed the attack while responding to inquiries on Friday. Edet said, “It is true, there…

A suspected mob action in Keffi, Nasarawa State, has left a man dead after he was accused of involvement in the killing of a teenage boy whose body was later found in a pit within a neighbouring compound. The man,…

Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have killed the President-General of Ogidi community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Ikwuka Okoye, also known as Anumili. It was gathered that the incident, which occurred late on Friday,…

Zamfara State Police Command has neutralised an improvised explosive device, IED, allegedly planted by suspected terrorists along the Danjibga–Kunchin Kalgo road in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state. The operation was carried out on Thursday by a joint security…

A United States court has sentenced a Nigerian national, Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, to 97 months’ imprisonment for participating in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable Americans. According to a statement published on the US Department of…

Bandits on Friday attacked Kurfar Danya village in Bukkuyyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing an elderly resident and abducting six women. This was disclosed in a post on Saturday by a security analyst, Bakastine on his X handle.…

The Berom Youths Moulder-Association, BYM, has confirmed another deadly attack by gunmen suspected to be Fulani militia, who laid siege to the Rapyam community in Fan District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State on Friday, February 6,…

Four soldiers were feared killed in a Boko Haram ambush at Auno, near Jakana along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road in Borno State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday night at about 10:50 pm. Some soldiers serving in the…

Eight suspected kidnappers and drug peddlers have been arrested by troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigeria Army, in collaboration with the Nigerian Air Force, Edo State Police Command, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the Edo State Security…

A 40-year-old woman, Nafisat Lateef, has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly poisoning the three-year-old son of her tenant at Omifon, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. According to the police, Lateef poisoned the boy…

The President of the Omoku Youth Federation in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Ifeanyi Azuazu, has been killed by suspected cultists. Sources familiar with the incident told Saturday PUNCH that the cultists beheaded Azuazu and also killed his…

No fewer than eight suspected kidnappers and illicit drug peddlers were arrested by troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin City, in Edo State. The troops, in collaboration with operatives of the Edo State Police Command, the Nigerian Security…