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…

Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu, has directed security agencies in Wurno Local Government Area to arrest those responsible for setting ablaze shelter belts established to curb desertification in the area. Aliyu gave the directive on Thursday in Wurno. The governor…

Gunmen suspected to be cultists have beheaded the President of the Omoku Youth Federation in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Ifeanyi Azuazu, and shot dead his personal aide, Chigozie Oluwu. The incident occurred around 6 pm on Thursday…

Gurgaon police cybercrime operatives in India have apprehended two Nigerian nationals for allegedly impersonating directors of Indian companies on WhatsApp to defraud employees. Authorities said the suspects convinced victims to transfer funds into bank accounts controlled by the syndicate. The…

Tragedy struck on Friday morning after a metro train reportedly hit and killed a woman identified as Salamatu Ahmad at the Bukuru Terminal Station in Plateau State. According to eyewitnesses, the deceased was hit while attempting to board the moving…

No fewer than nine suspected armed robbers have been arrested by police officers from the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. The arrest followed a report received by the command that on January 18, 2026, armed robbers invaded a residence in…

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has hailed the life imprisonment of Okpara Onyekachi as a landmark victory for justice and road safety enforcement in Nigeria. The Lagos State High Court, TBS Division, delivered the judgment in suit number LD/24692C/2024,…

Residents of about 20 communities in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Friday protested the alleged invasion of their communities and the forceful seizure of their farmlands by armed personnel. The affected communities include Odo Igbein, Tapala, Igbo…

Three individuals have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos Police Special Fraud Unit, PSFU, over an alleged cyber blackmail and extortion plot in which a victim was threatened with the release of her nude photographs unless she paid N10…

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a woman, Nafisat Lateef, for allegedly poisoning a three-year-old boy at Omifon community in Odigbo Local Government Area. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed the arrest in a statement…

A 40-year-old woman has been arrested by operatives of the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly poisoning a three-year-old boy, Abdulrasheed, in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, identified as Nafisat Lateef, who is the landlady of…

A Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, operative, identified as Mr Baba Ibeji, has been seriously injured after he was struck by a speeding containerised truck along the Offin Canal axis inward Eko Bridge, Lagos. The incident occurred in the early…

The Ogun State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has successfully repatriated a 13-year-old girl from Burkina Faso, after she was trafficked for sexual exploitation. The victim, a tailoring apprentice, was reportedly taken to…

A Nottingham Crown Court has handed a life sentence to 40-year-old Adedapo Adegbola for the murder of his former girlfriend, 23-year-old university student, Steph Irons. According to Irish Reports on Thursday, Adegbola admitted to killing Irons at her Mapperley residence…