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…

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has rescued an operative of the Lagos Waste Management Authority. The operative was hit by a speeding truck driver, along Offin Canal, inward Eko Bridge. Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Mr…

The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the deaths of two persons in separate search and rescue operations carried out on Thursday in Ungogo and Karaye Local Government Areas of the state. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Public…

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested 26 suspects over alleged criminal conspiracy and illegal tree felling in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of the state. The suspects were accused of engaging in the unauthorised cutting of trees in bushy areas…

A Delta State High Court sitting in Abraka, Ethiope-East Local Government Area has sentenced one Mr Ernest Okporu to twelve years in prison for violently defiling an 11-year old girl in 2024 at Osubi Community, Okpe Local Government Area. Justice…

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the abduction of a school proprietor, Mrs Tomiola Oladehinde, in Ilu-Abo community, Akure North Local Government Area of the state. Oladehinde was abducted last Sunday evening by gunmen…

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service has announced the death of one of its officers, Assistant Superintendent of Customs (ASC I) Mustapha Akiyode, who was killed during an ambush by suspected smugglers in Ogun…

A plywood-laden truck has crushed three pedestrians to death after ramming into another truck at the Ota Tollgate area of the Lagos–Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered on Thursday that the accident occurred at about 9 p.m. on Wednesday.…

Magarau village, located in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, has been completely abandoned. The development came after repeated attacks by armed bandits loyal to Notorious bandit kingpin Bello Turji. The incident was disclosed on Friday in a…

The Kogi State Police Command has said that eight suspected criminals were arrested in coordinated bush-combing operations across various parts of the state. This was contained in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday by the command’s spokesperson,…

An Osun State High Court sitting in Iwo has sentenced three men to death over the killing of a 52-year-old woman in the Ile-Ogbo area of the state. The convicts, Muideen Tunji, Yusuf Muslim and Rabiu Fatai, were sentenced on…

A man identified as Gafaru Rasaki has been arrested for allegedly exhuming human remains from a cemetery in Sagamu, Ogun State, and being found in possession of four human remains. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Babaseyi Oluseyi,…

Kebbi State Police Command has intercepted an unregistered motorcycle conveying two suspected armed bandits in Bagudo Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bashir Usman, disclosed this in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi. According to Usman,…

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old suspected burglar, Shettima Adamu, alongside five alleged accomplices over cases of criminal conspiracy, trespass, theft and receiving stolen property in the state. The suspects were arrested following complaints from shop owners…