Security personnel stationed at the Food Basket Brewery in Makurdi, Benue State, successfully prevented an attempted arson attack on the facility in the early hours of Tuesday. The incident was confirmed by the Management of the Benue Investment and Property…

The Adamawa State Police Command has announced a one-day shooting range exercise by operatives of its Special Protection Unit at the Counter Terrorism Unit Base along Mubi Road, Girei Local Government Area of the state. The exercise, according to the…

Communities across Borgu and Agwara Local Government Areas of Niger State are facing a deepening security crisis. DAILY POST reports that coordinated attacks, killings, abductions, and arson continue to spread across the northern corridor of the state. What was once…

A Lagos-based auto dealer, Quadri Balogun, has alleged that some policemen in the Ikorodu area of the state pointed guns at him and a friend and threatened to shoot them before extorting N100,000. Balogun recounted the incident in a telephone…

The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it arrested 46 suspected drug traffickers and seized 6,439 kilogrammes of narcotics in January, securing seven convictions within the same period. The state Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this…

A 59-year-old Chinese national has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman at a quarry site in the Kobape area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered on Wednesday that the incident occurred on January 25, 2026, at the facility located…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted nine members of the same family, including a nursing mother and several children, along the Benin-Akure Road in Edo State. The victims were reportedly seized at about 5 p.m. on Monday, February 2,…

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a Ghanaian national, Samuel Frimpong, for allegedly removing the roof of his tenant’s apartment in Mgbuoba, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The suspect was accused of de-roofing the residence…

A commercial motorcyclist has been allegedly stabbed to death by a member of a transport union tax collection group, popularly known as agberos, following an argument over a N100 ticket in the Ijoko area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered…

Suspected bandits have attacked Maraban Rido community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted two daughters of a widow. The two girls abducted are identified as Deborah Edward, a corps member who completed her National Youth Service…

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two suspected kidnappers during a routine patrol along the Auchi–Igarra Highway in Edo North, as part of ongoing efforts to curb kidnapping and other violent crimes in the area. The suspects,…

Following a swift and intelligence-driven operation, the Sokoto State Police Command have foiled a cattle rustling operation in Goronyo Local Government Area and recovered firearm, ammunition and stolen livestock. A statement issued by the command on Tuesday explained that the…

The Oyo State Government, through the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, says it has arrested no fewer than 19 illegal scavengers within Ibadan metropolis. Commissioner for the Ministry, Ademola Aderinto, disclosed this during an interview held in his office…

The Gombe State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a 37-year-old tenant, Bello Abubakar, in connection with the alleged killing of a 38-year-old woman, Maryam Hassan, in the Kundulun Quarters of Gombe metropolis. Maryam was reportedly found lying…

The Lagos State Police Command has announced the arrest of two suspected armed robbers and the recovery of firearms and ammunition in separate intelligence-driven operations carried out in Ajegunle and Ojo areas of the state. According to a statement released…