No fewer than seven persons have been reportedly murdered by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Ejule Ojebe community in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State, DAILY POST gathered. It was learnt on Monday that the incident, which occurred on February…

Protesters on Monday stormed the entrance of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, demanding clarity on the mandatory electronic transmission of election results amid controversies surrounding the ongoing Electoral Act amendment. The demonstrators had vowed to confront lawmakers over reports…

A man simply identified as Iseleto has stabbed his 23 years old son, Miracle, to death in Osubi community, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the suspect was enraged that the son rented a separate…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Izueke, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport for allegedly ingesting cocaine pellets in a bid to traffic the drug to China. Izueke was said…

A Canada-based Nigerian, Kayode Roberts, has been charged by the Toronto Police Service following an investigation into what authorities described as a suspected hate-motivated criminal harassment case. PUNCH Metro gathered from a statement published on the Toronto Police website on…

No fewer than seven persons were killed while 70 others sustained injuries in a fatal road traffic crash that occurred on Sunday morning along Hadejia Road at Kwanar Dan ja, Kano State. According to a press statement issued by the…

Two persons were killed and one other injured on Sunday after a petrol-laden tanker exploded along the Ihiala area of the Onitsha–Owerri Road in Anambra State. The incident occurred opposite the office of the Federal Road Safety Corps at about…

Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria, AMDON, Kebbi State Chapter, has condemned the alleged killing of one of its members, Tukur Alhaji Salihu, by operatives of the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, of the Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B, Kaduna, attached to…

The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of seven persons and 70 others injured, while 28 were unhurt in a lone accident that occurred in Kano. The Sector Commander, Idris Muhammed-Lawal, disclosed this in a statement signed by…

A private security man employed by a private school in Aba, Abia State,  has been arrested by the police after he allegedly defiled a three-year-old pupil of the school. The incident happened on  Friday at Umuosi Road by Ibadan Road,…

The Ekiti State Police Command has begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a middle-aged man, identified simply as Segun, who allegedly took his life after attempting to kill his daughter in Ise Ekiti, Ise/Orun Local Government…

The Lagos State Government has sealed the Ladipo Spare Parts Market in the Mushin area of the state over repeated environmental infractions. The enforcement followed persistent cases of indiscriminate refuse disposal on the road median and highway, as well as…

The Kogi State Government has ordered the temporary closure of selected markets and motor parks across parts of the state as part of intensified security operations aimed at flushing out terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements. The decision was announced…

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnapper following a gun duel with armed criminals during a bush-combing operation in Ekpoma, Edo Central Senatorial District. The command’s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this in a statement on…

Two people, an adult male and female, have died following a collision between two trucks at the Alamutu section of the Abeokuta–Igboora Expressway in Ogun State. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi, told PUNCH Metro…