The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has commenced an investigation into the boat accident that claimed 11 lives in Benue State, with its Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, Captain Alex Badeh Jr., leading a team of investigators on an on-the-spot safety…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has commenced an investigation into a self-acclaimed prophet, Godwin Sunday Ajuluchukwucheya, popularly known as Prophet Sunday Koboko, over allegations that he defrauded members of his ministry of N70.39m. The anti-graft agency disclosed this in…

Officers of the Abia State Police Command have arrested two suspects for alleged unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition in Aba. The suspects, identified as David Emmanuel, 33, and Joel Emeka, 25, were apprehended during a stop-and-search operation conducted by…

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested six suspects and recovered firearms, ammunition, generators, and mobile phones during a series of intelligence-led operations across Abeokuta, Wasimi, and Ibafo areas of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed…

Officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship, Delta, have foiled a camouflaged crude oil storage site used to perpetrate crude oil theft activities in the creeks of the Niger Delta. The feat was performed by naval officers during an operation code-named…

The Kwara State Police Command has dismissed reports of a bandit invasion in Oke-Oyi, Ilorin East Local Government Area, warning against the spread of false information capable of causing panic and public disorder. The command also said it had begun…

A fire outbreak occurred on Thursday at a multi-storey building housing a Polaris Bank branch on Broad Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State. Videos circulating on social media showed thick smoke billowing from the building as residents and business operators gathered…

The Adamawa State Police command has arrested a nocturios three -man gang terrorising residents of  Yola, the state capital and communities. The command’s spokesman SP Suleiman Nguroje, in a statement issued on Thursday, disclosed that operatives of D15 in the…

A 23-year-old nursing student of the College of Nursing Sciences, Alor, in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been found dead in her apartment in Uruezeani, Alor. The deceased, identified as Chiamaka Chilaka, an ND II student…

The management of Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi, has announced new security measures across the campus following an “unfortunate security breach” on June 11. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that on June 11, a 300-level biochemistry student was…

A New York court has sentenced a 44-year-old man, Felix Rojas, to five years in prison for sexually abusing the body of a deceased man aboard a Manhattan subway train. Rojas was sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty in connection…

Officers of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have re-arrested a suspected receiver and distributor of stolen mobile phones, Musa Idris, who was found in possession of 34 assorted Android phones and two button phones linked to robbery activities within…

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have foiled a suspected cult initiation in Isara-Remo, arresting 30 suspects during a raid on an uncompleted building where the gathering was taking place. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in…

A United Kingdom court has ordered the deportation of a Nigerian man, Qudus Ajeyemi, after sentencing him to five years and six months’ imprisonment for attempted rape and sexual assault of a woman in Hull, England. PUNCH Metro learnt from…

The International Federation of Women Lawyers, Rivers State branch, has rescued an infant who was abandoned at a shrine in Abua in the Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Chairperson of FIDA in Rivers State, Tamunoibuemi Life-George, disclosed…