A 53-year-old man, Bala Osoro, has narrated how he lured and sexually abused a 12-year-old pupil after threatening her with a knife. Osoro, a livestock dealer and resident of Ungwar-Kura street in Lokoja LGA of Kogi State, admitted he raped…

The Chief Magistrate Court 3 sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has ordered a college registrar to pay N1 million as damages to a married female lecturer whom he slapped. The court discharged the Acting Registrar of the College for Legal…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Shepherd of Celestial Church of Christ, Nazareth Parish 1, Oluwatosin Alayo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The incident was said to have occurred on Monday evening at the residence of…

A Kentucky sheriff has been arrested after allegedly fatally shooting a district judge in his chambers, according to police reports. District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was shot multiple times on Thursday afternoon at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky.…

Residents of Ibafo Kara, in Ogun State, have appealed to the government to help address the twin problems of open defecation and indiscriminate waste dumping they are grappling with in the community. Our correspondents who visited the community on Thursday…

Thousands of motorists and commuters have been left stranded along the Gombe-Yola-Jalingo highway after a severe flood washed away a section of the road. The incident occurred near Lafiya Lamorde, a border town in Gombe State, following heavy rainfall on…

Many houses and other properties, including farm crops, stayed afloat on the water in Bode-Saadu, headquarters of Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, as flood took over the community on Thursday. The flooding was a result of the heavy…

Police in Jigawa State have arrested one Babangida Abubakar for allegedly vanderlizing electric cable wire in Kaugama local government. Spokesman of the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen. He said the police…

Some civil society organisations have condemned the decision of the Lagos State Government to evict traders from the Oko Baba plank market in the Ebute Metta area of the state. The CSOs, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Corporate Accountability and…

Communities in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State have decried the deplorable state of the roads in the area which they said was causing them untold hardship. The deplorable roads were neglected by past administrations. The communities…

No fewer than seven families of slain police officers from the Katsina State Command have been compensated with the sum of N500,000 each. This is contained in a statement signed by the Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar…

A yet-to-be-identified male adult escaped death on Thursday after his Mercedes Benz C-Class car went up in flames at the Ikoyi-Lekki Link Bridge, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. The incident was said to have occurred due…

The Plateau State Police Command on Thursday announced it had arrested Kabiru Mohammed, an indigene of Sabon Gari Narabi Toro LGA of Bauchi State, for allegedly stealing a Toyota Hiace vehicle. The spokesman for the command, Alabo Alfred, who disclosed…

Commuters have appealed to the relevant authorities to fix the deplorable Asaba-Onitsha Expressway to ease the burden on motorists and residents. When PUNCH Metro visited the collapsed section of the road, especially from the Koka flyover to the Asaba-Onitsha tollgate,…

A taxi driver identified as Umo Friday has accused some policemen at the Choba Division in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State of assaulting him after he refused them from extorting N100 from him. Friday, a father of four,…