At least seven persons have been confirmed killed with dozens of others injured or missing after gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias attacked a mining site in Kuru District of Jos South local government area of Plateau State. The tragic…

A fire outbreak gutted a shopping complex and surrounding shops along Amore Street, Ajegunle, Boundary area of Lagos, destroying goods worth millions of naira. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency reported that the incident happened on Wednesday morning According to…

One Mr Joseph Emmanuel, aged 24, of No. 3 Esit Ebom Street, Calabar has beaten his 10 year old daughter to death. The deceased child, according to reports, allegedly misplaced the father’s petrol pipe which he often used to transfer…

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Kano State Sector Command, has arrested a suspected motorcycle snatcher who disguised himself as an FRSC staff member to perpetrate criminal activities within Kano State. The Sector Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Labaran, confirmed the…

Fresh details have emerged from Osogbo, Osun State, confirming that three people have died following renewed violence linked to the killing of a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW. Medical sources confirmed that the latest fatality…

At least three persons were confirmed dead on Wednesday after a Canter truck rammed into people sitting by the roadside along the Gombe–Potiskum Road in Yobe State. PUNCH Metro gathered that about 40 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in…

Many civilians abducted by bandits in Dan Jibga community, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have been rescued by security forces. The rescue was disclosed in a post shared on X on Wednesday by security analyst, Bakatsine. According to…

The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions has cleared a legal practitioner, Olabiyi Ademola, of an allegation of stealing levelled against him by a former client, Ademola Louis. Louis had petitioned the Office of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Force…

The Arewa Youth Assembly for Good Leadership, AYAGL, has condemned the abduction of more than 160 people from churches and surrounding communities in Kajuru local government council of Kaduna State, describing the incident as barbaric and a grave threat to…

The Lagos State Government has seized 70 commercial motorcycles during a routine clean-up enforcement across major restricted routes on the Island axis of the state. According to a X statement on Thursday by the Ministry of Transportation, signed by the…

The Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association (SKCLA) has strongly condemned the recent kidnapping of 177 persons from Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Its Chairman, Apostle Dr Emmanuel Nuhu Kure, in a statement on Thursday and made available to…

The Awka Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association has condemned the alleged assault on a lawyer, Charles Ifeanyi, by operatives of the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra Brigade, otherwise known as “OCHA Brigade”, calling on the Anambra State Government and…

No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead, while six others sustained serious injuries following a fatal road traffic incident involving a heavy-duty truck along the Gombe–Yola Road in Gombe State. PUNCH Metro gathered on Wednesday that the incident,…

The Lagos State Branch of the Nigerian Red Cross Society has commenced the training of officers and supervisors ahead of the forthcoming measles-rubella vaccination campaign in the state. The Branch Secretary of the organisation, Olakunle Lasisi, said the exercise was…

The suspects linked to the killing of a security guard in the Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State, Musa Mohammed, are still at large. PUNCH Metro  learnt that Mohammed’s body was discovered in a community river. The state police…