Metro
The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested one Khadija Aliyu for allegedly stealing a seven-day-old baby girl during a naming ceremony in the Keffi area of the state. This is just as the…
The Osun State Police Command has paraded three suspected Yoruba nation agitators over alleged secession agenda. The suspects, Fagbuyi Oluwafemi, 61, Joy Faseyeku, 63, and Alabede Janet, 64, were arrested at Obada Market, Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of Osun…
The Plateau State Police Command has recovered a Toyota Hiace vehicle three days after it was stolen in Jos, the state capital in Bauchi State. The Spokesman for the Command, Alabo Alfred, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday remanded a woman, Olayinka Akinware, 35, and Tunji Adesina, 29, for allegedly unleashing four dogs on police to stop officers from arresting a suspect. The magistrate, Mr. M. Mudashiru who…
Drivers in the Iyana-Ipaja, Ikotun, and Berger areas of Lagos State have raised concerns over a new tactic deployed by the police to extort money from them. This is just as officials of the Lagos State Taskforce dislodged drivers using…
The Environmental Defenders Network, an environmental rights group, has called on regulatory agencies and oil companies to respond promptly when oil spills occur to forestall the spread and destruction of the environment. The EDEN call is coming as the Ogboinbiri…
Six people have been taken into custody by the Ogun State Police Command on counts bordering attack on a fellow man and attempted murder in the Owode-Egba area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered from a police source that the…
Despite the recent outcry over alleged harassment and extortion, transport workers in Lagos State claim that officials of Operation MESA have continued to carry out their activities unchecked. The tricycle and motorcycle riders in Shasha, Idimu, Ejigbo, and Ikotun areas,…
A Bauchi State-based man, Taimako Mato, arrested alongside four others has disclosed the reason behind his decision to join a gun-running syndicate to supply arms and ammunition to terrorists. Mato disclosed this while being paraded at the Nigeria Police Force…
The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over an imminent building collapse at the Mopol 20 Barracks, Onigbongbo in the Ikeja area of the state. This is as the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency is set to begin an…
The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Onikan, Adegoke Fayoade, has said that the rape allegation involving a Lagos policeman is receiving adequate attention. Fayoade, who was recently promoted to the rank of AIG and deployed to Zone 2,…
The residents of Magboro Community, Ogun State, have experienced a blackout because of the theft of electrical cables used for power transmission in the area. PUNCH Metro gathered that the cables were stolen on August 18, 2024. A month after,…
Some yet-to-be-identified assailants abducted and released the President-General of Abatete community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Chief Ezebinobi Ezigbo. PUNCH Metro gathered that the hoodlums kidnapped Ezigbo late on Tuesday, a few hours after he attended…
Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have again dismantled a notorious criminal network allegedly responsible for various acts of violence and insecurity within Karim-Lamido Local Government Council of Taraba State. A statement…
The Osun State Police Command announced on Wednesday that it has arrested seven suspects for selling human parts and water used to bathe corpses in the state. A statement signed by the Acting Police Public Relations Officer for Osun Command,…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspects for alleged armed robbery and acts of thuggery in Minna, the state capital. According to Police Public Relations Officer SP Wasiu Abiodun, on September 14, 2024, at about 10:45 pm, the…
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