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…

One person has been killed, while eight others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road crash that occurred at the Saapade section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday. PUNCH Metro learnt from the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic…

The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a den disguised as a shrine and operated by suspected kidnappers in the Idimu area of the state. Operatives of the command also arrested no fewer than 13 suspects in connection with the…

The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Naziru Abdulmajid, has conducted a tour of five local government areas of the state, pledging to deploy additional manpower and logistical support to the areas. PHOTOS: Borno CP vows stronger security, visits five LGs…

A 52-year-old man, Ilori Elicanah, on Wednesday bagged a five-year jail term for illegal mining activities. A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, presided over by Justice Abimbola Awogboro, sentenced the convict after finding him guilty of unlawful possession…

A medical doctor attached to Agodi Custodian facility of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Wasiu Adeyemi on Wednesday explained why a former Chairman of Park Management System in Oyo State, Mukaila Lamidi fondly called Auxiliary was absent on Tuesday for his…