Delta State has been adjudged safe and ready to host the 15th Biennial Police Games (BIPOGA 2026), scheduled to take place from February 7 to February 14, 2026, in Asaba, the state capital. This formed part of the recommendations of…

A fire outbreak has destroyed more than 100 thatched houses at the Water Board IDP Camp in Monguno, Borno State, according to the State Police Command. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, confirmed the incident to the News…

One person has been confirmed dead, while 18 others sustained varying degrees of injury following a road crash near Numan, the headquarters of Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The accident involved a bus conveying 19 people, including the…

Seven people, including a 35-year-old woman and her six children, were killed on Saturday in a violent attack at Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters in Kano, the state police command has confirmed. The victims, identified as Fatima Abubakar and her children, were…

The Kano State Police Command has said that seven people were killed after armed attackers broke into a home in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Kano. Police said they received an emergency call at about 12:10 pm on January 17, 2025, reporting…

Two policemen serving at the Enugu State Police Command have been killed by gunmen. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the gunmen attacked policemen attached to the Distress Response Squad at a checkpoint along Agbani Road on Thursday night, killing two police…

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a suspect linked to an incident of inhumane treatment captured in a viral video circulating on social media. The command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Abubakar, said the police became aware of the video showing…

The Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Iyamah Edebor, has ordered the arrest of policemen captured in a viral video assaulting a tricycle rider in Yenagoa. The footage, which circulated widely on social media, showed the rider standing beside his tricycle…

The ancient city of Kano awoke to tragedy as a housewife and three of her children were found slaughtered, while her infant was thrown into an open well within their home. The tragic incident occurred in the Dorayi Chiranci area…

The Anambra State Police Command has revealed that a male suspect, Ifesinachi Ezeolu aged 28 years, as the person inside the violent masquerade that carried out several unprovoked attacks on residents during a festival in Awgbu community, Orumba North Local…

Two people were killed and several others injured in a violent bandit attack on Tuge town, Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Friday morning. According to residents, the assailants stormed the community around 7:00 am, firing sporadically and…

The Ogun State Police Command has recovered a suspected stolen vehicle abandoned in Abeokuta, the state capital. A silver-coloured Toyota RAV4 Jeep, suspected to have been stolen, was found abandoned at the Somorin area of Obantoko, Abeokuta, on Saturday, January…

Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed as a result of fire incident that occurred in one of the hotels in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. DAILY POST reports that the incident occured at Omowumi Hotel located in the Sawmill area.…

A fully loaded 33,000-litre diesel tanker on Friday overturned on the Akala Expressway in Ibadan, Oyo State, spilling fuel across the roadway and crushing a parked black Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV belonging to a female motorist. A video of the incident,…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Osun Command, says it arrested 440 persons for illicit drug related offences and secured 43 convictions in 2025. In its annual report, released on Saturday, the Osun NDLEA Command also said that 156…