A community leader and president of the Rahei Foron Youth Congress, Ayuba Pam Choji, has been reportedly stabbed to death by bandits suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. According to a youth leader in the community, Moses Dung, who confirmed the…

The Commissioner of Police for Delta State Command, CP Aina Adesola, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Divisional Police Officer of Jesse in Ethiope East Local Government Area over alleged extortion. The DPO, whose full name was not disclosed,…

At least two people were killed on Thursday night when suspected bandits attacked Kwatangiri community in Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident was contained in a post shared on X by security analyst Bakatsine on Friday. According…

Emotion ran high at the burial service of Lasisi Oluwamayokun, an officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Command, and her daughter, Adesewa, on Friday as they were interred in Osogbo, Osun State. PHOTOS: Tears as slain FRSC…

Plateau State chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has strongly condemned what it describes as the ethnic profiling of Fulani herdsmen in the state as aggressors whenever there are violent attacks in local communities. Chairman…

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old man for criminal intimidation, assault, and raping his eight-year-old biological daughter. A statement by the command’s spokesperson, Nafiu Habib, on Thursday said the suspect lured the minor into a bathroom where…

There is palpable fear among some residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over a recent alarm concerning rising cases of kidnapping and armed robberies in the ancient city. Our correspondent gathered that residents of areas like Bodija, Agbowo, Akobo,…

A 44-year-old man, Ayuba Choji, has been stabbed to death by suspected Fulani bandits in Plateau State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident occurred on Wednesday night along the Kumex-Mararaba-Foron axis of the Heipang-Foron road in Barkin Ladi Local Government…

Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised a suspected bandit linked to a recent attack on illegal miners in Plateau State and have recovered arms and ammunition during a raid on his hideout. The operation was carried out by troops…

The residents of Isara Remo in the Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State, under the aegis of the Isara Socio-Economic Vanguard, on Thursday, called for the intervention of Governor Dapo Abiodun as well as the Speaker of the…

The Adamawa State Police Command has charged two suspects to court after a lingering communal conflict claimed lives and property in Lamurde Local Government Area last month.The command said in a statement on Friday morning that it charged the two…

A 28-year-old Canada-based Nigerian, Babatunde Afuwape, who resides in Toronto, has been charged with first-degree murder over the alleged killing of a 20-year-old University of Toronto student, Shivank Avasthi, on the institution’s Scarborough campus. The Toronto Police Service disclosed on…

Tragedy has struck in Kano State as a two-year-old boy, Sa’idu Ahmad, drowned in a well in Kwankwaso town, Madobi Local Government Area. This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire…

Operatives of the Edo State Security Corps have arrested 21-year-old ThankGod Destiny for allegedly kidnapping a four-year-old boy in the state. Deputy Corps Commander, Operations, of the ESSC, Richard Balogun, who disclosed this to newsmen in Benin on Thursday, said…

The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Wisdom Onyeaju, over the alleged defilement of a 15-year-old girl in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state. This command also stated that it has instituted disciplinary action…