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The Police in Anambra State have gunned down a suspected secessionist operating in the Aguata area of the state. The spokesperson of the state police command, Superintendent Tochukwu Ikenga, stated that arms and ammunition were…
At least 35 people have died in a road accident that occurred near Samunaka in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The victims, who were Muslims travelling to celebrate Maulud, were said to be on board a J5 bus…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has initiated the distribution of relief materials to victims of the devastating floods in Maiduguri, who are now sheltering in around 36 camps. The floods, caused by the overflow of the Alau Dam, displaced nearly…
A road accident on Lagos Third Mainland Bridge has claimed the life of one person and injured eight others. The accident was said to have occurred near the Ilaje area, involving two Mazda commercial buses with registration numbers (LND 624…
Some yet-to-be-identified assailants on Monday attacked the Umunze Police Station in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Some sources and residents in the area said the assailants stormed the police facility in the early hours of Monday, shooting…
The Yobe State Police Command says the body of a 25-year-old man murdered by unknown persons has been recovered in the Nayi-Nawa area of Damaturu. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement on Monday,…
No fewer than eight persons have been injured and one was reported dead in a head-on collision between two buses on the Third Mainland Bridge, near the Ilaje area of Lagos State on Monday. The crash occurred as the two…
Four people were injured on Monday following the collapse of a residential building in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident occurred after a heavy downpour that started on Sunday evening and lasted into the early hours of…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested nine suspected oil thieves and recovered seven vehicles and eight motorcycles used for the nefarious activities. In a statement on its social media platform, it said troops also recovered four trucks, several pumping…
The police in Enugu State have begun a manhunt for the suspected killers of the Chairman of Ogbete Main Market Traders Association, Stephen Aniagu. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement on Sunday, disclosed that a…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed two terrorists and recovered dangerous weapons during an operation conducted in Kaduna State. The troops who were acting on credible intelligence laid an ambush against terrorists who were moving along the Birnin Gwari-Manini…
The Police Command in Imo State on Sunday foiled an attack by hoodlums on Njaba Local Government Area Divisional Police headquarters, Umuakah. The command’s spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, who said this in statement on Monday, said three of the hoodlums…
A mysterious fire has razed the house of a physically challenged man, Mr. Linus Eji, at the Ododokpa Ndubia Igbeagu community in the Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Narrating his pain to PUNCH Metro on Sunday, Eji said…
The Chairman of Osun State Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Adesola Adewumi, on Sunday, announced the arrest of two suspects who were caught allegedly faking government tax receipts and clearance. Adewunmi said the suspects had been handed over to the police…
Operatives of the Imo State Police Command on Sunday repelled an attack on the Njaba Divisional Headquarters by hoodlums suspected to be affiliated with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed militia, the Eastern Security Network. According to…
One of the survivors in the collapsed building incident at Ekhator Street, Ekosodin in Benin, Edo State, Dorcas Olushola, on Sunday, said her rescue from the rubble was “miraculous” and that she was lucky to be alive to tell her…
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