The growing rate of murder cases in Delta State has been linked to drug abuse, especially among youths. This was contained in a statement read to journalists in Asaba, the state capital, on Tuesday by the state Commissioner of Police,…

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a 45 years old lady, Joy Ezeni, with one hundred wraps of weed suspected to be ‘loud’. The suspect was arrested on 19th January 2026, DAILY POST reports. The operatives recovered…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the recruitment of 150 additional personnel into the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service to boost emergency response and public safety across the state. The agency’s Controller General, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, disclosed this…

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Kano State Sector Command, has arrested a suspected motorcycle snatcher, Abdullahi Ali, for allegedly impersonating FRSC personnel to commit crime within the state. This is contained in a statement by the Sector’s Public Education…

Fire has gutted several classrooms at an Animal Health School in Kabo Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident occurred at about 2:53 pm on Monday, when the Kano State Fire Service received a distress call from a resident,…

A 42-year-old commercial bus driver, Osabuohen Igerevba, has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command in connection with the alleged killing of his 32-year-old girlfriend, Joy Jerome, in Benin City. The incident came to light on January 10 after…

The Lagos State Police Command has debunked viral allegations of power abuse against the Divisional Police Officer of Olosan Police Station in Mushin, CSP Ayanwale Ayodeji. PUNCH Online reports that the controversy erupted earlier on Tuesday when a X user,…

Four persons were injured on Tuesday evening following the collapse of a storey building in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Two people remain missing as of press time. The building, which was under construction, suddenly crumbled while many construction workers…

The Niger State Police Command has arrested six suspects in separate operations across Minna for offences ranging from theft and robbery to criminal conspiracy and thuggery, with stolen items recovered. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has apprehended a bullion van driver for flouting traffic laws by driving against the designated flow of traffic. The driver, identified as Mr Daniel Ikede, was intercepted while transporting cash from a First…

Five soldiers and a police officer have been killed following a terrorist ambush on troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Joint Task Force North West, along the Bingi–Kekun Waje–Gusau Road in Zamfara State. The incident occurred on Monday, while troops were…

The Lagos State Taskforce has stepped up enforcement against unlawful commercial motorcycle operations, seizing 134 motorcycles during coordinated operations across major parts of the state. The enforcement exercise, carried out in two stages earlier in the day, was designed to…

A fire outbreak on Tuesday razed a one-storey commercial building housing computer and accessories dealers on Somoye Osundairo Street, Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, destroying goods worth millions of naira. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency disclosed that the incident was…

Eleven persons died in a road accident that occurred at Okhuahe community, on the Benin-Agbor road, in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. DAILY POST reports that the Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission,…

The National Emergency Management Agency has said sparks from a welding activity caused the fire outbreak that razed dozens of shops at the Old Market in Sokoto State. NEMA, through its Sokoto Operations Office, disclosed this on Tuesday on its…