A High Court sitting in Anambra State and presided over by Justice Lauretta Oyeka has sentenced a commercial tricycle rider, Makua Ezike, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering one Jude Onwuegbuchunam, an indigene of Umuoji in…

Motorists plying the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway have expressed frustration over the collapse of a section of an access ramp linking the highway to the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway bridge. The motorists told PUNCH Metro during a visit to the spot on Saturday that…

Lagos State Police Command has dismissed viral social media reports alleging that armed bandits had invaded communities in Ibeju-Lekki, Imota, Oke-Afo and other parts of the state, describing the claims as false and deliberately designed to incite fear among residents.…

Five police officers accused in connection with the death of 28-year-old Delta State musician and delivery worker Oghenemine Ogidi, popularly known as OG Millan, were on Monday arraigned before High Court 5 sitting in Asaba. The case, filed under Suit…

Two men have been sentenced to a combined 24 years and five months’ imprisonment for their roles in a fatal road crash that claimed the life of a UK-based Nigerian, Sylvester Abayomi, in Manchester. The convicts, Uways Hussain, 20, and…

The Anambra State Ministry of Health has directed all proprietors and operators of mortuaries in the state to register their facilities and renew expired licences in line with the Public Health Law of the state. According to the News Agency…

The Kaduna State Police Command, in collaboration with local vigilantes, has foiled two separate cattle-rustling and kidnapping attempts in the Igabi and Kudan Local Government Areas of the state, recovering a total of 245 stolen cattle. The command disclosed that…

A man, identified simply as Success, has reportedly died from injuries sustained after being tortured by some operatives of an Ogun State security outfit, So-Safe Corps, along Coca-Cola Road, in the Oju-Ore area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt on…

The Anambra State Police Command has launched a manhunt for the killers of two policemen who were shot dead along the Amansea–Ndiora–Ndiukwuenu–Awa–Ufuma Road in the Orumba South Local Government Area of the state. The directive to fish out the killers…

The Ogun State Police Command on Monday clarified a viral video alleging the arrest of suspected kidnappers in the Sagamu Local Government Area of the state, saying the individuals were actually serving Police Mobile Force officers from Lagos State. DAILY…

Oyo State Police Command said it has arrested no fewer than two people in connection with a false alarm over the invasion of a community by suspected bandits. The suspects include a pastor identified as Amos Joel Muyiwa and one…

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, has warned officers and men of the command against misconduct, indiscipline and other forms of unprofessional conduct. Ojo declared that the era of impunity within the Nigeria Police Force has come to…

Five police officers accused in connection with the death of Oghenemine Ogidi, popularly known as OG Millan, were on Monday arraigned before High Court 5 sitting in Asaba, Delta State. The defendants include ASP Usman Nuhu (42), ASP Onoloko Dauroupamo…

A passenger was reportedly killed while three others sustained injuries in a tricycle crash along Haske Road near Lamingo Golf Club in Jos, Plateau State. The accident occurred on Monday evening when two commercial tricycles, popularly known as Keke Napep,…

A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has convicted and sentenced a businesswoman, Ezea Isidora Kamchukwube, to two years in prison for operating unregistered pharmaceutical premises and illegally practising as a pharmacist in violation of the Pharmacy…