Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits in their numbers attacked Magamar Jibia border town in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, kidnapping at least three persons and leaving five others injured. It was gathered that the bandits were armed…

Tragedy struck again in Kano State on Thursday night following the collapse of a two-story building in the Nomansland area of Sabon Gari, Fagge Local Government Area of the state. Two persons were said to have lost their lives, and…

Two men, Kola Peters and Lasisi Mustapha, were on Thursday arraigned before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan over the alleged theft of stone-breaking machines worth N12 million. Peters, 53, and Mustapha, 40, whose addresses were not given, are…

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A 39-year-old man, Shua’ibu Nafiu, on Thursday appeared before a Kano Sharia Court over an alleged breach of trust, cheating and mischief. Nafiu, who lives at Dorayi Quarters in Kano, is facing a three-count charge of criminal breach of trust,…

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the trafficking of teenagers aged between 13 and 16. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, said at a press briefing in Awka that the suspect had…

The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of two persons in a building collapse that occurred in Nomansland Faage Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the service, Saminu Yusif Abudullahi, said two persons…

Four people were killed and several others injured in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, Wednesday. USA Today reports that the victims include two students and two teachers, identified as Mason Schermerhorn, 14, Christian Angulo, 14, Richard…

Gunmen have kidnapped one person in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Our correspondent gathered that Akika was abducted Wednesday evening at his residence located at Olorunda Aba in Lagelu Local Government Area of the state. The whereabouts of Akika have…

At least, eight persons were confirmed dead on Wednesday after two separate attacks carried out by gunmen in Congo and Zarap communities, all in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. PUNCH Metro learnt that among the victims was…

Cities in southern China suspended schools and cancelled some flights on Thursday, as tropical storm Yagi strengthened into a super typhoon and barreled straight for the holiday island province of Hainan. Yagi triggered floods and landslides on the main Philippine…

One of the travellers kidnapped on Saturday along the Emure-Eporo Road in Emure, Ekiti State, has been killed, PUNCH Metro gathered on Wednesday. The victim, identified as Shile Ogunmolasuyi, a recent secondary school graduate, was abducted alongside her mother, Mrs…

A 29-year-old man, Anuoluwapo Aderemi, collapsed and later passed away while travelling on a commercial bus from Papalanto Motor Park in Ogun State to Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Our correspondent learnt that the incident occurred on Tuesday at…

Residents of Magboro in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State have expressed their joy over the state government’s approval to construct the community’s link road. This is just as they urged the government to hasten the construction to…

The Anambra State government through the security operatives, has arrested a mother and her two children for beating their 75-year-old father, identified as Romanus Obidigwe. PUNCH Metro gathered that the culprits, Esther Obidigwe, Ozioma Obidigwe and Obuka Obidigwe, committed the…