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The #EndBadGovernance protest march continued in Osogbo, Osun State capital on Wednesday, just as members of the ‘Take It Back Movement’ alleged that police operatives seized vehicles and speakers it hired to create awareness during…
Ondo State Police Command says its operatives have arrested a 38-year-old hunter, Joseph Ajegba, for killing his friend. The suspect said he shot his bosom friend, when he caught him having sex with his girlfriend in the house he rented…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command has reunited two lost children with their parents. The Command in a statement by its Commandant, Michael Adaralewa on Wednesday revealed that a 12 year old boy was found…
The Ondo state police command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Mr. Ajagba Joseph, for allegedly attempting to murder a man he found in his concubine’s house. This was made known in a statement shared by the police command on X.com…
Two Nigerian nationals, Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna, 34, and Ebuka Raphael Umeti, 35, have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a wire fraud scheme that resulted in over $5 million in losses. The sentences were announced by the U.S.…
There was pandemonium in Ilisan Remo in Ikenne Local Government on Tuesday as a detachment of soldiers and police clashed with some Hausa youths over their insistence on killing an army officer alleged to have been part of a two-man…
Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday stormed the Obowo Police Division in Obowo Council Area of Imo State, killing three security personnel Three police personnel were said to have been killed in two separate operations in two different…
The Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested a suspect(name withheld), who is said to be a member of a gang that specialises in child trafficking from Nigeria to neighbouring countries like Ghana and the Benin Republic. The command’s…
A group of youths on Tuesday killed and set ablaze an unidentified man for attempting to steal a motorcycle in Ilisan Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area of the state. The deceased who was alleged to be part of a two-man…
Gunmen on Tuesday night killed a police officer in Imo State The incident happened at NEPA Junction, Umulogho, Obowo Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the gunmen dragged the police officer out of his room before…
Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested a middle-aged woman, Esther Obidigwe, and her two children, Ozioma and Obuka, for allegedly beating their 75-year-old patriarch in Awba-Ofemili, Awka North local government area of the state. The arrest followed…
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 39 suspected internet fraudsters in Oyo State. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan, the state capital. The…
A 17-year-old boy, Philip Emmanuel, has confessed to conniving with his accomplice, Precious, to kill their boss, Mrs. Adene Iyabode Deborah. The deceased, a caterer, who was stabbed severally and her head severed, was said to be found dead inside…
Security operatives in Anambra State have arrested a mother and her two children for beating their 75-year-old father, identified as Romanus Obidigwe. It was gathered that the culprits, Esther Obidigwe, Ozioma Obidigwe and Obuka Obidigwe, committed the crime in the…
Gunmen have reportedly killed Labour Party (LP) ward chairman Mr Sunday Oche in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State. DAILY POST gathered that Mr Oche was ambushed and shot dead by unidentified gunmen when he went to his farm…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 55-year-old man, Hassan Wasiu, for allegedly sexually assaulting his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter at his apartment on Falowo Street, Makun, in the Sagamu area of the state. PUNCH Metro exclusively learnt on Tuesday…
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