No fewer than 17,500 sachets of Tramadol and 487 packs of Diazepam valued at about N12.2m have been recovered by the Bauchi State Police Command in the Ningi Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Ahmed Wakil,…

Delta State Police Command, led by CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, on Thursday confirmed that a vigilante on guard duty at a hotel in Sapele shot three persons dead. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, December 1, at Ibada-Elume…

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested four suspected members of a notorious car-snatching syndicate and recovered six stolen vehicles, along with over ₦15m cash. The command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday,…

Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of five persons earlier abducted by suspected cultists in the state. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko said the victims were rescued on Thursday morning.…

Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested 20 suspected cultists in connection with the murder of a police officer and related violent crimes in Ilesi, near Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The command’s spokesperson, Umma Ayuba, confirmed this…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned two businessmen, Dr Fagite Oladipo and Raymond Akintayo, before the Federal High Court in Lagos over allegations of conspiracy, fraud, and unlawful conversion of N1.55 billion (One Billion, Five Hundred…

The United States has ordered the deportation of a Nigerian, Oluwaseun Adekoya, upon completion of a 20-year prison sentence for his role in a $2m fraud scheme. PUNCH Metro gathered from a statement published on the United States Department of…

A Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, ordered that a middle-aged man, Uche Ezeh, be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre after he pleaded guilty to charges of exporting 4.40 kilograms of cocaine and 11.50 kilograms of cannabis…

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the remand of a middle-aged man, Uche Ezeh, who pleaded guilty to exporting 4.40 kilograms of cocaine and 11.50 kilograms of cannabis sativa at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre until December 12,…

At least one person has been confirmed dead following a violent confrontation between suspected members of the Aiye and Eiye confraternities in the Awoyaya axis of Lagos State. It was gathered that the unrest, captured in multiple videos shared on…

At least one person has reportedly been killed following a violent clash between suspected members of the Aiye and Eiye confraternities in the Awoyaya area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered from a video posted on the Telegram account of…

The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed that two persons died and nine others were injured in a multiple-vehicle accident involving 11 vehicles along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway on Wednesday. The Sector Commander of FRSC Enugu State Command, Mr. Franklin…

Three persons — a policeman, a firefighter, and a scavenger — lost their lives in two separate road crashes that occurred on Wednesday in the Trade Fair area of Abule-Ado and Ilubirin area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt this…

A support group, Team Justice in Nigeria and the Diaspora, has criticised moves to exclude the late singer Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, from the ongoing DNA process to determine the paternity of his grandson, Liam. The group insisted that Aloba…

Victor Fajemirokun, the boyfriend of the late Federal Road Safety Corps officer, Lasisi Funmilayo, and her daughter, Sewa Lasisi, has explained why he lured the deceased to their death in the hands of some herbalists in Osun State. Fajemirokun, aged…