Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested five suspected kidnappers in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State. In a statement on its official Facebook page on Friday, the Nigerian Army said the suspects were members of a kidnapping syndicate…

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two wanted armed robbery suspects who have been on the command’s wanted list since last year. In a statement issued on Friday, the spokesman for the command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, stated that the…

Two yet-to-be-identified women lost their lives in a fatal hit-and-run accident along the Car Park C area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday evening. The Head of Media for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed…

Members of the Take-It-Back Movement on Friday staged a peaceful protest in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, demanding the immediate rescue of residents abducted across various communities in the state and issuing a 72-hour ultimatum to the government to secure…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested an Aviation Security officer, Inspector Ali Baffa, and two suspected accomplices at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport over an alleged attempt to smuggle unprocessed gold bars valued at more than ₦4.4…

The Oyo State Police Command has recovered a hijacked DAF tanker truck abandoned in the Ile-Igbon area of the state, following an intelligence-led operation targeting suspected vehicle hijackers operating across state boundaries. In a statement on Friday, the Command’s Public…

Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Yemi Oyeniyi, has ordered massive deployment of personnel and operational assets across the state “as part of the Command’s efforts to ensure the protection of lives and property, maintain public order and guarantee a…

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued a four-year-old boy following a swift intelligence-led operation in Bauchi. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday. Habib said detectives from…

The National Association of Nigeria Students and Take It Back Movement Nigeria, on Thursday, traded words over the abduction of schoolchildren and their teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The duo engaged themselves verbally during a Town…

A fire outbreak on Thursday night destroyed several properties, including offices and shops, along Murtala Mohammed Way in the Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident, which occurred near First City Monument Bank, was said to have started…

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two wanted armed robbery suspects who have been on the command’s wanted list since last year. In a statement issued on Friday, the spokesman of the command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, stated that the…

An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City on Wednesday sentenced five persons to death by hanging for their roles in the abduction and murder of a legal practitioner, Iyoha Osobase. The court, however, discharged and acquitted one of…

The operatives of the Obalende Division of the Ogun State Police Command have successfully foiled a coordinated conspiracy to kidnap a Chinese national and arrested two principal suspects, Chinedu Onwuemena, aged 41 years, and Jimoh Ojo, aged 37 years, in…

Two farmers and a motorcyclist have been rescued in the Ohuhu community of Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State after they were abducted by suspected kidnappers during a farm attack on Wednesday. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted 11 Indian sailors and their merchant vessel, MV Aruna Hulya, over the trafficking of 31.5 kilogrammes of cocaine into Nigeria and imposed fines and restitution totalling about $6m. The conviction came barely…