A 75-year-old man in Saki in Oyo State has been rescued from a well.  DAILY POST reports that the man whose name has not been revealed was rescued by men of the Oyo State Fire Service on Monday evening. He has been…

No fewer than 20 workers narrowly escaped death after a two-storey building under construction collapsed in Umuoji, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State. The incident caused panic among residents and passers-by. It was gathered that the workers at the…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has dismantled a transnational methamphetamine production syndicate involving Nigerian and Mexican nationals. The agency arrested 10 suspects, including three Mexican nationals and the alleged kingpin of the cartel. NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive…

A couple, Mathew Ugochukwu and Oluwarankami Kehinde, have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command in the Mowe area for alleged child stealing. The suspect. Credit: Ogun police command The command’s spokesperson, Babaseyi Oluseyi, disclosed this in a statement…

Seven persons have reportedly lost their lives in a tragic road accident that occurred late Monday night along the Malam Madori–Hadejia Road in Jigawa State. The accident involved Chairman of Kafin Hausa Local Government Area who narrowly escaped death. Eyewitness…

Two elderly men have been arrested in Nekede, Owerri West LGA of Imo State by the police, in connection with the alleged defilement of a 7-year-old girl. The suspects, identified as Godfrey Enyereibe Amadi, 70, and Sidney Onyemere, reportedly in…

The Katsina State Police Command has foiled separate kidnapping and cattle-rustling operations in Kankara and Malumfashi Local Government Areas of the state, rescuing 11 abducted passengers and recovering 25 stolen cows. This was contained in a statement issued by the…

A female police officer and another person have died after a truck crashed into shops at New Mile 3 Market along the Gombe–Yola highway on Wednesday. The truck, which was carrying bags of grain, reportedly lost control after suffering brake failure…

A female police officer and an unidentified male pedestrian were killed on Wednesday when a DAF truck lost control and ploughed into motorcycles, pedestrians and nearby shops along the New Mile 3 axis of the Gombe-Yola Federal Highway in Gombe…

The Kebbi State Hisbah Board has arrested four young persons — three men and one woman — over alleged involvement in immoral acts at Summit Guest Inn Hotel located in the Old Garage area of Birnin Kebbi. The development was…

The Plateau State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has impounded 89 vehicles for using fake diplomatic number plates. The command also impounded other vehicles for overloading and mixloading. The vehicles were impounded during a strategic intervention patrol tagged…

A commercial dispatch rider has lost his life in a fatal road accident involving a container-laden articulated trailer at the Ilupeju Bypass area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, confirmed the incident in a statement on…

The Ogun State Police Command says its operatives have recovered 27 suspected rustled cattle in the Ado-Odo area of the state following a joint operation involving police operatives and members of the Fulani community. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi…

Barely 24 hours after a dispatch rider was killed by a hit-and-run driver along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, another dispatch rider has died following a collision with a containerised articulated truck along the Ilupeju Bypass area of Lagos State. The spokesperson…

Two siblings were on Wednesday crushed to death in Akure, Ondo State capital when a truck rammed into a motorcycle they were riding on along Fiwasaye Road within the metropolis. The middle-aged brothers, who were popular fruit sellers within Iyeoma axis in…