Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents looted and set ablaze shops and houses in Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe. The Yobe State Police Command Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known to the News Agency…

The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has warned motorists in the state against overloading their vehicles with passengers or goods while embarking on road journeys. The warning came following the death of two children in a…

The Police Command in Rivers State has arrested a suspect, identified as Honest, for gang-raping a 14-year-old girl in Erima community, Onelga area. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed this to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Sunday,…

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Aviance) has rewarded a staff member of the Company, Mr. Auwal Ahmed Dankode, who found and returned $10,000, while cleaning an aircraft in Kano. The Kano-born Dankode was hosted at the headquarters of…

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested the education secretary, school headmaster, and three others over the alleged dismantling and illegal sale of school furniture and metals at a primary school in the Kumbotso Local Government Area.…

Gunmen on Saturday abducted three travellers in Emure, Ekiti State, PUNCH Metro gathered on Sunday. The attackers also killed Taiwo Oluwole, the husband of one of the captives. According to security sources, who pleaded anonymity, the incident occurred around 5:30…

Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested two suspects, Feziechukwu Okolie and Udeme Daniel, for alleged drug trafficking. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. John, who noted that the…

The First Lady of Abia State, Mrs Priscilla Otti, has said she is deeply saddened by the case of a man who, early Sunday morning, in Umuahia, gouged out his wife’s eyes allegedly for ritual purposes. PUNCH Metro learnt that…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said a former beauty queen, Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, has turned herself in at its Lagos command. The agency accused the ex-beauty queen, who was the Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture in 2015/2016, of hiding after…

Two brothers in their early 20s have abducted and raped a 14-year-old girl in Erima community in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Areas of Rivers State, on Saturday. PUNCH Metro gathered that the girl was walking along a lonely path in…

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, on Sunday said its special forces have neutralized a notorious terrorist kingpin in Kaduna State. Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, in a statement on Sunday, said…

In a bid to continually enforce sanitation laws in Kwara State, the state Environmental Sanitation Task Force has convicted and fined several sanitation offenders in the state for violating the law. The State Commissioner for Environment, Nafisat Buge, disclosed this…

The Nasarawa State Police Command has apprehended a suspected drug trafficker, recovering a vehicle and 15 bags of dry leaves believed to be Indian hemp. The arrest, according to a statement released on Sunday by DSP. Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s…

A team of Special Forces from the Nigerian Air Force, 413 Force Protection Group, has killed a terrorist kingpin, Mustapha Abdullahi and some of his foot soldiers during a gun battle in Kaduna State. The NAF special forces encountered the…

The Osun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, says four persons lost their lives in an accident that occurred on the Osun-Ondo expressway on Sunday. The State Sector Commander, Mr Taofeeq Sokumbi, disclosed this in an interview…