A man identified simply as Golden has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Igando area of Lagos State. The attackers, said to be two in number, reportedly stormed the community on a motorcycle while searching for the deceased…

Osun State High Court, sitting in Ile-Ife, has sentenced a 30-year-old man, Taiwo Agboola, to death for killing a 62-year-old, Mrs Jadesola Olubayo. Agboola was said to have killed the deceased on October 11, 2023, at a palm oil processing…

119 rounds of 7.62mm AK-47 live ammunition concealed in a bag have been uncovered by the Gombe State Police Command along Kalshingi Road in Kwadon, Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of the state. DSP Buhari Abdullahi, the state command spokesman, in…

Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested two suspects for alleged involvement in illicit drug peddling in the Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state. The command also recovered a large quantity of substances suspected to be…

The incident was made known in a post shared on X on Friday by security analyst Zagazola Makama. According to the post, the incident happened around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday along Jwak village, when troops responded to a distress call about suspected criminals trying…

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a suspected foreign national and recovered 18 stolen rams valued at about N7m during an intelligence-led operation in the Bauchi metropolis. The command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement issued…

Troops of the 196 Amphibious Battalion under Operation HADIN KAI have arrested a suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP collaborator during a routine security operation in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. The arrest was made on May 20 at about 8:00…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Gombe State Command, has arrested five suspects linked to separate syndicates involved in the theft of motorcycles, mobile phones, and other electronic gadgets across the state. The Command disclosed this in a statement…

There was pandemonium at the College of Nursing, Umulogho, in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State as suspected assassins beheaded a female student of the instruction, Wendy Achumba. The student, who was said to be through with her midwifery…

A male adult identified simply as Golden has been confirmed dead after he was shot by unknown assailants in the Igando area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt from a police source on Thursday that the incident occurred on Tuesday…

Anambra Police Command says an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, has been held in its custody over an alleged social media threat to shoot any member of the public who records him while on duty. The Police Public Relations Officer…

The Ogun State Police Command on Friday urged residents of the state to desist from circulating unverified information that could lead to unnecessary panic and heighten anxiety over unsubstantiated claims of a planned bandits’ invasion of some communities in the…

A Minna High Court was moved to tears on Friday, after a defendant in a long-running homicide trial narrated how he allegedly lost both eyes following torture by operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Niger State Police Command.…

A 41-year-old Nigerian woman, Franca Wilson, has been sentenced to six months in prison in Ghana for trying to obtain a Ghanaian passport with forged nationality documents. The Ghana Immigration Service confirmed the conviction in a report published by the…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Gombe State has arrested five suspected members of motorcycle and gadget theft syndicates operating in parts of the state. According to a statement by the command’s spokesman, CSP Buhari Sa’ad, the…