The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, says Nigerian troops, in collaboration with the United States Africa Command, have killed more than 20 Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, fighters in a fresh coordinated air operation in the North-East. The military said the…

A devastating fire broke out at a plastic manufacturing company located along Umuoji Road, Nkpor, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, destroying part of the structure as well as goods and property worth several millions of naira.…

Details of the students and teachers kidnapped recently in Oyo State have been released. DAILY POST recalls that an unspecified number of students and teachers were kidnapped in the early hours of Friday.  The victims were abducted at Ahoro-Esinele and other…

A pedestrian has lost his life after being knocked down by a Toyota Coaster bus at Imowo, along the Imowo-Ibadan Road inward Ijebu Ode in Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered on Monday from the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic…

Armed bandits have launched a fresh attack on rural settlements on the western outskirts of Musawa town in Katsina State, forcing residents to flee their homes and rustling large numbers of livestock in a renewed wave of insecurity in the…

The Lagos State Taskforce has confirmed the donation of safety kits to its officers by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund. The spokesperson for the Taskforce, Abdulraheem Gbadeyan, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According to Gbadeyan, the donated…

Michael Oyedokun, one of the kidnapped teachers of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, has been reportedly killed. DAILY POST reports that the gunmen invaded the school on Friday May 15 and abducted the…

An argument that broke out during a birthday celebration along Ayetoro Road in the Ado-Odo/Otta Local Government Area of Ogun State has left a man, Kunle Akinlose, dead after he was allegedly stabbed with a broken bottle. PUNCH Metro gathered…

Residents of Oke Egan in the Ilogbo-Eremi area of Badagry, Lagos State, were thrown into shock on Friday after the body of a sexagenarian woman, Victoria Adegoke, was found abandoned in a nearby bush. PUNCH Metro learnt from community sources…

The Yobe State Police Command said its operatives have arrested five suspected criminals for alleged involvement in organised crime, fraud and robbery. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, stated in a statement issued on Sunday that the breakthrough followed a…

The Ogun State Government has disclosed that all persons admitted to the State Hospital, Ijebu-Ode, following the recent chemical inhalation incident in some schools within the town, have been discharged after receiving medical attention and being certified fit by health…

A motorist narrowly escaped death after a vehicle reportedly plunged into a bush canal at the Mowo axis inward Badagry along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway following an alleged distraction caused by mobile phone use while driving. The Lagos State Traffic Management…

A yet-to-be-identified man was shot dead while several others sustained injuries during a violent clash that erupted at the All Progressives Congress primary election in the Ikotun area of Lagos State on Saturday. PUNCH Metro learnt  on Sunday that the…

The Niger State Police Command has arrested four suspected fraudsters linked to a vehicle scam syndicate and recovered 67 rustled cattle after a gun duel with bandits in the state. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in…

A 66-year-old lawyer, Tunde Awogbade, and one other, Obayomi Olaleye, were arraigned by the police on Friday before an Igbosere Magistrate Court sitting at the Tinubu Magistrate Court, Lagos, for allegedly forging official stamps of the Lagos State Internal Revenue…