The Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Akwa Ibom State Command have arrested two suspects for criminal conspiracy, illegal mining and conveyance of solid minerals suspected to be iron ore in Akwa Ibom. The operatives also apprehended…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command has raised the alarm over the surge in child trafficking in the state. The Osun NSCDC also appealed to parents to be vigilant and ensure the safety of their…

The National Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command, on Wednesday, said it has commenced a probe into the circumstances surrounding the abduction of a five-month-old baby on a farm in Agbeye town. The security agency said the child…

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a nurse over the alleged death of a 36-year-old woman, simply identified as Mrs Abiola. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the…

A yet-to-be-identified policewoman has been hospitalised after a commercial bus rammed into her at the Charly Boy bus stop along the Oshodi-Gbagada Expressway area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt the incident happened at about 6 am on Monday while…

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command have arrested personnel of the Nigerian Navy, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, over the death of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd). DAILY POST…

The family of a man, Isaac Alagbariya, has accused men of the Rivers State Police Command of illegally arresting and torturing their son after breaking into his hotel room along Ada George on the outskirts of Port Harcourt. The family,…

A Family Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday remanded a 76-year-old man, Akeem Muritala, in a correction centre for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, ordered that the case file be sent to the…

A Nigerian Navy personnel, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, has been arrested for the murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd). Speaking while parading the suspect on Wednesday in Abuja, the Federal…

The Police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a 38-year-old man, Lucky Ugwauka, in Badagry for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old daughter. Ugwauka, whose address was not provided, is charged with defilement, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court. He, however, pleaded not…

Several passengers were injured following a late-night collision involving two Bus Rapid Transit buses at the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos on Tuesday. The collision happened within the BRT lane on Lagos-Abeokuta Express Way, near Danco Filling Station. According to…

Sixteen persons were on Tuesday night burned to death in an accident that occurred along the busy Ore-Ondo highway in the Ajue area of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The accident occurred when an 18-seater Toyota Hiace passenger…

The police in Jigawa State have offered insight into the circumstances surrounding the alleged torture and killing of a 20-year-old man by an unnamed tea vendor in Dutse, the state capital. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu,…

Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have refuted claims that one of its female students was raped by a commercial motorcyclist. PUNCH Metro had reported that the Osun State Police Command paraded one Jacob Damilare for allegedly…

Four Nigerian nationals have been sentenced to prison in the United Kingdom after being convicted of forging over 2,000 marriage certificates to facilitate illegal residency in the country. The convicts, identified as Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade (41), Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo…