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Delta State Police command has arrested two women over a newborn baby boy they bought at N2 million from a baby factory in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They were delivering the baby to the buyer…
The Niger State Police Command said it had uncovered a large cache of explosives devices including bombs and Improvised Explosive Devices buried in multiple locations in the state. Although investigation is going on to unravel the sources of the explosive…
The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended four persons for allegedly stealing a motorcycle worth N630,000 in the Imeruro area of Atan-Ijebu, Ijebu-North-East Local Government Area, and electrical installations, including cables and solar panels, in the Warewa area of Obafemi-Owode…
A legal practitioner, Sunday Ununu, reportedly killed an orphan, Nnamdi Nwite Ugo, over the weekend in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. Ugo was reportedly killed during the celebration of Izzi Unuphu Power of Attorney community election in Abakaliki Local Government…
The Kaduna State Police Command has foiled an armed robbery attempt, arrested two suspected car thieves and intercepted 15 Army camouflage materials. According to a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, on Tuesday, the first operation occurred…
Five persons have reportedly died in a canoe that capsized in Gantsa town, Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa State. A resident told DAILY POST that the incident happened when the deceased were crossing a road submerged under flood in…
Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have intercepted 15 unsewn military camouflages and detained two suspected car thieves in Kaduna. The State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, made this disclosure on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said: “On…
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 Osun State Police Command paraded one Jacob Damilare for allegedly having…
A nine-year-old child has died and four other children severely burnt after their room was set on fire in Adamawa State. The five are children of one Daniel Cha’ama in Mubi Local Government Area, who is said to have been…
Gunmen have killed one man and abducted two others in the Gadabuke community of Toto Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. The victim, identified as Garba Yakubu, was shot during the invasion of the residence of a man named Agaba Yakubu…
Three men were on Tuesday, arraigned before an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing an electricity transformer valued at N50 million. The defendants, Kehinde Akinkugbe, Tope Salisu, and Isiaka Amusa, whose addresses were not given, are being charged…
Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command have announced the arrest of two suspected robbers in the state capital. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, explained in a statement on Tuesday that during interrogation, the arrested suspects willingly confessed…
The family of a staff member of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, Temidayo Adekuoroye, has demanded justice over his tragic death while working for the company in Kwara State. The deceased was said to have been assigned alongside his colleagues on…
A tea vendor identified as Abdulrashidu Ya’u in Jigawa State has allegedly killed a 20-year-old man named Hassan Garba, over accusations of stealing bread, milk, noodles, and petrol. The suspect, who resides in Sararai village, Jigawar Tsada town in Dutse…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Plateau State Command, has detained five suspects over alleged diversion of two trucks loaded with 70 metric tons of indorama fertilisers. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASC Ruth Rimvyok, made this…
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the killing of Demola, the first son of Ojomu of Ajiran land, Tijani Akinloye. PUNCH Metro gathered that the killing which took place on Monday along Chevron Drive, Lekki area of Lagos State…
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