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…

The Police in Jigawa State have arrested a 40-year-old tea vendor, Abdulrashibu Ya’u over alleged beating of a boy to death in Dutse Local Government. A resident told DAILY POST that the incident happened on Monday at about 05:00 pm…

Members of the Association of Radio and Television Technicians of Anambra State, Iweka Street Electronics Market chapter, Onitsha, have called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to prevail on his aides, including the Ocha Brigade operatives and the Onitsha Police Area Commander…

Akwa Ibom State Police command said it raided a criminal hideout in Afaha Offiong community, Nsit Ibom Local Government Area and arrested six suspected cultists. In a statement made available by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Timfon John in Uyo,…

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested one Abubakar Talba, a 37-year-old from Hausari Dandal, Borno State, for abduction and sodomy. This was disclosed in a press release on Monday by the command’s Public Relations officer, Ahmed Wakil. He said…

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, says a train hit and killed a man on a railway track on Monday. The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this disclosure in a statement in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said the…

The family of a Customs officer serving in Kano State, Abubakar Maliki, has been thrown into panic after he reportedly went missing following his visit to Lagos to write a promotional exam. Speaking with PUNCH Metro on Monday, Zeenat, the…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a Director with the Rivers State Board of Internal Revenue Service, Aribibia John Fubara. He was abducted at Okrika Waterfront, near Marine Base, Port Harcourt. DAILY POST gathered that Fubara was kidnapped on…

Six suspected cultists and drug dealers were nabbed when operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command raided a criminal hideout at the Afaha Offiong community in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a…

A middle-aged woman identified as Theresa Awuhe, was killed by gunmen in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State while they abducted a director with the Rivers State Board of Internal Revenue Service, identified as Aribibia Fubara. The woman was…

Some suspected kidnappers abducted a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Christiana Idowu, along the Ikorodu-Yaba Road last week. A family source who spoke with PUNCH Metro on the condition of anonymity on Monday disclosed…

A fresh oil spill has destroyed farmlands and boreholes in Rumuoduwere community in Elelenwo clan, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The spill which occurred on Sunday is alleged to be from a Shell Petroleum Development Company facility and…

The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities has protested the refusal of the Lagos State University, Ojo, to reinstate five union members who were allegedly dismissed unjustly. Our correspondent learnt on Monday that during the union’s meeting held at the…

Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command have arrested a 37-year-old Quranic teacher for allegedly abducting two Almajiri boys from Katsina, after luring them with false promises of financial support. The suspect, identified as Abubakar Talba, an indigene of Hausari Dandal…