Police operatives in Bayelsa State, in collaboration with the Joint Task Force (JTF), have arrested 14 suspects and recovered firearms over the last month’s attack on Ogboinbiri community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, where one person was killed…

A 35-year-old woman, Abigail Moses, has been arraigned before a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court over the alleged misappropriation of N6.7 million belonging to her employer. Moses, a resident of Kabala West in Kaduna State, is facing a two-count charge bordering on…

Hundreds of women from Ifesowapo, Irewolede, and Ifesokan communities in Imowo Nla, Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State, on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest over what they described as a prolonged blackout in their communities. The protesters stormed the…

For alleged fake ushering job involving students of Bayero University, Kano, a 32-year-old suspect, Richard Peter, is presently in the custody of the police at the zone one headquarters in Kano. The police also recovered  29 mobile phones and other…

The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested a fish seller and two women over an alleged attempt to engage in immoral acts in the state. The Director of Public Enlightenment of the board, Auwalu Sheshe, confirmed the arrest in a…

Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have repelled suspected bandits and recovered 70 rustled livestock during security operations in Jibia and Musawa Local Government Areas of the state. The development was contained in a post shared on X on Thursday by…

The officers of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 60-year-old man, Musa Garba, for the alleged defilement of a nine-year-old girl in Magama Gumau, Toro Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Nafiu Habib, disclosed…

Panic gripped the host community of the Federal University of Technology Owerri on Wednesday night following an invasion by suspected gunmen in the Eziobodo area of Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. Viral videos circulating on social media…

Troops of Sector 7, Operation Enduring Peace, in collaboration with members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have arrested a suspected kidnapper in Kamuru village, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. In a post on his social…

The 62 Nigerians detained in Uganda have been released and are expected to return to Nigeria on Thursday, PUNCH Metro has learnt. The Nigerians, said to be members of a Christian missionary group, Life Mission, were earlier detained by Ugandan…

Leaders of the Ibeju-Lekki Ancestral Community Foundation have raised concerns over an alleged blocked drainage channel along a section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway in Eleko, warning that the development could trigger severe flooding and displace residents from their ancestral…

The Commissioner of Police, Yobe State Command, Usman Kanfani Jibrin, has warned operatives against indulging in unethical behaviours such as extortion and corrupt practices while discharging their duties.  The CP handed down the warning at an emergency meeting with the…

The Zone One Police Headquarters in Kano has arrested a 32-year-old suspect, Richard Peter, over an alleged fake ushering job involving students of Bayero University, Kano. The police also recovered 29 mobile phones and other items allegedly stolen from the…

Prophet Ajiboye Abayomi Olayinka, the General Overseer of Mission House of Divine Land of Joy and Prayer Ministry, was on Wednesday convicted for rape and related offences involving minors. Delivering judgment at the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, Justice Hammed…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, a high-potency strain of cannabis, weighing 4,173.5 kilograms, with an estimated street value of N10.43bn at the Tincan Island Port in Lagos. The agency…