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Residents in Nepal’s flood-hit capital began returning to their homes on Sunday to survey the devastation after heavy monsoon rains caused severe flooding that has claimed at least 104 lives across the country. Deadly floods…
The Lagos State Taskforce has arrested 88 suspected miscreants and criminals in two separate operations around Oshodi, Bolade and its environs. The arrest, the agency said, was “in a continued effort to rid the State of the menace of miscreants,…
Kano State Police Command has confirmed the death of five police officers in a fatal motor accident at Karfi town in Kura Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday,…
Five Police officers returning from Edo State on a special assignment died while 11 others sustained injuries in a ghastly motor accident on Tuesday. The accident occurred along the Zaria-Kano road. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed…
Minibus drivers, popularly referred to as ‘Korope’, have protested over the multiple levies imposed on them by transport union workers, also known as agberos. The drivers, operating along the Mowe-Ibafo-Arepo areas of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, expressed their grievances at the…
One soldier was reportedly killed while four others escaped an ambush by bandits in the Dansadau axis of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. DAILY POST gathered that the troops from Sector 1 were ambushed while on patrol and…
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the death of five officers following a ghastly motor accident along the Zaria-Kano road in the early hours of Tuesday (today). The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the incident…
The Nigerian Navy says troops of Forward Operating Base, Lekki, have arrested five suspects in connection with stolen crude oil loaded in a wooden boat. This was disclosed in a statement posted on social media on Tuesday. According to the…
A 43-year-old man, Adekunle Abodunrin, on Tuesday, appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for alleged N1.8 million fraud. Abodunrin, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of fraud, stealing and breach of peace. He pleaded…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have again arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Christian Ogbuji. Ogbuji was first arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on May 10, 2023, upon arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has apprehended an ex-convict, Christian Ogbuji for importing 817 wraps of cocaine weighing 19.40kg with an estimated value of N4.6 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA. This was contained in a…
An aluminium workman based in Okinni, Osun State, Sunday Ejoh, was on Monday sentenced to six months by a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, for stealing three tubers of yam. Ejoh, who appeared before a magistrate,…
Troops of the Nigerian Army, 6 Division, have intercepted eight (8) suspects engaging in illegal bunkering, pipeline vandalism and other criminal activities in Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom states. Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division, Army Public Relations, Lt.Col. Danjuma Jonah Danjuma…
Soldiers from the 3 Battalion Nigerian Army Barracks at the popular Army Estate, Effurun in Uvwie, Delta State have arrested no fewer than 100 youths suspected to be Internet fraudsters as the operatives stormed one HK “Hustle Kingdom” School, a…
Vigilant youths of Ogbaru have orchestrated the arrest of five youths who have allegedly been aiding secessionist elements in their attacks on the local government. Though Ogbaru has been plagued with violence as a result of oil mining activities and…
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps has arrested no fewer than 27 people in connection with various criminal activities across the state. According to the corps, the suspects were involved in alleged crimes such as…
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