One person is feared dead, while scores of others are trapped after a three-storey building under construction along Peter Odili Road, a highbrow area of Port Harcourt, collapsed on Wednesday. Though the cause of the collapse could not be immediately…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Anambra State Command, has intensified its war against illicit drugs, arresting 559 suspects and securing 128 convictions within the last 11 months. The State Commander, Charles Onubogu, disclosed this in Awka, on Wednesday, during…

A Nigerian man, Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, has been sentenced to five years in prison in the United States for orchestrating a romance scam that defrauded multiple victims of more than $3.5 million. According to a statement released on Tuesday by…

The Abia State Police Command has arrested two men accused of impersonating operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency after a viral video showed them assaulting and handcuffing an auto-rickshaw rider in Umuahia. The suspects, identified as Anthony Kelechi,…

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have killed two suspected kidnappers and recovered a firearm, cash and other items during a follow-up operation linked to the rescue of an abducted victim in the state. The command said the operation…

The Anambra State Police Command has killed four suspected secessionist armed gang and recovered of firearms, ammunition, stolen vehicles and cash linked to criminal activities along the Ogboji–Ajalli Road in Orumba South Local Government state. In a press statement issued…

Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested three suspects in connection with a case of culpable homicide and suspected armed robbery in Gwaram Town, Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed…

Residents of Lagos State have called for stricter enforcement against illegal nighttime refuse dumping as the state government intensifies waste evacuation across affected communities following a renewed clean-up directive by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The calls come days after Sanwo-Olu ordered…

The Lagos State Police Command has intercepted 47 sacks of military camouflage uniforms and 80 cartons of suspected illicit substances in a major intelligence-led operation in the Surulere area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, while…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested four suspects and killed one in connection with the kidnapping incident at the Vegetable Market in Benin on June 14, 2026. In an update contained in a statement on Tuesday by the state…

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a woman and another suspect over the alleged killing of her newborn baby girl in Damaturu, describing the incident as a “heinous and inhuman act.” According to a statement issued on Monday by…

The Rivers State Government has shut down five hospitals and a patent medicine store across the state over alleged child trafficking, illegal medical practices, and other offences, arresting seven suspects, including some facility operators. The government said the action followed…

The Kwara State Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Bayo Fabiyi, and two others have been abducted while allegedly attempting to deliver ransom for the release of a kidnap victim in Oko-Irese, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state, PUNCH…

The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, on Tuesday urged residents of Anambra State to stop shielding criminals and provide timely intelligence to security agencies, warning that a culture of silence was enabling kidnappers, cultists and other criminal elements to thrive…

Commercial motorcycle riders who violate the Abia State Government’s ban on operations in designated areas of Umuahia, Aba, and Ohafia will pay a N50,000 fine or risk forfeiting their motorcycles, the government said on Tuesday. The state Commissioner for Information,…