A fifty years old woman, identified as Nemis Usman, has been reportedly killed by a hit and run driver in Taraba State. The woman, who was participating in ‘Operation Keep Taraba Clean’, was crushed to death by the yet to…

Residents of the NEPA community in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State have apprehended a suspected kidnapper who collected N1.5 million ransom from the relatives of his victims. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alabor Alfred,…

Operatives of Katsina State Police Command have rescued no fewer than 30 kidnap victims and foiled several bandit attacks in a series of operations carried out across the state. The most recent incident occurred on the 21st of August when…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested two men in possession of a firearm during a routine stop-and-search operation in Benin City. According to a statement released by the command on X on Thursday, the suspects, Collins Evbayiro, 34, and…

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed 13 persons on their farms at the Ijuwa fringes of the Alawa community of the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The LGA Chairman, Akilu Isyaku, who confirmed the killing in Minna…

In a move to reclaim the city’s beauty, the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps launched a crackdown on rail track vendors and environmental offenders in the Oshodi area of the state. The state Commissioner, Ministry of the Environment and Water…

Flash floods have cut off the Azare-Ja’amare road along the Kano-Maiduguri Highway in Bauchi State. While inspecting the affected area, the State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said he has reported the situation to the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, who had…

Kenyan police offered a cash reward on Thursday for information leading to the arrest of a suspected serial killer who escaped from a Nairobi police cell. Police launched a manhunt on Tuesday after Collins Jumaisi, who is accused of murdering…

Pakistani police said on Thursday that gunmen opened fire on a school bus, killing two girls and injuring five other children. Police official, Usman Haider, said the attack occurred in the town of Attock in the central province of Punjab…

The Ondo State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned a 30-year-old businessman, Oluwatimilehin Olorunfunmi, before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged assault and threat to life. Olorunfunmi, whose address was not given, is facing three counts bordering on conspiracy, misdemeanour,…

A commercial motorcyclist, Jacob Damilare, has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a female passenger, who engaged his services on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The victim, whose name was…

A 38-year-old woman, Amarachukwu Happiness Nzekwe, who used a hot pressing iron on the back of her househelp has said that she only did it to discipline the child. The woman, who identified herself as a nurse from Ezinifitte, Aguata…

Mike Lynch, the UK tech entrepreneur whose wife owns the sunken superyacht Bayesian, is among those feared dead after the vessel sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday. Divers have recovered the bodies of four out of six missing…

Osun State Police Command has paraded Olugbode Joshua and Akinleye Ayodeji for alleged armed robbery, membership of unlawful society and cultism. Making the arrest public during suspects parade at the police headquarters on Wednesday in Osogbo, the command spokesperson, Yemisi…

Men of the Katsina State Police Command have arrested one Halilu Yusuf, 21, for allegedly kidnapping a six-year-old boy. The police spokesman, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina. He said, “On August 17, at…