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…

The Police in Katsina State 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 about 2pm,…

A construction worker named Adeshina Adewale has allegedly raped a 20-year-old woman in the Itori area of Ewekoro Local Government, Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt on Wednesday that the suspect committed the crime on August 14, 2024, while the woman…

A 38-year-old nurse identified as Amarachukwu Nzekwe has been arrested by security operatives for brutalising her 13-year-old nephew with a heated laundry iron in Anambra State. The suspect, a native of Ezinifite in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kano has apprehended a job racketeer who specialised in defrauding people of their hard-earned money with phantom employment in the Kano State ministries. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim…

The Association of Truck and Trailer Drivers has raised serious concerns over the persistent harassment, maltreatment, extortion, and wrongful arrests inflicted on them by street urchins, commonly referred to as touts, in Lagos and Ogun states. During a protest visit…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has attributed the accident that led to the overturning of a gas tanker along the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway on Wednesday to a slippery road occasioned by an early morning rainfall. The LASTMA Director of Public…

E-hailing drivers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria have rejected the recent fare reduction arrangement announced by certain app companies and the Presidential Committee on the National Gas Initiative. The union, representing over 120,000…

The Kano State Police Command, on Wednesday, confirmed that it had recorded a significant breakthrough in its efforts to combat crime in the state by arresting 41 suspects and recovering dangerous weapons in the state. Following a series of raids…

The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested three persons over alleged illegal mining, and armoured cable theft in the state. This was contained in a statement by the command’s spokesman, DSC Daniel…

Some youths in Lagos State thwarted an attempted kidnap of a car dealer on Ebute Igbogbo Road in Ikorodu Local Government Area on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects, including Taiwo Olayinka, Azeez Sodiq, and Saheed Moonstruck, had been…

Somali police confirmed that 10 people, including seven security force officers, two civilians and a suicide bomber, died when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Mogadishu. The security personnel had attempted to halt the vehicle as it approached…

The adducted District head of Gatawa in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Isa Bawa, has been reported dead in captivity. Confirming the tragic news to our correspondent on Wednesday, the lawmaker representing Sabon Birni North in the…

Police in Kano State have arrested 41 suspected criminals and recovered dangerous weapons and drugs. The Command Public Relations Officer SP. Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa stated this in a statement issued to DAILY POST. He said the Command has achieved a…