The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed a deadly road accident that claimed 11 lives and left nine others injured.The crash happened on Thursday, December 25, 2025, around 4:30pm at Bagewu village in Ringim Local Government Area. A statement signed…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has visited victims of the recent bomb blast at Gamboru Market Mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, offering condolences and pledging support to those affected. According to a statement by Stanley Nkwocha, Spokesman and Senior Special Assistant…

The Nigeria Police have arrested two suspected bandit and kidnapping kingpins believed to be behind violent crimes across Katsina, Zamfara, Niger and Kwara states. According to a statement shared on Nigeria Police Force Facebook page, the suspects were picked up…

A female soldier, identified as Mohammed and two children were injured in an explosion involving a hand grenade at Maraba, Abacha Road, Nasarawa. The explosion occurred at about 11:46 am on  Wednesday, December 24, 2025. According to an incident report…

The Lagos State Police Command has reaffirmed that stop-and-search operations remain an essential strategy in preventing crime, following the recovery of an illegal firearm during a routine patrol in the state. According to a statement shared on the Command’s official…

There was panic in Offa, Kwara state following explosions in the town on Thursday night. These explosions destroyed several properties and caused chaos. It came hours after the US launched airstrikes against ISIS targets in northwest Nigeria. The incident in…

Panic gripped residents of Offa, Kwara State, on Thursday night after explosions rocked parts of the town, destroying properties and raising security concerns, barely hours after the United States announced airstrikes against ISIS targets in northwest Nigeria. The incident, which…

Two suspects have been arrested and arraigned before a court in Nasarawa State by the Nasarawa state police command for allegedly possessing banned knockouts and fireworks. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, speaking to newsmen, disclosed that…

At least two people were confirmed dead after a fully loaded 33,000-litre petrol tanker exploded along the Badagry Expressway in Lagos in the early hours of Christmas Day. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred at about 4 a.m. on…

A male pedestrian has been killed in a hit-and-run accident along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway in Ogun State on Christmas Day. The incident occurred at about 8 a.m. near Odogbolu Junction, inbound Ijebu-Ode, according to the spokesperson of the Ogun State…

Gunmen suspected to be fleeing an undisclosed incident on Christmas Day shot an assistant parish priest of Saint Kelvin Catholic Church, Ogbaku, in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The priest, whose identity had yet to be…

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested eight suspects over an alleged breach of public peace, unlawful assembly, obstruction of traffic and assault on police officers following a disturbance linked to the Democratic Republic of the Yoruba group in parts…

A Grade Level 16 teacher in Cross River State, Mrs. Virtue Umera Bassey, has lost her right leg to complications arising from diabetes. Mrs. Bassey, a teacher at Government Secondary School, Adiabo, Tinapa, had battled diabetes for several years and…

The Nigeria Police Force’s Special Tactical Squad has arrested a correctional centre escapee and 21 other suspects across several states over their alleged involvement in armed robbery, kidnapping, banditry, cattle rustling, car snatching, economic sabotage, impersonation, and drug trafficking. The…

The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has confirmed that all children and staff abducted from St Mary’s Catholic Schools, Papiri, in Niger State have been rescued and reunited with their families. The Rev. Bulus Yohanna, of the Catholic Diocese of Kontagora…