The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has deployed over 1,100 personnel across Bauchi State to ensure the safety of lives and property during the Christmas and New Year festivities. The deployment was disclosed in a statement made available to…

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robbery suspect, Abba Aliyu, popularly known as Abba Fiya, following a distress call over an armed robbery incident in Hausawa Quarters of the state. According to a press release issued…

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed no casualty or death was recorded as a train collided with a Toyota Hiace bus on Monday night at Arena, Oshodi, Lagos. LASEMA disclosed this in a preliminary report issued by the…

No fewer than 821 suspects were arrested for various offences by operatives of the Edo State Police Command in 2025. The state Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, stated this on Monday at the command’s year-end security review and measures put…

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 47-year-old man, identified as Ezekiel, after he allegedly hit his cousin during a dispute over the refund of a N1,000 burial contribution, leading to the cousin’s death. The command’s Public Relations Officer,…

Police operatives in Benue State have successfully freed 19 travellers who were abducted by suspected armed bandits along the Ohimini–Otukpo Road in Ohimini Local Government Area. Security sources disclosed to Zagazola Makama that the abduction took place in the early…

The Lagos State Waste Management Authority says it has secured the conviction of a 48-year-old man, Makinde Rasaq, to a combined jail term of 13 months’ community service for dumping refuse on a road in the Lagos Island area of…

The Kano State Police Command has rescued a man from angry mob after an alleged blasphemy incident at a hotel in the Badawa area of Kano metropolis. Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident happened at about 9:45 p.m. on…

The Nigeria Police Force has released Adenike Atanda, wife of a senior investigative reporter with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), following her reported detention alongside her nine-month-old baby in the Owutu area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. FIJ reported that…

Two yet-to-be-identified people have died on Monday in a single-vehicle accident along the Isara-Remo/Erimobi Bridge section of the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. The report identified the accident vehicle as a Suzuki bus with the registration number KRD 194 JW.…

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, on Monday said the command had deployed over 5000 police personnel for the protection of lives and property during the Christmas and New Year festivities. Addressing journalists at a press briefing at…

The newly established Federal University of Education, Pankshin, in Plateau State, has uncovered a syndicate involved in forging and issuing fake academic results and certificates, leading to the imprisonment of two men. PUNCH Metro learnt this on Monday during a…

The Nigeria Police Force has foiled an alleged fraud valued at N17.03m involving imported goods from Canada, with the arrest of a 52-year-old suspect at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. According to a statement made available to PUNCH Metro…

At least nine people were killed, and five others injured when a speeding trailer crashed into their bus on the Kaltungo–Cham Road in Kaluwa community, Kaltungo Local Government Area of Gombe State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the accident occurred at…

An armed bandit has been arrested by security forces after a gun battle in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The incident was contained in a post shared on X on Monday by security analyst, Zagazola Makama. According to…