A Minna High Court has handed down a 17-year prison sentence to a 47-year-old man, Zingfa Nanboi, for his role in a violent attack on a commercial tricycle rider, bringing to a close a case of attempted murder and armed…

A Plateau State High Court on Thursday remanded four suspects in the custody of the Department of State Services over their alleged involvement in the March 2026 killings in the Angwa Rukuba community of Jos North Local Government Area. The…

Ten Nigerian nationals have been convicted in the United States for their involvement in a large-scale transnational internet fraud scheme that defrauded victims of approximately $125 million. The convictions were announced by the United States Attorney’s Office, which disclosed that…

A Nigerian Christian missionary group, Life Mission, has faulted the detention of 62 Nigerians in Uganda, insisting that the affected persons are humanitarian volunteers and not illegal operators, as alleged by Ugandan authorities. PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday that Ugandan…

Several health workers lost their lives on Friday in a fatal road accident along Oke-Onigbin-OmuAran highway while returning from the 2026 Workers’ Day rally in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, DAILY POST reports. The victims, who were members of the Medical…

The Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has condemned the extrajudicial killing of a 28-year-old musician, Oghenemine Ogidi, by a police officer in Effurun. Oborevwori, in a statement issued on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Festus Ahon, said he received…

Troops of 403 Amphibious Brigade, in collaboration with members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, have recovered arms and ammunition during a clearance operation along a major supply route in Borno State. This was made known in a post…

The Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, has clarified that the man who reportedly died by suicide in the Emure-Ile community, Owo Local Government Area, was not a student of the institution. PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased, identified as…

Troops of 159 Battalion have arrested two suspected terrorists during a stop-and-search operation in Yobe State. A counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, made this known in a statement posted on X. He said that…

Vehicular movement has been severely disrupted along the Ilorin–Igbeti Federal Highway in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State following the collapse of the Moro Bridge, prompting swift intervention from the state government. PUNCH Metro gathered that the bridge reportedly…

Security forces have arrested three suspected bandits and recovered weapons and ammunition during an operation in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The development was contained in a post shared on X on Friday by security analyst Zagazola Makama.…

A fire outbreak on Wednesday night gutted a vehicle at E-Phoenix Hotel, located at Tanke Junction in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. PUNCH Metro gathered from the Public Relations Officer of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives have successfully dismantled several drug joints and bunks within and around the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. NDLEA said a total of 132 suspects were arrested and 220 kilograms of…

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected cattle rustlers and recovered a cow valued at N1.7m during a swift response operation in the Ifo/Ibogun area of the state.  In a statement issued on Thursday, the command’s…

The Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Friday said it had paraded three suspected criminals at the command’s headquarters. In a statement by Assistant Superintendent of Corps Umar Mohammad, the command’s Public Relations…