Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a woman, Rita Ughale, of Kokori community in Ethiope East Local Government Area, following her incrimination in the alleged sale of her two-month-old baby. She reportedly sold the baby boy to…

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 47 year old suspected drug dealer in Sapele. Eight bags of weed weed suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered from the suspect during his arrest on 18th December 2025. Delta State…

The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested the leader of the notorious ‘Sai Mallam’ cult group and a suspected serial rapist linked to the abuse of dozens of young girls. Briefing journalists on Friday, the state Commissioner of Police, CP…

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone ‘D’ Bauchi, has seized contraband worth N82.1 million in the last 10 days. The Customs Comptroller, Abdullahi Kaila, said this at a news conference on Friday in Bauchi. He said…

Lagos State Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with a staged kidnapping incident that went viral last month, involving a schoolboy pleading for mercy in a purported kidnappers’ den. Smart detectives and operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad…

The Nigerian Army said its troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have decisively thwarted an early-morning attempt by terrorists operating from the Mandara Mountains to infiltrate Bitta, neutralising several insurgents. Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force…

The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the discovery of suspected remains believed to belong to a police inspector earlier declared missing in Guma Local Government Area of the state. The case is linked to Inspector Mohammed Yakubu of the…

The Ondo State Police Command says it has arrested two suspected car thieves in the Akure area of the state in a collaborative operation with the Federal Road Safety Corps. This is just as the command said it recovered a…

Scores of residents sustained varying degrees of injuries, while properties estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of naira were destroyed following a fuel tanker explosion in Auchi, the administrative headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.…

An Ikeja High Court in Lagos State has discharged and acquitted Ikechukwu Ogbonna, popularly known as IVD, of all criminal charges related to the death of his wife, Bimbo Ogbonna, after ruling that the prosecution failed to prove its case…

Armed men have attacked the family of Iorwa Tersen Lawrence of Amafu – Katsina Ala Road community, Katsina -Ala Local Government Area of Benue to demand money contributed for the burial of their mother. The incident occurred five days after…

The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old suspect in connection with the robbery and killing of a young man whose body was found in a forest in Ngaski Local Government Area. PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday that the…

Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Hadin Kai have rescued a serving councillor from Biu Local Government Area and an Islamic cleric who were abducted by suspected terrorists in Borno State. The development was contained in a post shared…

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five suspects over a fake, stage-managed kidnapping involving a schoolboy. The suspects were apprehended on December 17 and 18, 2025, in connection with a viral video showing the boy pleading for mercy in…

Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested five persons in connection with a staged kidnapping that went viral online, showing a schoolboy pleading for mercy in a fabricated “kidnappers’ den.” The arrests were…