Metro
A commercial truck driver is battling to save his leg after he was shot by a police officer at a checkpoint along the Ketu-Epe-Ikorodu Road in Lagos. The victim, Peter Francis, was returning home from…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspected armed robbers and recovered three stolen vehicles alongside a fabricated pistol in a series of intelligence-led operations carried out by the Anti-Robbery Squad. The suspects, Hammed Olarewaju, Adedokun Ayinde, and Adedokun…
The Plateau State Police Command has promised to arrest anyone, irrespective of status or official position, who approaches the police to plead on behalf of a rape or defilement suspect. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Bassey Ewah, while addressing…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has hailed the Yoruba Tennis Club for its enduring legacy as the organisation marked its 100th anniversary with a centenary lecture series attended by dignitaries from across Nigeria’s political and…
Operatives of the Yobe State Police Command have busted a criminal syndicate specialising in the theft of tricycles, popularly known as Keke Napep, in Damaturu and its environs. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a…
A fire incident has destroyed a residential building in Lomu community, Umunze, in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The fire, which broke out at about 2 pm on Thursday, started in one of the apartments and spread…
No fewer than seven persons have been reportedly murdered by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Ejule Ojebe community in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State, DAILY POST gathered. It was learnt on Monday that the incident, which occurred on February…
Protesters on Monday stormed the entrance of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, demanding clarity on the mandatory electronic transmission of election results amid controversies surrounding the ongoing Electoral Act amendment. The demonstrators had vowed to confront lawmakers over reports…
A man simply identified as Iseleto has stabbed his 23 years old son, Miracle, to death in Osubi community, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the suspect was enraged that the son rented a separate…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Izueke, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport for allegedly ingesting cocaine pellets in a bid to traffic the drug to China. Izueke was said…
A Canada-based Nigerian, Kayode Roberts, has been charged by the Toronto Police Service following an investigation into what authorities described as a suspected hate-motivated criminal harassment case. PUNCH Metro gathered from a statement published on the Toronto Police website on…
No fewer than seven persons were killed while 70 others sustained injuries in a fatal road traffic crash that occurred on Sunday morning along Hadejia Road at Kwanar Dan ja, Kano State. According to a press statement issued by the…
Two persons were killed and one other injured on Sunday after a petrol-laden tanker exploded along the Ihiala area of the Onitsha–Owerri Road in Anambra State. The incident occurred opposite the office of the Federal Road Safety Corps at about…
Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria, AMDON, Kebbi State Chapter, has condemned the alleged killing of one of its members, Tukur Alhaji Salihu, by operatives of the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, of the Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B, Kaduna, attached to…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of seven persons and 70 others injured, while 28 were unhurt in a lone accident that occurred in Kano. The Sector Commander, Idris Muhammed-Lawal, disclosed this in a statement signed by…
A private security man employed by a private school in Aba, Abia State, has been arrested by the police after he allegedly defiled a three-year-old pupil of the school. The incident happened on Friday at Umuosi Road by Ibadan Road,…
Advertisement
