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Police nab suspected cult leader in Ogun, recover two pistols
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old suspected leader of the Alora cult, Abiodun John, with an illegal firearm during a routine stop-and-search duty along the Akute/...
10th January 2025
IG orders clampdown on killers of policemen in Borno
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered an immediate clampdown on those responsible for the explosion at Nganzai Divisional Police Headquarters in Borno State, which claimed the...
10th January 2025
Lagos female teacher remanded for assaulting three-year-old pupil
A 45-year-old teacher, Stella Nwadigo, has been remanded by the Ogba Chief Magistrate Court on Thursday for assaulting a three-year-old pupil of Christ-Mitos Primary School in the Ikorodu area of Lago...
10th January 2025
Suspected cultists shoot Ogun barber to death
Residents of Obantoko, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, were left in shock and tension following the brutal murder of a 39-year-old barber, Toheeb Folarin, on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro gathered from the s...
10th January 2025
Driver killed as vehicle catches fire in Lagos
A yet-to-be-identified driver was burnt to death after his vehicle caught fire along the Lekki-Epe Expressway on Thursday. PUNCH Metro learnt from the spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Manageme...
10th January 2025
Three killed in Bayelsa community cult clash
Three persons have been killed as suspected cultists attacked Igbogene Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The attack on Wednesday night, at about 8.00 pm, is the first in nea...
10th January 2025
Man bags 18 months jail for impersonating EFCC operative
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday convicted and sentenced a man, Tobi Paul-Augustine, to 18 months imprisonment for impersonating an operative of the Economic and F...
10th January 2025
Six suspects arrested as violent clash erupts in Ekiti
A violent clash between some individuals suspected to be members of the Oodua Peoples Congress and motorcycle riders on Thursday created tension in the Atikankan area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State cap...
10th January 2025Man jailed two years for defrauding American of $345,000
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced one Chima Nkwocha also known as Young Billionaire to two years imprisonment for defrauding a United States citizen of $345,000. PUNCH Metro learnt f...
10th January 2025
Suspects flee as Navy destroys Ondo illegal refining sites
About nine illegal refining sites were dismantled by the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base at Igbokoda in the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The discovery of the site within the Obenla ...
10th January 2025
I was pushed out from moving vehicle, robbed of iPhone – Victim
A victim of ‘one-chance’ vehicle, Jennifer Obiora, has narrated how she was robbed in a commercial bus in Lagos. Obiora boarded the usual yellow bus in the Iponri area of Lagos heading to Alaka on...
10th January 2025
Mohbad’s private autopsy ready as group demands reopening of case
A private autopsy and toxicology conducted by the family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, to determine the cause of his death is ready, PUNCH Metro has learnt. The Coroner’s Court s...
10th January 2025
Ogun motorcyclist killed, huts burnt in border clash
Tensions flared and violence erupted on Tuesday in Awowo Village, a border community in Ogun State, following a fatal collision between a motorcycle and a cow. PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday that the ...
10th January 2025
PICTORIAL: Police arrest two for physically abusing five-year-old
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of Ihsanatu Shaaibu and one other unnamed suspect for physically abusing her five-year-old stepdaughter. This was made known in a statement signed by ...
10th January 2025
Zulum condemns Borno attack, mourns troop loss
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has condemned the recent attack on the Sabongari community in Damboa Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement by the Commissioner for...
9th January 2025
Police recover over 1,000 diverted UN wheat bags, arrest suspects
The Nigeria Police Force, Eastern Ports Command, has recovered 1,238 bags of wheat and arrested five suspects involved in the diversion of 1,840 bags of wheat belonging to the United Nations World Foo...
9th January 2025
Two officers killed as Boko Haram attacks police station in Borno
Two officers of the Borno State Police Command lost their lives after suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked the Nganzai Police Division in Borno State. A statement released on Thursday by the Comma...
9th January 2025
Court adjourns ex-Oyo park boss, Auxiliary's trial till January 22
The trial of a former Chairman of the Park Management System in Oyo State, Mukaila Lamidi popularly called Auxiliary, on Thursday, suffered another adjournment as his counsel raised objection to the c...
9th January 2025
Police rescue hostages, kill three kidnappers
The Nigeria Police Force has announced its re-strategised approach to tackling kidnapping across Nigeria. NPF says this move is to bolster internal security. The Force highlighted recent successes, in...
9th January 2025
Lagos teacher arrested for assaulting pupil during lesson
Nigerians have voiced their outrage after a video emerged showing Stella Nwadigo, a teacher at Christ-Mitots International School in Isawo, Ikorodu, Lagos State, physically assaulting a three-year-old...
9th January 2025
Suspected traffickers arrested as 59 Kano children rescued in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has intercepted a white Peugeot 15-seater bus transporting 59 children suspected to have been trafficked. The children are between four and 12 years old. A...
9th January 2025
Again, two killed in Lagos, Ogun auto crashes
Barely 48 hours after two separate accidents in Lagos and Ogun states left one person dead and six others injured, a yet-to-be-identified driver and a pedestrian have lost their lives in two separate ...
9th January 2025
Ekiti man jailed seven years for N64,000 phone theft
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced 26-year-old Omodara Dada to seven years imprisonment for burglary. Dada was charged in court for robbing the owner of a N64,000 phone and N8...
9th January 2025
Man jailed six months for intimidating FRSC officers
A Chief Magistrate Court in Jimeta, Yola, Adamawa State, on Tuesday sentenced Nuhu Isah to six months imprisonment or an option of a N20,000 fine for intimidating officials of the Federal Road Safety ...
9th January 2025
Sokoto guard mistakenly kills self after rescue operation
An operative of the Sokoto State Community Guard Corps (name withheld) mistakenly shot and killed himself shortly after participating in the joint operation that rescued 66 kidnap victims in the state...
9th January 2025
Hoodlums cut off Ogun plastic collector’s wrist
A plastic collector identified as Yusuf Abubakar has reportedly lost his left wrist after he and his colleagues were allegedly attacked by suspected hoodlums in Isara Remo, Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gat...
9th January 2025
Tension rises as gunmen kill 18 in Imo communities
The Imo State Police Command has expressed its determination to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killing of no fewer than 18 people in coordinated attacks by gunmen in several communities in ...
9th January 2025
Police probe missing Ekiti female teenagers
The Ekiti State Police said that they had begun investigations to unravel the whereabouts of two female teenagers missing since last month. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Command, Su...
9th January 2025
Delta self-kidnap suspect, accomplice arrested, N2m ransom recovered
The Special Anti-kidnapping and Cyber-crime Squad of the Delta State Police Command has arrested a lady self-kidnapper together with her accomplice in their hideouts in a community in the state. A sum...
9th January 2025
S’Africa-based Nigerian extradited to US, risks 20-year jail term
The United States Government says it has successfully extradited a Nigerian, Enorense Izevbigie, who was among a seven-man syndicate arrested in South Africa for alleged involvement in cybercrime acti...
9th January 2025
Five Ogun chiefs bag six months jail for breach of peace
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, on Wednesday, sentenced five Egba chiefs to six months imprisonment for maliciously damaging the sealed letter and removing the caution tape pasted...
8th January 2025
