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Police arraign lawyer for forgery in Ondo
A legal practitioner, Olusegun Agunloye, was on Thursday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, over allegations of forgery. The lawyer was accused of presentin...
30th August 2024
Fake forex trader arraigned for fraud
A 39-year-old man, Bassey Ikpi, accused of posing as a forex trader, was arraigned on Thursday before the Lagos State Chief Magistrate Court in Ebute-Metta for allegedly defrauding several individuals...
30th August 2024
A’Ibom kidnap kingpin killed, G3 rifle recovered
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have neutralised a notorious Kidnap kingpin, and gang leader of the Bling Bling Marine Strike Force, one Ubong Effiong Archibong, alias Condiment. Th...
30th August 2024
Family protests killing of final year undergraduate by Anambra vigilantes
Confusion has erupted at the Senator Stella Oduah’s Estate, Akili-Ozizor community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, following the controversial circumstances that led to the shootin...
30th August 2024
Lagos traders allege harassment, petition govt
A group of traders from the Aguiyi Ironsi International Market Traders Association in Ladipo, Mushin, Lagos State, have petitioned the Lagos State Government over alleged harassment, intimidation, and...
30th August 2024
Rivers fishermen continue protest over colleague’s death
Protesting fishermen have blocked the creek which allows access to the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas boats conveying staff members to its operational base in Bonny Island, Rivers State. This came aft...
30th August 2024
Man, 30, arrested for allegedly defiling seven-year-old girl
A 30-year-old man identified as Chinonso Nwaebonyi, has been arrested by security operatives for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl in Awka, Anambra State capital. Nwaebonyi, a native of Izzi co...
30th August 2024
Commuters lament as fuel scarcity jacks up fares in Lagos
Residents in Lagos State have lamented the hike in fares following the increase in the fuel price in the country. PUNCH Metro gathered that the fare hike had left many commuters stranded and frustrate...
30th August 2024
Court restrains Uzodimma, others from demolishing Imo market
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, and the Central Market Complex Development and Investment Company, Donez Global Services Ltd, Joe Jonny Joyson Enterprises Ltd, and Nigerian Export-Import B...
30th August 2024
Military officer’s killing of Zamfara DPO ‘senseless’ –Police
The Kebbi State Police Command has condemned as “senseless” the brutal murder of a Divisional Police Officer, Halliru Liman, by a military officer at a checkpoint in Zamfara State on Wednesday. Th...
30th August 2024
Buttock enlargement doctor declared wanted as client dies during surgery
The Lagos State Police Command has declared a doctor, identified as Idara Bassey, wanted in connection with the death of a 36-year-old lady simply identified as Abiola, who passed away during a buttoc...
30th August 2024
Police kill notorious A'Ibom kidnap kingpin
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have neutralised a notorious kidnapping kingpin and leader of the Bling Bling Marine Strike Force, one Ubong Effiong Archibong, alias ‘Condiment....
29th August 2024
Man arrested for defiling seven-year-old girl in Anambra
A 30-year-old man identified as Chinonso Nwaebonyi, has been arrested by security operatives for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl in Awka, Anambra State capital. Nwaebonyi, a native of the Izz...
29th August 2024
Military personnel shoot dead police officer in Zamfara
The Zamfara State Police Command has condemned the killing of one of its officers, Halliru Liman, who was shot and killed by military personnel. The command demanded a thorough investigation into the ...
29th August 2024
Spanish actor's son bags life jail for murder
A Thai court on Thursday jailed a famous Spanish actor’s son for life for the gruesome murder of a Colombian plastic surgeon on a tropical holiday island in a lurid case that has gripped Spain. ...
29th August 2024
Three men sentenced to life for murder in UK
Three men, Joshua Oladele (believed to be a Nigerian), Micah Hines, and Ali Alamiri, have been handed life sentences for the murder of 25-year-old Hamza Iqbal in London, United Kingdom, according ...
29th August 2024
Outrage as Nigerians seek arrest of Canada-based woman inciting violence
Concerned Nigerians have swarmed the Internet, demanding the arrest of a Canada-based Nigerian woman, Amaka Patience Sunnberger, and her accomplices for calling for the death of other Nigerians during...
29th August 2024
Man dies in Ogun fire incident
A 23-year-old man, Ayodele Gabriel, was discovered dead in his bathroom after a fire broke out in his apartment at Sakura Estate, Sagamu, Ogun State. The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Off...
29th August 2024
Two die as trucks collide on Sagamu-Benin Expressway
Two persons lost their lives on Tuesday when a truck driving against traffic collided with another truck along the Sagamu-Benin Expressway in Ogun State. A traffic official privy to the incident who w...
29th August 2024
Police rescue kidnap victim, arrest three suspects in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a 25-year-old man (name withheld) who was abducted on Tuesday in the Oke Moro, Ishashi area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt on Wednesday that three suspects...
29th August 2024
Rivers commuters groan over fare hike
Commuters in Port Harcourt and its environs are lamenting the hike in fares in major routes occasioned by the increase in the price of the Premium Motor Spirit otherwise called fuel. Despite the absen...
29th August 2024
Assailants abduct five-month-old Osun baby as mother gathers firewood
The National Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command, on Wednesday, said it had commenced a probe into the circumstances surrounding the abduction of a five-month-old baby on a farm in Ag...
29th August 2024
Delta LG inaugurates taskforce on ‘environmental beauty’
Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State has inaugurated a taskforce saddled with the responsibility of ensuring the “cleanliness and environmental beauty” of communities in the council area. Th...
29th August 2024
Bayelsa politician arrested for alleged illegal firearm possession
The Assistant Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Amadein Tibiebi, has been arrested by men of Zone 16 of the Nigeria Police for alleged illegal possession of firearm...
29th August 2024
Lagos task force impounds 106 motorcycles
The Lagos State Task Force impounded 106 motorcycles during enforcement operations at the Iyana-School bus stop, First gate bus stop by Igbo-Elerin, Iyana Iba-LASU Expressway, Megida bus stop and Ayob...
29th August 2024
Man, 40, remanded for robbery in Enugu
An Enugu Magistrate Court sitting in Enugu North Magisterial District has remanded a 40-year-old man, Osita Igwe, at the Enugu Correctional Centre for alleged robbery. The charge marked MEN/541/2024, ...
29th August 2024
Rivers family accuses police of torturing, illegally arresting son
The family of a man, Isaac Bristol Alagbariya, have accused men of the Rivers State Police Command of illegally arresting and torturing their son after breaking into his hotel room along Ada George on...
29th August 2024
Cleric mourns two newborns as wife gives birth to 11 babies
A 56-year-old Islamic cleric based in Ajasse-Cotonou in the Benin Republic, Alfa Yahya Nafiu, has confirmed that his wife delivered 11 babies in Nigeria’s neighbouring country between July and Augus...
29th August 2024
UPDATED: Police arrest Naval officer for killing ex-Naval chief's son in Abuja
A Nigerian Navy personnel, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, has been arrested for the murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd). Speaking while parading the susp...
28th August 2024
Lady dies during buttocks enlargement surgery in Lagos
A 36-year-old woman identified only as Abiola, has been confirmed dead while undergoing a buttocks enlargement procedure at a clinic in the Lekki-Phase 1 area of Lagos State. Our correspondent learnt ...
28th August 2024
Kwara cleric's wife delivers 11 babies, husband seeks help
A 56-year-old Islamic cleric, Yahya Nafiu, has confirmed that his wife delivered 11 babies. Yahya, an Ilorin, Kwara State indigene, said that his wife, Latoyossi Alake, a native of Ajasse-Cotonou, gav...
28th August 2024
