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Residents protest plan to withdraw security from Edo community
Inhabitants of over 22 communities in Inikorogha, Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over plans to withdraw the security agencies maintaining p...
2nd May 2024
Three suspects in police net over Kwara cult clash
The Kwara State Police Command said that it had arrested three suspects over the cult clash that occurred at Budo Oke in Eyenkorin, Asa Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro repor...
2nd May 2024
Injury toll rises to 22 in Lagos gas explosion
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that the number of injured persons in the fire incident that rocked the Alayabiagba community in the Ajegunle-Apapa area of Lagos State on Tuesday has rise...
2nd May 2024
Lagos residents shun pedestrian bridges despite law enforcement
Residents of Lagos State have disregarded the directive of the state government on the use of pedestrian bridges against crossing the highway. PUNCH Metro also learnt that the pedestrians now cross th...
2nd May 2024
Three die, six injured in Lagos road crash
No fewer than three persons lost their lives while six others sustained varying degrees of injury in a road crash that occurred at the Mile 12 Bridge in Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the inci...
2nd May 2024
Fake EFCC operatives arrested for robbery, kidnapping in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested three fake officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of the State. This was contained in a ...
2nd May 2024
Kidnapped civil defence officer regains freedom
Nearly two weeks after the Assistant Comptroller of Corrections in Minna, Niger State, Abdulrahman Gegele, was kidnapped by bandits in the forest, the command said Gegele has regained his freedom. N...
2nd May 2024
Female Kano varsity student found dead in apartment
A 300-level female student of the Food and Science Technology Department, Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano, Aisha Yahaya, has been found dead in a student lodge outside ...
2nd May 2024
FRSC warns against night travels as Enugu crash claims 16
Following the death of 16 travellers in the late hours of Tuesday in Enugu, Enugu State, the state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has warned road users against night travelling. The Sector C...
2nd May 2024
Man in custody for attacking Edo cops during patrol
A man simply identified as Francis Timothy is currently in custody for attacking police officers with guns during a night patrol at Sakponba Road, Benin City, in Edo State. PUNCH Metro gathered that t...
2nd May 2024
86 rooms where tenants paid N250,000 a year found under Lagos bridge
Lagos State’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Wednesday said the government discovered 86 partitioned rooms, sized 10×10 and 12×10, under the Dolphi...
1st May 2024
Mother of four hacked to death by neighbour, son in Edo
A mother of four, Mrs Nata Igbinovia, was hacked to death by her neighbour and his son while trying to intervene in a fight. The incident occurred on Saturday at Okpagha-Ewuare, a community on the out...
1st May 2024
Police arrest fake EFCC operatives for robbery, kidnapping in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police command said it has arrested three fake officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a ...
1st May 2024
16 die in Enugu auto crash
No fewer than 14 male and two female adults lost their lives when their vehicle crashed into a fence and caught fire along the Enugu/Opi/Nsukka road late Tuesday. The Enugu State Police Public Relatio...
1st May 2024
Four residents abducted in Abuja community invasion
Gunmen, again, on Monday night, reportedly invaded the Bmuko Community, in the Dutse Baupma axis of the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, kidnapping four residents in the area. A re...
1st May 2024
Suspected cultists arrested for killing of Edo varsity students
The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of some persons suspected to have been involved in the alleged killing of two students of Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma. The deceased students...
1st May 2024
Pregnant woman, eight others injured in Lagos gas explosion
A yet-to-be-identified pregnant woman and eight others sustained varying degrees of injury following a gas explosion that occurred at Alaba Lane, Alayabiagba Community, in the Ajegunle-Apapa area of L...
1st May 2024
11-year-old boy drowns in Ogun hotel swimming pool
An 11-year-old teenager, Iremide Opeifa, has drowned in a swimming pool at the Grand Bank Link Hotels along Idiroko Road in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happe...
1st May 2024
Again, hoodlums invade Lagos community, stab two
There was apprehension on Monday after some hoodlums attacked some residents of Coker Lane in the Fadeyi area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the hoodlums numbering about 10 invaded an apartme...
1st May 2024
One killed, two houses razed in Kwara communal clash
One person was reportedly killed while two houses were burnt in a clash involving youths in Eyenkorin community, a suburb of Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Tuesday morning. PUNCH Metro gathered that t...
1st May 2024
Five Okada riders accused of beating policemen land in court
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday arraigned Damzuru Musa, Khalid Yaya, Shaaban Haruna, Bashiru Yinusa, and Tijani Musa before Magistrate O.Y. Adefope at the Yaba Chief Magistrate Court. The ...
1st May 2024
Commuters lament hike in Lagos, Ogun transport fares
Some residents have lamented the hike in the cost of transport due to the ongoing fuel scarcity in different parts of Lagos and Ogun states. The residents told PUNCH Metro in separate interviews on Tu...
1st May 2024
Pharmacy dept services not affected by fire incident – UITH
The management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, has disclosed that a recent fire incident that occurred in one of its buildings did not affect the pharmaceutical ser...
1st May 2024
Pregnant woman, eight others injured as gas explosion rocks Lagos community
A yet-to-be-identified pregnant woman and eight others have sustained varying degrees of injuries following a gas explosion that occurred at Alaba Lane, Alayabiagba Community, in the Ajegunle-Apapa ar...
30th April 2024
Police arrest three for macheting Lagos DPO
Three suspected traffic robbers have been arrested for macheting the Alausa Division District Police Officer, Abaniwonda Tokunbo, at the Otedola Bridge in the Alausa Ikeja area of Lagos State. The sus...
30th April 2024
Missing UniAbuja female student died in car crash - Family
A 400-level female student of the University of Abuja, Murjanatu Zubairu, who was declared missing on Friday has died in a car accident along the Lugbe – Airport Road, Abuja. Zubairu, a student of t...
30th April 2024
Ondo police begin manhunt for father, son’s abductors
The Ondo State Police Command has begun a manhunt for the gunmen who reportedly abducted a man, Maliki Onose and his son Jethro, along the Benin -Owo Road in the Ose Local Government Area of the state...
30th April 2024
Four suspected A’Ibom cultists in custody, arms recovered
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested four suspected cultists and kidnappers in the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects were arrested at various locations in Eket Local Government Ar...
30th April 2024
Lady jumps into Ogun well, man consumes insecticide
The Ogun State Police Command confirmed on Monday that a man, Opeyemi Lateef, died after he consumed poison, while a 24-year-old lady, Gift Bello, jumped into a well in separate incidents suspected to...
30th April 2024
Residents lament as hoodlums terrorise Lagos community, stab man
Residents of Fadeyi in the Somolu area of Lagos State have raised the alarm over the increasing activities of hoodlums in the community. The residents who spoke to PUNCH Metro at the weekend lamented ...
30th April 2024
Students fret as rainstorm shatters Lagos school building
Following the collapse of the classroom building at the Lajo Community Junior Secondary School on April 21, 2024, due to a rainstorm after a heavy shower, the parents and residents of the community lo...
30th April 2024
