1+ hour, 40+ min ago   (733+ words) Cargoes containing illicit drugs. CREDIT: NDLEA The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted consignments of synthetic cannabis, opioids and other illicit drugs concealed in consolidated cargoes, music speakers and loaves of bread in operations across several states. The agency…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago   (397+ words) A man identified simply as Opeyemi has drowned after he allegedly jumped into a river while being chased by suspected cultists in the Agility area of Mile 12, Lagos State. A police source told PUNCH Metro on Sunday that the incident…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (306+ words) Troops of the 4 Brigade Nigerian Army, Operation WABAIZIGAN, have arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered an AK-47 rifle and ammunition during a targeted operation along the Benin–Sapele Road in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The suspect,…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago   (526+ words) The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 53-year-old suspected fake commercial motorcycle rider, Gambo Hassan, alias “Anahaka,” over alleged kidnapping, rape, armed robbery and unlawful possession of offensive weapons in Bauchi metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (430+ words) A driver allegedly stole his employer’s 2016 Toyota Camry two days after he was employed, but police operatives in Ogun State recovered the vehicle from a hotel in Ifo within eight hours of the incident. The driver, identified as Waidi Olajide…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (416+ words) The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old suspected drug dealer, identified as Rilwan ‘M’, in the Apata area of Ibadan, the state capital. The arrest was disclosed in a statement by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (326+ words) The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man, Ason Onen Usang, for allegedly attempting to sell a suspected stolen motorcycle in Ekori, Yakurr Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sunday Eitokpah,…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (961+ words) The Zamfara State police command has launched a rescue operation for six Islamic clerics abducted by suspected bandits in Bakura Local Government Area of the state. The clerics, identified as Imams, were reportedly abducted around 11:30 am on Saturday while travelling…...

3+ hour, 24+ min ago   (185+ words) Suspected armed bandits on Sunday attacked the Joint Security Task Force, codenamed Operation Burst, along the Igbeti axis of Oorelope Local Government Area of Oyo State. A security operative, who did not want his name in print, said, “A patrol…...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (258+ words) The Osun State Police Command on Sunday said it had commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting of one Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly known as ‘Emir Ajagungbade’. PUNCH reports that Emir was shot on Sunday during a clash involving…...