Dr Gambo Aliyu, Director-General of National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (NACA), says the Federal Government is working assiduously and hopeful to end HIV/AIDS transmission...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, has said it intercepted contraband items with total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N788,189,205 and arrested 15 suspects in...
The Police in Lagos State has arrested 19 suspected cultists in connection with alleged cult-related fracas at the Alakuko, Dalemo, and Kola areas of the state....
Lagos State government on Monday auctioned 83 vehicles seized from traffic offenders in the state. The exercise was conducted by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice...
Justice M.L Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday sentenced one Clinton Onye to five years imprisonment for illegal dealing in...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Monday, February 8, remanded one Jemilu Sanni at the Agodi Correctional Centre, for allegedly setting a house on fire....
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday sentenced a pastor serving with the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, Afolabi Samuel,...
The Commandant of the Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, Retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, has declared that Ibarapaland is safe and has been ridden...
The Zamfara State Police Command has rescued five kidnapped victims in Kaura Namoda, Birnin-Magaji and Gusau local government areas of the state. The police command also...
The war of words between Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has taken another dimension with Ngige calling Obiano...
The younger brother of the kidnapped Taraba State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Peter Jadiel, Fidelis, has narrated how he was abducted by hoodlums...
The Lagos State government said it sealed no fewer than 103 health facilities across the state in 2020 for non-compliance with regulatory standards. Health Facility Monitoring...
Residents of Imeko and the Ogun Police Command have disagreed on who killed a farmer, Dele Olowoniyi, who was slaughtered on his farm while sleeping. According...
Unknown assailants have killed a former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Owerri, Imo State, Ndieonyemah Nwankwo. Nwankwo lifeless body was found with a...
Police operatives in Zamfara have rescued five kidnapped victims and recovered 11 rustled cows in Kaura Namoda, Birnin-Magaji, and Gusau local government areas of the state....
Suspected bandits on Saturday killed 19 persons in Birnin Gwari and Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs,...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested 27 suspected criminals in a planned raid on black spots in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu,...
Cannabis worth N1.4 billion has been seized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo State after its officials stormed Ukpuje Forest, in the...
The Anambra State government has ordered the closure of the Agbaedo Nnewi New Motor Spare Parts Market for one week due to non-compliance of set COVID-19...
The Abuja-based PUNCH Newspaper correspondent, Okechukwu Nnodim, who was kidnapped from his Kubwa home on Thursday night, has been freed by his abductors. Nnodim regained his...
At least 47 Kano female medical doctors in Kano have returned from Sudan after successfully completing their training programme in the North African nation. The Chief...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Oluchukwu Onu, who excreted 86 wraps of cocaine. The Head of Public Affairs...
A former pastor of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Mike Davids, has released audio evidence on how the founder of the church, Apostle Johnson Suleman, allegedly...
The Federal Government has set up visitation panels for the new tertiary institutions which include 25 Federal Polytechnics and 21 Colleges of Education, which were recently...
The Kaduna State government has filed a criminal suit against a kingmaker Wazirin Zazzau, Ibrahim Aminu, for alleged forgery and violation of the Official Secret Act....
A 22-year-old hairstylist, Joy Olaka-Wogu has been sentenced to four years in prison by a Port Harcourt, Rivers State Magistrate Court for stealing and trafficking in...
Police operatives have arrested the leader and other members of a syndicate impersonating the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to defraud unsuspecting members of the public...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arrested a fake medical doctor, Edidiong Emmanuel Inyang, who specializes in employment scam. The EFCC’s...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday sentenced two internet fraudsters, Ighosotu Daniel Duwa and Eseoghene Oruteri Enoch, to one year...
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday sentenced one Temitope Awobeku to two years imprisonment for N200million fraud. Awobeku was arraigned by the...
Gunmen who abducted the Abuja correspondent of The PUNCH, Okechukwu Nnodim, have demanded N10 million ransom for his release. Nnodim was kidnapped by a five-man gang...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State chapter, on Friday passed a “vote of no confidence” on the Rector of the...
A tragic scene played out at Afor Awo Market in Awo Omamma community, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State, as two people where killed...
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said there are plans to replace yellow buses with blue ones in accordance with its transportation masterplan of the state....
The Lagos State government on Thursday sought forgiveness from a journalist, Benjamin Anaja who was brutalised by one of its law enforcement agencies, Kick Against Indiscipline...
Unknown hoodlums on Thursday attacked and razed down the Ebonyi police divisional headquarters in Isu, Onicha Local Government Area of the state. The hoodlums also burned...
The Lagos State government on Thursday promised to investigate the alleged brutalisation of a journalist with the Guild Press Limited, Mr. Benjamin Anaja, by some operatives...
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday offered a N10 million cash reward for information on two suspected criminals. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, who...
A man jumped to his death from the 7th floor of 1004 Housing Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Thursday. The deceased, who was a guest at...
Justice P. H. Malong of a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced one Felix Oyegbada to one year imprisonment for offence bordering...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Port Harcourt Zonal Office, has arraigned five suspected fraudsters: Olurunpomi T. David, Fasoyin Ojo, Emmanuel Otemu, Felix G. Sigite...
Edo State Commissioner of Police, Philip Ogbadu has disclosed that its command has arrested five suspected kidnappers around the Benin-Lagos road. The Edo police chief said...
A suspected ritual killer ran out of luck while trying to sacrifice a nine-year-old girl in the Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. The minor...
The Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday admitted more evidence in the trial of Petro Union and Gas Limited and four other defendants for alleged £2.5billion...
The Edo State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of five suspected kidnappers in Ahon community along the Benin/Lagos Road. The state’s Commissioner of Police,...
420 irregular Nigerian migrants returned from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit at the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM),...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arrested two brothers, Samson Adayi and Jacob Adayi, for an alleged Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card fraud...
Justice N.I Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu on Tuesday convicted and sentenced the duo of Ebene Favour and Desmond Onumajuru to one year imprisonment...
Kano State Government has shut down a private facility, UMC Hospital for attending to “severe cases” of COVID-19. The state government stated that the hospital’s management...
A resident in Lagos State, Nura Asumoge has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for the defilement of a 13-year-old minor by the Lagos State Sexual...
