Metro

The Rapid Response Squad, RRS of the Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a suspected thief, Ifeanyi Okonkwo, captured stealing a Samsung A15 mobile phone inside an eatery on Kafi Street, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos RRS confirmed this in a post shared on its official X handle @Lagos767 on Monday. It stated that the suspect, who […]

The Nigeria Customs Service, Lilypond Export Command, said it intercepted 11 20-foot containers loaded with timber and unprocessed wood valued at $296m about to be smuggled out of Nigeria. The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Jibola Odusanya, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the command on Wednesday. Odunsanya added that the illegal […]

The studio section of Radio Nigeria at Plot 35, Ikoyi Road, Lagos was on Wednesday night gutted by fire. The Lagos State fire service Director, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the development in a statement on the agency’s X handle. She said a combined team of the Federal Fire Service and the Lagos State Fire and Rescue […]

Two men have been arrested in Adamawa State over the killing of a police officer. The Adamawa State Police Command arrested the two men: Ezekiel Kefas, 67, and Stephen Zabadi, 44, who hail from Wamsa Suwa Ward in Lamurde Local Government Area, in connection with the murder of the policeman identified as Ibrahim Maizabuwa. The […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended his Senior Special Assistant on Print Media, Mr Wale Ajetunmobi. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile. The statement was titled, ‘Governor Sanwo-Olu suspends aide.’ Ajetunmobi’s suspension “comes on the heels of the misrepresentation of […]

Operatives of CP Special Assignment Team, CP-SAT, have arrested a 41-year-old notorious kidnapper and armed robber, Godstime Ajugba. He was nabbed in Mosogar community, Ethiope-West Local Government Area of Delta State. The suspect was arrested at about 1530hrs of 18th November. Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe confirmed the report in a […]

The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army has dismantled 34 illegal refining sites, arrested 11 suspected oil thieves, and recovered over 80,650 litres of stolen crude and refined products during clearance operations across the Niger Delta region. These operations, conducted between November 18 and 24, 2024, covered Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, and Akwa Ibom states. […]

A farmer has been apprehended by operatives of the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly beating a suspected thief to death in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The farmer identified as Adegoke allegedly committed the crime at Mile 10, Ore axis of the local government, when he descended on the deceased suspect and […]

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the death of one Sunday Abidoye aged 51, whose lifeless body was discovered in a room at Creestar Hotel , GRA, Sagamu on Wednesday. The command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Thursday. Odutola explained that the Chief Security Officer of […]