After being taken captive by alleged bandits on January 6, 2024, in the Katari neighborhood of Kaduna, thirteen children have been held captive for twenty-three days. In the Katari region of the state, the bandits are said to have slain 53-year-old Mr. Tijani Amedu, a baker, and taken 13 of his relatives, most of whom are youngsters, who were traveling with him. The victims were traveling back to Kaduna from their visit to Warri, Delta State, when the incident occurred. When our correspondent queried Rasaq, the brother of the businessman who was born in Edo State, about the children over…
Author: Mathew Aremu
Olanike, the wife of Ayodeji Soetan, a vehicle dealer, was admitted to the hospital following reports that their landlady, Juliet Akano, broke into and vandalized their Tijani Bello flat in the Ojodu neighborhood of Lagos State. PUNK Metro discovered that the event occurred on Wednesday, January 24 at approximately 11:00 a.m. In an interview with our journalist on Sunday, Soetan claimed that Akano and a few other people who appeared to be goons broke into the two-story building. He claimed that one of them took out a sledgehammer and began smashing his windows and door before storming into his flat.…
A 45-year-old Alimot Haruna has been taken into custody by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly smuggling 42 northern children into Lagos without their parents’ consent. PUNCH Metro learnt that Alimot intended to compel all 42 children into child labour and trafficking. It was also learnt that the incident occurred on January 25 at about 5:45 pm. A police source told our correspondent that the three underage children, two females and one male whose name could not be confirmed, were rescued by detectives while monitoring her movements. The source added that the suspect had been declared wanted by the Kwara…
prominent comedian Ayo Makun, commonly known as AY, has been urged to pardon prominent user Agozi Samuel, under the Facebook account name Agozi Commedy, for disparaging him. The user further states that AY did it “out of hunger” and in an attempt to become popular. AY had previously disclosed on Monday that he had filed a complaint with the Delta State Police Command against Agozi’s “criminal defamation and cyberstalking.” The suit claims that Agozi, via his Facebook account, had accused the comedian of having an extramarital affair with Yul Edochie’s wife, May Edochie, and that this was the reason for…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command’s agents have freed five hostages from two distinct kidnapping gangs in Abuja. A joint squad from the FCT Special Intervention Squad and the FCT Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit successfully freed the five victims. The development was revealed on Monday at a press conference held at the Command Headquarters with crime reporters by SP Josephine Adeh, the Public Relations Officer for the FCT Police. “Ladies and gentlemen of the press, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the FCT Police Command today and to also provide you with an update on the command’s…
The three cops who stopped a driver in Lagos and demanded his tinted glass permit without showing their ID cards or uniforms have been identified, according to the Nigeria Police Force. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Police Public Officer, corroborated the development on Sunday using his verified X handle, @princemoye1. In response to the video that an X user had uploaded, Adejobi stated that the cops had been located at Zone 2 Command in Onikan, Lagos State. He claims that the AIG zone 2 is looking into the situation. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that on Friday, an X…
A suspect in the kidnapping and murder of Nabeeha, a Bwari lawyer’s daughter, has been apprehended by Nigerian Police Force operators. Remember that in the Bwari neighborhood Council of the Federal Capital Territory, bandits abducted around nineteen people from the Sagwari Estate Layout in the Dutsen-Alhaji neighborhood. For each of the nine victims, the kidnappers were requesting a ransom of N700 million. Four of the hostages, including 13-year-old Folashade Ariyo and Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, a 400-level biological science student at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, had been slain by the kidnappers. Nabeeha was kidnapped along with her six siblings. On January…
Fifty-two commercial tricycle operators, also known as Yan Adaidaita Sahu, have been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board for allegedly having immoral haircuts, peddling illegal narcotics and substances, and associating with women in their cars. Agents from the Hisbah command captured the tricycle riders in various areas of the city of Kano. Operation Kau da Badala, or the “Operation Fight against Immorality,” was a recent exercise that the Hisbah command announced would purge Kano State of immoral practices like drug addiction, prostitution, and the sale and use of alcohol, among other things. “We want to use this opportunity to…
Concerning the whereabouts and well-being of their son, who was allegedly attacked by hired goons for plotting to reveal the misappropriation of food supplies supplied by Senator Godswill Akpabio to young people in the senatorial area, the family of Mr. Ubokobong Udoworen has expressed concern. On January 18, 2024, thugs are said to have followed and attacked Udoworen, the All Progressive Congress Youth leader for Akwa Ibom-North East (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial district. He was en route to report the alleged diversion of Christmas/New Year rice and cash to the Senate President, who was giving a speech at a stakeholders meeting…
Two suspects, Hammed Olawale and Japhet Oderinde, were taken into custody by Lagos State Police Command officers from the Igando Division following a conflict between rival cults. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s public relations officer, revealed this on his X account on Sunday. A locally made semiautomatic pistol was found on the suspects, according to Hundeyin, who also stated that other suspects are being sought after. Additionally, he said that Abeeb Fagbohun had been shot and was being treated at a hospital. He stated, “Officers from the Igando Division have detained 20-year-old Hammed Olawale and 23-year-old Japhet Oderinde after they…
Together with the Nigeria Police, the Nigerian Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigerian government cleared many camps on Friday and conducted raids on the Eastern Security Network camps at Agbobu and Umulolo-Umukele-Amousu in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State. This was revealed in a message posted on the official X account of the Nigerian Army. The statement states that the 82 Division troops found fake US dollar bills, T-shirts from the Biafran Liberation Army, other Biafran insignia, military kit bags, cables for axes and improvised explosive device…
In relation to the killing of an undergraduate at the University of Port Harcourt in Choba, Rivers State, one individual has been taken into custody. The dead person’s identity It was claimed that Eric Mudiagha, a Department of Mathematics and Statistics final-year student, overdosed on drugs and died. After smoking what he believed to be a typical cigarette brought in by a buddy while they were playing football on Thursday, Mudiagha reportedly passed out with another student, according to information obtained by City Round. Attempts to resuscitate Mudiagha failed, although the other pupil was said to have recovered later. He…
A former soldier and a civilian were detained by the Nigerian Navy Ship Lugard, Lokoja, along the Ajaokuta-Lokoja Road in Kogi State, with over 400 kg of what was believed to be Cannabis Sativa, or Indian hemp. The two suspects, Paul Obor and former Army corporal Denis Foukorighe, who are both from Benue State, were turned up to National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents on Friday in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State, along with the illegal material. As Commodore Ugochukwu Ajulu, the Commander of NNS Lugard Lokoja, paraded the suspects, he stated that they had loaded the drugs into…
Dr. Folashade Ayoade has been appointed Secretary to the State Government, as announced by Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo. Ayoade hails from the Kogi West Senatorial district and served as the SSG for the final eight years of Yayaha Bello’s tenure as governor. The governor also declared Ali Bello’s appointment to the position of Chief of Staff. Our correspondent’s investigation revealed that Bello is a native of the Kogi Central Senatorial District and the former governor’s nephew. Bello worked for Yakubu Adabenege, who is currently the Auditor-General of Local Government, prior to his appointment. Two weeks ago, the outgoing governor…
Taiwo Oyedele, the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, has refuted rumors circulating that the committee would enlist local boys to enforce tax collection and payment. According to an interview that Oyedele did with Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, local boys could receive training in tax collection and be compensated fairly for their work. “We’re also considering how to involve all stakeholders because, in the end, interrupting someone’s means of subsistence, whether they do so legally or not, can lead to crises that would be challenging to handle. However, once everyone is involved, perhaps we should…
According to Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the state’s local government poll would take place soon. AbdulRazaq stated, “We are looking forward to holding the local government elections very shortly,” as he gave his assent to the Local Government Amendment Bill at the Government House in Ilorin. AbdulRazaq praised the State House of Assembly for their legislative activities on the Local Government Elections Bill, noting that it now prepares the way for the holding of the elections, in a statement signed by Rafiu Ajakaye, the governor’s chief press secretary, late on Friday. The state’s most recent local government election took…
Ayomide Ibrahim, 25, has been taken into custody by the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as So-Safe Corps, for the crimes of theft and break-in. According to reports, Ibrahim was taken into custody on Thursday, January 25, while on a routine security agency patrol in the Baba Ode neighborhood of Iju in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. He was said to have informed the So-Safe Corps that he was a member of a robbery gang that was skilled at robbing local worship centers and that he traveled from Abeokuta to join his…
According to a police officer who spoke with PUNCH Online on Saturday, an unidentified trailer driver has apparently fallen off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway bridge between Berger, Lagos State, and Isheri, Ogun State. The front of the trailer was reported to be hanging off the edge of the bridge after it collided with the bridge. The accident happened early on Saturday morning, the police officer who spoke with our correspondent anonymously said. He did point out, though, that as of the time this report was filed, the accident’s cause was still unknown. When our correspondent went to the accident scene, he…
On Saturday, the Abia State Police Command verified the abduction of Prof. Godwin Emezue, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of Abia State University Uturu, while he was buying fuel at an Umuopara filling station. This was revealed in a statement released by the command’s public relations officer, Maureen Chinaka, on behalf of state commissioner of police Kenechukwu Onwuemelie. “On January 26, 2024, at approximately 9.30 p.m., the Abia State Police Command received information that the same day, at approximately 7 p.m., the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Uturu ABSU, Prof. Godwin Emezue, was abducted by hoodlums while purchasing fuel at a petrol station…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has affirmed a report by The PUNCH that stated that a shortage of gas was the reason behind the poor power supply that electricity users nationwide were experiencing. In a statement released on Thursday, the TCN confirmed that gas constraints to the power generating companies had resulted in a progressive reduction in the amount of power generation available to the grid. The amount of bulk power that is available on the grid for subsequent transmission to electricity distribution companies across the country has been impacted, according to the TCN. Since December 2023, Nigerians have been…