The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a 56-year-old cocaine trafficker, Lawal Oyenuga, who was on a mission to deliver 400grams of the class A drug concealed in a pair of palm sandals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Vanguard Newspaper reports. The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, …

Health experts have urged young Nigerians to embrace regular physical exercise if they want to delay physical ageing when they advance in age. According to the experts, people who are concerned about their physical health at old must engage in regular physical exercise while they are young. Speaking with PUNCH HealthWise, …

The operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 12-year-old boy for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl, Punch Newspaper reports. The father of the girl reported to the police that he got an anonymous call informing him that his daughter had been kidnapped. The anonymous caller demanded N150,000 …

Police in Maiduguri, Borno State, have arrested a female teacher for allegedly assaulting a four-year-old primary school pupil in Maiduguri, Punch Newspaper reports. The Police Public Relations Officer for Borno State Police Command, ASP Sani Kamilu Shatambaya, confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Maiduguri, on Saturday, November 25, 2022. “The …

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday sentenced a man, Adewale Ibitoye, to life imprisonment for raping his 14-year-old daughter, Punch Newspaper reports. The court also jailed Ibitoye’s friend, Moses Orukpe, who defiled and impregnated the minor. Justice Abiola Soladoye handed down the verdict after the court …

An Ondo State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has remanded a pastor, Samuel Alade-Emin, over his alleged involvement in the death of his church member’s son, Olasupo Abiona. PUNCH Metro gathered that Abiona’s whereabouts were unknown for seven days sometime in August 2022. He was later found …

An Ogun man, Segun Ebenezer, has reportedly beaten his wife, Bukola, to death over her refusal to hand over a primary school she built in her name to him, Punch Newspaper reports. According to the Ogun State Police Command, the suspect and the deceased had been quarrelling over the property …

A 38-year-old herbalist, Jimoh Jogbo, has allegedly killed his mother-in-law in a Celestial Church located at White House in Orofun community, in the Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, Punch Newspaper reports. Jogbo also allegedly killed his friend, Shakiru Jamiu, who saw him on the way to perpetrate …

The police in Katsina State have arrested an 18-year-old housewife, Maryam Habibu, for allegedly drowning her four-year-old stepson in a well in the Kafur Local Government Area of the state. According to Punch Newspaper, Habibu of Leko village, Danja Local Government Area of the state,  was paraded on Friday at the …

No fewer than 20 criminal suspects have been arrested and paraded by the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, at the force headquarters in Awka, on Friday. Some of the suspects confessed to various crimes and how they perpetrated their dastard acts before the police and journalists during …