City round
Police nab lecturer for allegedly kidnapping colleague’s wife
Police in Benue State have arrested a lecturer at the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Dr Ichor Tersagh, for allegedly masterminding the abduction of the wife of his colleague,...
14th December 2024
Five killed in Gombe suspected herders attack
Residents of Powishi village in Kalmai District of Billiri Local Government Area, have said no fewer than five persons were murdered during the recent invasion by suspected herdsmen. The community mem...
14th December 2024
[ICYMI] US lab denies conducting poison test on Mohbad
The management of the National Medical Services Laboratories in Pennsylvania, United States of America, has refuted the claim by the Lagos State Government that a toxicology test to ascertain the caus...
31st May 2024
PCN seals 358 pharmacies, others in Abuja
About 358 pharmacies and patent medicine shops within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been sealed by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria. The Registrar of the council, Ibrahim Ahmed, said 90...
25th June 2022
Again, gunmen attack Kogi police station, kill cop
Suspected gunmen on Friday launched an attack on the Okehi Area Command of the Nigeria Police at Eika-Ohizenyi in the Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State killing one Mr Jibril, identified as a p...
25th June 2022
Court rejects bail application of nursing mum’s abductor jailed 70 years
The Chief Judge of Adamawa State, Justice Nathan Musa, has rejected the bail application filed by a kidnapper sentenced to 70 years imprisonment for the abduction of a nursing mother and her one-year-...
25th June 2022
Gunmen kill two cops, three others, steal rifles in Benue
Five persons, including two policemen and a university lecturer, have been killed by suspected gunmen in two separate attacks in Benue State. The incidents occurred at Yelwata and Jootar, Mbaterem in ...
25th June 2022
Man sneaks into Ogun church, steals cables
A suspected cable thief, one Omotayo Oni, has been arrested for allegedly stealing cables inside the Deeper Life Bible Church State Headquarters in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun Stat...
25th June 2022
Farmer attacks teenager, flees, police launch manhunt
The Bauchi State Police Command has launched a manhunt for one Ibrahim who allegedly plucked the eyes of a 16-year-old boy in the Yelwa area of the state. City Round learnt that Ibrahim lured the vict...
25th June 2022
Suspected herdsmen hack Oyo farmer to death
Some hoodlums suspected to be herdsmen have killed a farmer, Musa Monsuro, in the Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of Oyo State. Monsuro was reportedly slaughtered on his cashew farm at Araromi v...
4th May 2022
Ogun police torture motorcyclist to death, family demands justice
A 39-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Abiodun Oladele, has been reportedly tortured to death while in the custody of the Ogun State Police Command. Oladele, a father of three, was arrested on April 1...
4th May 2022
Slain military couple: Army tackles IPOB, ESN, vows to apprehend culprits
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday accused members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network, of killing a military couple. PUNCH Metro had reported that the duo o...
4th May 2022
How Lagos building collapsed on praying grandma, bizman searching for apartment
FOLLOWING the collapse of a distressed three-storey building which claimed the lives of 10 tenants in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State, families of the deceased victims have recounted their last mo...
4th May 2022
Guard bolts with Lagos resident’s dog after collecting first salary
A newly recruited guard with a private security firm in Lagos State, Steven Meyor, has disappeared after allegedly stealing valuables from residents of a building he manned. PUNCH Metro gathered that ...
4th May 2022
Abba Kyari: Drug baron imported N22bn tramadol, says NDLEA
The ongoing probe of a suspected drug baron, Chief Afam Ukatu, has led to the discovery of how the suspect allegedly imported into Nigeria two containers containing 1,284 cartons of tramadol with a ma...
4th May 2022
Crane chops off Lebanese worker’s finger, victim seeks compensation
A worker at the Buildwell Plants and Equipment Industries Limited, Magboro, Ogun State, Adams Kolawole, has demanded compensation from the company after he lost a finger while working at the haulage f...
4th May 2022
Anambra residents protest slow work rate on Second Niger Bridge
Residents, motorists and groups in Onitsha, Anambra State, have protested against the slow pace of work on the Second Niger Bridge. They lamented that the delay was causing excruciating pains to commu...
4th May 2022
Abducted Abuja varsity lecturer ‘escapes’ from kidnappers
The Head of Department, History and International Relations of Veritas University, Abuja, Dr John Adole, has regained his freedom. Adole was kidnapped by gunmen in Otukpo, in the Otukpo Local Governme...
4th May 2022
Villagers flee Zamfara as bandits collect N15m, demand more levies
Five villages in the Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State have been deserted due to persistent attacks by bandits who reportedly collect levies from the villagers. The affected villages are; K...
25th December 2021
Ekiti chief’s kidnappers keep mum, family worried
Over 24 hours after his abduction, kidnappers of a businessman and traditional chief, Emmanuel Obafemi, who was abducted on his farm at Ijan Ekiti in the Gbonyin Local Government area of Ekiti State o...
25th December 2021
Delta lawmaker shot, rights activist escapes death
A member of Delta State House of Assembly, Reuben Izeze, has been hospitalised after he was shot by gunmen who reportedly attacked him on Thursday night. Izeze, a two-term lawmaker representing Ughell...
25th December 2021
EFCC returns stolen scholarship grant to UNIBEN student
A 21-year-old student of Chemical Engineering at the University of Benin, Edo State, Diemesor Gabriel, has reclaimed a sum of N326,000 illegally withdrawn from his bank account by some suspected fraud...
25th December 2021
Suspected pipeline vandals arrested with N5m stolen fuel
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Lagos have intercepted 29,750 litres of fuel concealed in drums from suspected pipeline vandals around Oniru beach in the state. The suspe...
25th December 2021
Christmas eve: Explosion, fallen cables ground traffic, Lagos communities face outages
Communities along LASU-Igando Road, Lagos State, have been thrown into blackouts that may last for days as high-tension cables fell across the highway and sparked off a fire. learnt that the fire wa...
25th December 2021
Our family’ll soon be more than a community – Son of late Enugu man with 68 wives, 400 children, grandchildren
History was made in Aji community in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State on Tuesday as a native doctor, Simon Odo, well known as King of Satan, was buried in a new car inside his c...
18th December 2021
Evans demanded $2m, got $420,000 before releasing my husband – Witness
A businesswoman, Mrs Chimebere Ahamonu, has narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos State, how she raised a ransom of $420,000 for the release of her husband, Mr Sylvanus Ahamon, allegedly ...
18th December 2021
Three suspected robbers arrested in Lagos market
The police have arrested three suspects for an alleged robbery in daylight at Alaba International Market, in the Ojo area of Lagos State. The suspects – Olawale Qudus, aka Lala, 25; Ajayi Olayemi, 2...
18th December 2021
Task force demolishes brothels, others in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Friday stormed a slum in Wuse, Zone 3, and demolished structures used as brothels as well as hideouts reportedly used by criminals. Speaking after the e...
18th December 2021
Mob killed cop, two others, burned station after Kogi bank robbery – Police
The Kogi State Police Command has revealed how a mob lynched a police inspector, Gbenga Bamisaye, and two other yet-to-be-identified persons. The mob had reportedly demanded that the two suspects arre...
18th December 2021
Osun lotto operator sets self ablaze over debts
An operator of a gambling house resident in Ikire, Osun State, simply identified as Seyi, has reportedly committed suicide by setting himself ablaze. It was gathered that the deceased, whose kiosk is ...
11th December 2021
I nearly ran mad when I heard about my only child’s death – Father of crushed Lagos pupil
Flanked by two women on whose shoulders she leaned, Bukola Adebayo trudged to the family’s expansive living room from the bedroom. She sank into a cushion with a Bible clutched to her chest, sitting...
11th December 2021