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Metro • May 30, 2026
AIG Zone 9, Kanayo Uzuegbu, dies after battle with cancer
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 9 Headquarters, Umuahia, AIG Kanayo Uzuegbu, is dead.
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Metro • May 27, 2026
Enugu Police arrest gun repairer, two others in crackdown on illegal firearms
The Enugu State Police Command has announced the arrest of three suspects, including a self-proclaimed firearm repairer, following a series of coordinated stop-and-search and surveillance operations across the state, recovering locally made firearms, live ammunition, a motorcycle, and other incriminating items.
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Metro • May 27, 2026
Lagos Police foil kidnap attempt, neutralise four suspects
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have successfully foiled a brazen kidnap attempt targeting a prominent businessman, neutralizing four suspected gang members and recovering a cache of arms and ammunition.
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Metro • May 25, 2026
Two Decades Without Light: Nkanu East communities lament prolonged blackout
For more than two decades, residents of communities in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu state have lived without electricity, relying on lanterns and generators for survival in a region that produced the state’s sitting governor, Peter Mbah.
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Metro • May 25, 2026
Police launch ‘command sweepers squad’ in Ikorodu amid crime wave fear.
Following growing outcry from residents over rising criminal activities, the Lagos State Police Command has inaugurated a new tactical security outfit, the ‘Command Sweepers Squad,’ to tackle crime and restore public confidence in the Ikorodu axis.
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Metro • May 25, 2026
Lagos police smash syndicates stealing goods in transit, recover items worth over ₦60 million
In a fight against economic sabotage and cargo theft, the operatives of Zone 2 police command Headquarters Onikan Lagos, has dismantled two notorious syndicates specialized in the stealing and diversion of goods in transit, arresting nine suspects and recovering stolen products valued at over sixty N60million.
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Metro • May 24, 2026
Police busts suspected Canadian Loud warehouse in Lagos, recover 425 bags worth N7.8 billion
Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command led by the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Olorundare Jimoh, have dismantled a major drug syndicate operating under the guise of a legitimate POS paper business, arresting a suspect and recovering 425 bags of suspected Canadian Loud and Colorado, estimated to worth N7.8billions.
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Metro • May 23, 2026
Peter Obi meets South African leaders to address xenophobic attacks on Nigerians
The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Coalition (NDC), Peter Obi, has intensified efforts to protect Nigerians in South Africa following new reports of xenophobic attacks and rising depression among victims.
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Metro • May 21, 2026
AIG Jimoh seeks China’s support on cybercrime, forensics, police training
Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, AIG Olorundare Jimoh, on Thursday, hosted a delegation from the Shandong Provincial Public Security Department of the People’s Republic of China, with both parties seeking stronger collaboration in tackling transnational crimes and enhancing police traini
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Metro • May 21, 2026
‘An attack on our nation’s foundation’ – Group condemns killing of abducted teacher in Oyo
The Anti-Drug Impact Foundation has condemned the brutal killing of a teacher who was abducted in Oyo State, alongside 6 other teachers and 39 students/pupils, describing the act as barbaric and a direct assault on the future of the nation, citing that teachers are the pillers that trains leaders of tomorrow.
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Metro • May 20, 2026
‘Do we really have leaders or just caretakers?’ — Nigerian catholic priest laments teacher’s beheading, economic hardship
A Nigerian Catholic priest and lecturer at Saint Joseph Major Seminary Ikot- Ekpene, Rev. Fr. Augustine Abiagom, CM, has broken his silence over what he calls the “daily deteriorating state of the Nigerian nation,” condemning the recent beheading of a school teacher in Oyo State and the nation’s spiraling security and economic crises.
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Metro • May 19, 2026
NYSC Corps member stabs father three times to death in Abuja
A 53-year-old businessman, Mr. Adimike Godwin, has allegedly been killed by his son, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Friday night following a heated argument at their home in the Guzape area of Abuja.
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