Metro
Metro • Jul 8, 2026
135 suspected cultists arrested with 26 guns in Lagos Police raid
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 135 suspected cultists and recovered 26 firearms during a coordinated raid on criminal hideouts across the state.
Read
Metro • Jul 7, 2026
How aunt attacked 12-year-old niece with knife over house chore in Abia
A 35-year-old woman identified as Nwoko Gift is facing attempted murder charges after she attacked her 12-year-old niece identified as Ebo Chimamanda with a kitchen knife because the young girl refused to spread clothes after her aunt left for the market. The disturbing incident, which was captured on video and went viral across social media, has s
Read
Metro • Jul 7, 2026
Police special fraud unit receives vehicle donation to boost anti-fraud operations
The Nigeria Police Force's Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) Ikoyi, Lagos, has received a significant boost in its fight against financial crimes with the unveiling of an additional operational vehicle donated by one of the units esteemed stakeholder.
Read
Metro • Jul 4, 2026
Police arrest suspected cultist, recover firearms in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old suspected cultist, Yusuf Lamina Adigun, and recovered a locally made pistol loaded with one live cartridge during a stop-and-search operation in the Ijaiye/Ojokoro area of the state.
Read
Metro • Jul 3, 2026
Fire outbreak contained at oil terminal in Lagos, no casualty recorded
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has successfully contained a fire outbreak involving a storage tank at the Bono Energy Terminal, located within the Ibru Jetty Complex along the Apapa–Oworonshoki Expressway, by Coconut Bus Stop, Olodi Apapa, Lagos on Friday.
Read
Metro • Jul 3, 2026
Missing boy found 18 years after in Rivers state prison
A Rivers State man identified as Gospel Kinanee, who was declared missing in 2007 has been found 18 years after in the River state prison.
Read
Metro • Jul 1, 2026
Armed robbery gang leader killed, four suspects arrested in border operations in Enugu
The Enugu state police command has neutralised one armed robbery suspect and arrested four others, in a major crackdown on criminal activities along the state's borders following a coordinated operations.
Read
Metro • Jun 30, 2026
Court grants Sowore ₦200million bail, withhold travel documents
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, in his ongoing alleged cybercrime trial.
Read
Metro • Jun 27, 2026
Police, Badagry JTF arrest suspected recruitment syndicate, detain 19
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with the Badagry Local Joint Task Force (JTF), have uncovered another suspected illegal recruitment syndicate in Ajara Topa area of Badagry, Lagos State.
Read
Metro • Jun 26, 2026
LASEMA confirms 9 dead, 27 rescued, as it concludes rescue operation
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has concluded search, rescue and recovery operations at the site of the collapsed two-storey building at Alakija Bus Stop, Satellite Town, rescuing 27 persons alive and recovering nine bodies.
Read
Metro • Jun 25, 2026
Anambra police dismiss military helicopter alert
The Anambra State Police Command has clarified what it describes as a false security alert circulating on social media, which claimed that a military helicopter had dropped unknown items in a bush along the boundary between Nimo and Adazi-Nnukwu in Anaocha Local Government Area, of the state.
Read
Metro • Jun 25, 2026
Three-storey building mall collapses in Lagos, multiple people trapped
A three-storey building mall has collapsed at Oluti Bus Stop along Old Ojo Road, opposite Eternal Oil Filling Station in Lagos, sparking panic and a major rescue operation.
Read