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Metro • Jul 10, 2026
Anambra police strengthen security network with forest service partnership
The Anambra State Police Command is broadening its security approach through a new partnership with the Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS), signaling a shift toward more inclusive crime-fighting strategies across the state.
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Metro • Jul 10, 2026
Wife of officer crushed by police convoy in Enugu recounts last words of husband
Listening to the shaky voice of Mrs. Ngozi Isiwu-Obodo, wife of Inspector Obodo, 45, who was crushed to death by a police convoy, last Sunday, in Enugu, must draw tears from even the stone-hearted.
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Metro • Jul 9, 2026
Twelve arraigned for rape, defilement, child abuse in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has taken a firm stand against sexual and gender-based violence with the arraignment of twelve suspects before the Gender Magistrate Court in Awka on Wednesday, in a series of cases involving rape, defilement, child abuse, abduction, and assault.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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