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Wednesday, 04 November, 2026

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Category: Metro

Latest breaking city news, emergency reports, civic updates, and metro stories across Benin City and Nigeria’s South-South region.”


The Enugu State Police Command has apprehended 28-year-old Michael Ayisa for allegedly robbing a female POS vendor of ₦200,000 at gunpoint in Obollo-Afor.


Former Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has strongly condemned the violent attack on comedian MC Porkupyne, calling for a swift police probe and pledging financial support toward his medical treatment.


At least 22 churchgoers are dead and 24 injured after a bus returning from a funeral collides head-on with a lorry on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway in Kenya.


Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspect in Uga, Aguata LGA, over the alleged murder of his 23-year-old ex-girlfriend, Mmesoma Mmorah, following a missing person report.


Bayelsa State Police Commissioner, CP Ajao Saka Adewale, has directed commercial tricycle operators to display their Ministry of Transport identification numbers to help combat urban crime.


Delta State Police Command spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the arrest of six suspected cultists and the recovery of a firearm and illicit drugs in Abraka, Ethiope-East LGA.


One person has died and three construction workers were rescued alive after a two-storey building under construction collapsed early Friday on Akinola Street, near Fadeyi, Lagos.


The Edo State NLC demands a thorough investigation following a night raid at the BEDC headquarters in Benin City that left NUEE Chairman William Uwumarogie hospitalised amid ongoing power sector disputes.


The Edo State Government has officially terminated the tenure of Mr. Nicholas Odamah as the Regent of Ikpeshi/Egbegere Clan in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, reinstating Zaiki Luckman Momodu Odamah III as the rightful traditional ruler following appeals from community stakeholders and pending court litigation.


One person has been killed and three others critically injured following an attack by suspected political thugs on the motorcade of Mr. Rollins Offia-Nwali, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for Ezza South Constituency in Ebonyi State. ​The violent assault Read more…