The Lagos State Police Command has arrested six suspects after a video showing some youths harassing motorists in the state circulated widely on social media. In a statement posted on its official X account on Thursday, the command said it was aware of the trending footage showing “some miscreants harassing motorists a…

…identify perpetrators and prosecute those found culpable. KDI also urged the Nigeria Police Force to ensure the prompt prosecution of the 295 persons arrested for various election-related offences during the poll. The organisation called for appropriate information on the progression of the cases, subject to legal and…

…Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Thursday morningThe Sokoto State Police Command confirmed 46 bodies had been recovered, with rescuers still searching for 16 missing passengersThe rescue operation involved local divers, NEMA, SEMA and the Police, as the Gorau community awaited news of loved onesPAY ATTE…

…accident in Gorau community, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, the state Police Command has confirmed. The accident occurred on Thursday when a boat carrying 77 passengers, including men, women and children, reportedly capsized while conveying farmers and other passengers to their rice farms. Confirming th…

…attack on me,” the governor said. “I pray that God will grant you peace and comfort. The police have said that some persons have been arrested, and we will follow the matter to its logical conclusion.” Mutfwang said the killing of innocent residents was a direct challenge to the government’s resolve to protect lives an…

…I will not agree to that because we have our security report. If armed robbery happens, police will notify us, it will be in the report. So, I have not gotten such report,” he said, expressing confidence in the capacity of security agencies to handle any occurrence. On complaints by residents that Area Council Chairmen…

…following a two-week trial in Rutherford County. According to the Murfreesboro Police Department, Judge Barry Tidwell sentenced Garlick to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on the aggravated r@pe convictions. He is expected to be sentenced on the remaining convictions on November 10. His 32-year-old w…

…Ogunwole travelled to Abuja after the election for official university business, not police detentionPAY ATTENTION: Find it fast with our new search feature at Legit.ng! Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State - The management of Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) has denied reports circulating on some online platforms that its Vice…

…protests Iran on Thursday executed an Afghan national convicted of the k!lling of police officers during anti-government demonstrations, the 30th in a wave of hangings since the start of the Middle East war, a rights group said. Ghaem Hosseini was executed after being convicted of involvement in the de@ths of four poli…

…they said. The groups also commended the security agencies, including the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army and Department of State Services (DSS), for their roles during the election. They stressed that credible elections could not be guaranteed where voters, electoral officials or political actors were exposed to i…

…and the integrity of the democratic process. “The party therefore calls on the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services, DSS, to immediately investigate the statement, its context and the intention behind it, and where the investigation establishes criminal culpability, arrest should be made, and prose…

The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday warned politicians and other individuals sponsoring political violence ahead of the 2027 general elections that they would be identified, investigated and arrested, regardless of their political affiliation. The command also cautioned youths against allowing themselves to be…

The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, has warned youths against allowing politicians and criminal elements to exploit them for political thuggery and cybercrime. Aliyu gave the warning on Thursday at an event organised by the Bauchi State Police Command to commemorate the 2026 International Youth…

…a teenager and removed his testicles because they thought they were worth £100,000, police have said. The gang was said to have been motivated by a social media video promoting a false claim about the value of human testicles. The 17-year-old victim, named only as Rehan, was lured to a secluded area where he was stabbe…

…up all kinds of revenge. 'She wished he was even strong enough to be handed over to the police! Only the fear of God stopped her. "How can a granddad do that to his grandkids!" She kept lamenting. 'And then she remembered that the elder daughter had tried to say something years ago but she hadn't brought herself to th…

…killed during a security raid on a property linked to opposition leader Brian Mundubile, police have confirmed. Mutotwe Kafwaya was fatally wounded during what authorities described as an exchange of fire between law enforcement officers and unknown individuals in Lusaka on Friday, a day after Zambia’s presidential ele…

…15 rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition. The Army said troops, in conjunction with the police and other relevant security agencies, were continuing offensive operations and targeted searches around the areas linked to other identified suspects. It said the operations were aimed at recovering the missing cattle, locating…

…Force officials at Surat Railway Station in India, with the Government Railway Police launching an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was travelling from Mumbai to Delhi on the Golden Temple Express when he was detained at Surat following an alleged al…

…causing the d3ath of two children in Daudu, Guma Local Government Area of Benue StateThe police charged Ukerchia with culpable homicide and acts of terrorism. Magistrate, Mrs N.E. Kaka'an, did not take the plea of the defendant for want of jurisdiction and directed the police to return the case file to the office of th…

1 de@d, 2 injured after police helicopter, small plane collide A midair collision involving a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter and a small airplane k!lled the pilot of the plane and injured two state troopers on Wednesday night, August 19. A Bell 407 helicopter and a Cessna 150 airplane collided near Carlisle Airpo…

The Ogun State Police Command has reactivated Operation VELVET across the state’s 20 Local Government Areas as part of intensified efforts to enforce traffic regulations, improve road safety and ensure the free flow of vehicular movement on major highways. The operation, directed by the Inspector-General of Police, Ola…

…reports that its Vice-Chancellor, Prof Joshua Ogunwole, was arrested and detained by the police in Abuja following the recently concluded Osun State governorship election. Ogunwole served as the Chief Returning Officer for the election. Read here: https://punchng.com/fuoye-denies-vcs-arrest-detention-following-osun-pol…

…The children, aged 13 to 17, appeared in court after spending about three months in police detention. They were among 76 people arrested in the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), Kaduna, Gombe, Jos, Katsina, and Kano states for allegedly participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests, which lasted from August 1 to 10,…

…the Commander, 14 Brigade, Ohafia, Brig Gen H.M. Bello; the state Commissioner of Police, now Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG Danladi Isa; the State Director of the Department of State Services, Ibrahim Sarki; the state Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Akinsola Aderemi; and the sta…

…was among those killedThe Kenya Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the crash, while police reported thick smoke rising from the site as rescue teams respondedPAY ATTENTION: Find it fast with our new search feature at Legit.ng! A helicopter carrying seven people crashed at Mt. Ololokwe in Samburu County on Wednesday mor…