…run by cart pushers undermines these efforts. The statement read in part, “We must also discourage the patronage of unregulated cart pushers, whose activities often result in indiscriminate dumping on medians, roads and drainage channels, with serious consequences for the environment and flood management.” Wahab linked…

…of the Osun State governorship election has opened up another round of political discourse ahead of the 2027 general elections. DAILY POST recalls that Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party won the Osun governorship election after receiving 511,067 votes, while APC’s Bola Oyebamiji garnered 444,815 votes. ADC’s…

…Friday. Saturday PUNCH gathered that Ita, a resident of Ikot Effanga Mkpa, Calabar, was discovered dead in circumstances the police described as suspicious. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sunday Eitokpah, in a statement made available to journalists in Calabar on Friday, said the command received inf…

…that they had arrested one of our gang members, Emeka, aka Rashidi. When I got here and discovered that they already had one of us with them, I had no other option than to cooperate with them.” Explaining how he got involved in the crime, Chigozie blamed the demolition of his spare parts shop at the Papa Ajao market fo…

…for urgent or life-threatening situations and a separate channel for reporting officer misconductPAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has launched a dedicated online portal that allows Nigerians to report crimes directl…

…deployment of the Armed Forces and other security institutions, should not be misconstrued as evidence of closed borders. It reflects responsible border security. “The former Vice President, as an experienced politician who has previously occupied the second-highest office in the country, should know this distinction.…

Fake San Francisco 49ers player scammed 26 women out of $1.3m Two alleged scam artists, one of whom prosecutors say posed as a San Francisco 49ers player, cheated 26 women out of about $1.3 million through a fake investment scheme, according to federal authorities.Federal prosecutors in Portland, Oregon, charged Daejon…

…them to endure. Now that the election is approaching, the same government has suddenly discovered that transportation is too expensive and government intervention is necessary. That is not leadership. That is cynical politics.” The party said the hurried measures being considered by the government reinforce its positio…

…breakthrough in its fight against illicit drug trafficking, particularly as the discovery of the suspected drug-manufacturing equipment was the first of its kind recorded by the agency. According to the statement, “a 53-year-old Nigerian national Celestine Ikenna Godwin” was arrested “in possession of 9,020 ecstasy tab…

…the phone number involved and traced it to an address in Sapele, Warri, where they discovered that the person behind the account was a 13-year-old boy. The boy initially claimed the phone belonged to his sister, but later admitted that he had been the one communicating with the girl and threatening her. The officer sai…

…The operations include the detention of a 101-year-old woman caught with cann@bis, the discovery of coc@ine hidden inside a wrap of cassava fufu, and the interception of synthetic cann@bis worth over N4.4 billion at two Lagos ports.

…and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Musa Aliyu, ICPC chairman, said the discovery was made during a broader investigation into the activities of the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and other procedural weaknesses in government. by Linda Ikeji at 27/08/2026 1:22 PM | Sh…

…what was taught in institutions of learning and government policies. He said, “And I discovered there is a disconnect between our institutions of learning and what the government is doing and when you find students who read international relations and don’t know that the federal government is running a 4D foreign polic…

…electoral offences such as vote buying, ballot snatching, impersonation, and official misconduct are clearly spelled out in the Electoral Act 2026, weak enforcement remains the core problem. INEC lacks investigative and prosecutorial capacity, leaving it dependent on the police. The National Human Rights Commission (NH…

…go and check his track record as someone who managed our economy, as somebody who discovered the talents that made the government thick, as somebody who stood firm on the side of rule of law. And that is what he’s still fighting till today, because he stood against the third-term agenda of former President Olusegun Oba…

…thoroughly. We encourage any member of the public with credible evidence of officer misconduct to come forward through these channels rather than through public allegation alone, so that appropriate action can be taken'.' he said by Linda Ikeji at 27/08/2026 8:30 AM | Share this Story

…former girlfriends, Melissa Halstead and Paula Fields, whose dismembered bodies were discovered in canals in England and the Netherlands. Sweeney is understood to have died at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire on August 14 after a battle with cancer.He called himself the "Scalp Hunter" after disposing of the women's bodi…

…proposing an economic policy, or is he simply playing politics with the temporary discomfort Nigerians face? ‘’Within a week, Nigerians have heard three different explanations of what an Atiku administration would do about petrol subsidy. The confusion has now become impossible to ignore. ‘’First, Atiku’s spokesperson,…

…of criminal abuse of office by the immediate past Attorney-General of Nigeria. “We discovered that within eight years of his being in office, we were able to trace about 57 such properties to him. We’ve been able to forfeit about 48,” he said. The 43rd International Symposium on Economic Crime, which is being held in C…

…to power generators and delivery trucks? “And will he allow the refineries to supply discounted crude oil to profit from 55 per cent of the by-products, while focusing subsidy only on petrol, his obsession?” The Presidency further argued that the former Vice President was “definitely suffering from a lack of basic unde…

…by six mass sh@@ters, whose identities were not disclosed. Investigators also discovered that Wagner had developed an extensive online presence focused on planning a mass-casualty attack and had communicated with anonymous individuals who encouraged her to commit m+rder. The teenager had purchased the firearm used in t…

…inappropriate, arguing that the NBA’s annual conference should prioritise serious legal discourse and issues affecting Nigeria’s justice and democratic systems. He spoke in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday, following VDM’s appearance at one of the sessions of the conference. In a statement posted on his…

…while carrying out their statutory duty at the checkpoint, intercepted the vehicle and discovered that the cow had been tied down and concealed in the rear section of the vehicle. “Two other suspected accomplices, believed to be the principal suspects, took to their heels upon sighting the operatives and are currently…

…were no longer options. He approached airport staff for help and was shocked at what he discovered. "We have app now" an airport staff, wearing a t-shirt with Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) printed on it, told Chris when he tried to get a ride through the FAAN approved airport car hire rank management sys…

…According to reports, they found 10 hidden sacks packed with Rs 8.40 lakh in cash. The discovery came only after neighbours raised an alarm on Sunday, August 23, noticing Noorunnisa, also known as Noor or Hoor, had not stepped outside for days. Entering the house, her relatives found her de@d. As they began cleaning th…