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Apprentice Alleges Torture, Illegal Detention by Lagos Police in Employer Dispute

  …The Apprentice is lying, says DPO Juliana FrancisThe Executive Director of the Esther Child Rights Foundation, Ms Esther Ekwem, has called for urgent intervention by...

China-bound auto parts dealer arrested after ingesting 95 wraps of cocaine

...NDLEA intercepts meth consignments in yoghurt packs, Mp3 speakers; raids Colos factory in Ibadan, arrests kingpinA 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, has been...

Court Rules EFCC’s Phone Seizure Policy Unlawful, Affirms Citizens’ Communication Rights

A High Court in Oyo State has ruled that the compulsory surrender of mobile phones and digital devices as a condition for entry into...

Police Arraign Investment Firm Employee Over Alleged ₦90m Insider Fraud in Lagos

The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Lagos, has arraigned an employee of an investment company, Bello Saheed Samuel, before the Federal High Court in...

*Police Welfare Is Not a Privilege, It Is a Prerequisite for Police Integrity, Professionalism, and Public Safety* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaFor decades, Nigeria has approached policing reform from the wrong end of the stick. We speak endlessly about police integrity, professionalism, discipline...

Stakeholders Seek Stronger Police–Media Partnership to Boost Trust, Gender-Responsive Policing

 Stakeholders in the security, media and civil society sectors have called for stronger collaboration between the Nigeria Police Force and the media to rebuild...

DIG Visits FCID Annex, Commends Officers’ Sacrifice, Calls for Stronger Oversight to Protect Communities

 The Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, DIG Sadiq Idris Abubakar, paid a working visit to the...

Woro Village Head Demands Permanent Military Base After Deadly Kaiama Attack

The head of Woro village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr Umar Saliu, has called for the establishment of a permanent...

IGP Orders Deployment of Tactical Teams to Kaiama, Launches Manhunt for Attackers

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate deployment of tactical, operational, and intelligence teams to Kaiama Local Government Area...

Kwara Attacks: AbdulRazaq Visits Woro, Condemns Killings as ‘Massacre,’ Orders Emergency Support

Tension remains high in parts of Kwara State following deadly attacks on rural communities, with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq describing the incidents as a “massacre”...

Edo Police, Security Forces Raid Agbede Forest, Arrest Six Kidnap Suspects

The Edo State Police Command has arrested six suspected kidnappers during a joint clearance operation carried out deep inside the Agbede Forest in Etsako...

Researcher Raises Alarm Over Alleged Expansion of Militia Violence Into Southwest Nigeria

Security researcher Steven Kefas has alleged that ethnic militia groups are planning to expand violent campaigns into Nigeria’s Southwest, warning that recent attacks in...

Alleged ₦80.2bn Kogi Fraud: How N46.5m was Transferred to American International School- Witness

 The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Thursday, February 5, 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High...

EFCC Arraigns former University VC for N19.7m Fraud in Katsina

The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,   on Thursday,   February  5 , 2026 arraigned a former Vice Chancellor of the...

Court Jails Orya,  Ex-NEXIM Bank MD,  490 Years for N2.4b Bank Fraud

 Justice F.E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory,  FCT,  High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, February 5, 2026, convicted and sentenced a former Managing Director,...

Nigerian Socialite Allegedly Impersonates Dubai Crown Prince in $2.5m Romance Scam

A Nigerian socialite, Nzube Henry Ikeji, has been accused of impersonating the Crown Prince of Dubai in an elaborate romance-investment scam that allegedly defrauded...

OPHK hosts international humanitarian delegations to strengthen civil–military cooperation

 The Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), this week hosted high‑level delegations from key international humanitarian partners and regional stakeholders,...

Kwara Governor, Nigerians React Over deadly Attack of Residents in Kaiama 

The Kwara State Government has confirmed the killing of 75 residents in Kaiama Local Government Area, describing the incident as a massacre carried out...

Amnesty International Urges DSS to Probe Alleged Extrajudicial Killings in Abuja

Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate the alleged extrajudicial killing of two men by its personnel...

Amnesty Condemns Killings of Over 200 in Kwara, Katsina Attacks, Demands Probe

Amnesty International Nigeria has condemned the killing of over 200 people in separate attacks on rural communities in Kwara and Katsina states, describing the...

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