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RULAAC Raises Alarm Over Alleged Human Rights Violations by Vigilante Leader in Imo Community

The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has raised concerns over alleged grave human rights abuses linked to a self-styled vigilante leader...

Sokoto Court Jails Two Fraudsters for Money Doubling

Justice Muhammad Saidu Sifawa of Sokoto State High Court has convicted and sentenced Labaran Aliyu and Abdulraham Lawal to two years imprisonment each for...

*When a Complainant Becomes the Accused: How Vengeful Policing Fuels Prison Congestion* 

In January 2026, the CLEEN Foundation convened a national webinar titled “Behind the Bars: Interrogating Nigeria’s Rising Inmate Population.”The discussion brought together criminal justice...

RULAAC Petitions PSC Over Alleged Extortion, Retaliatory Prosecution by Ogun DPO

The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has petitioned the Police Service Commission (PSC) to investigate allegations of abuse of office, monetisation...

RULAAC Petitions Ogun DPO Over Alleged Police Intimidation, Rights Violations in Vandalism Case

The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has petitioned the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ajuwon Police Station, Ogun State, over alleged...

Police Pension Reform Delay Raises National Security Concerns – RULAAC

The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has urged Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to urgently transmit the bill seeking to remove the...

Alleged N119m Fraud: You have a Case to Answer,   Court Tells Ex-Director,  SMEDAN 

Justice O. A Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, dismissed the “no-case submission” filed by the...

Yahaya Bello: Witness Narrates How N2.1b Loan was Repaid with Funds from Kogi State LGAs

The trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital...

EFCC Dismisses Sahara Reporters’ Claim of Prosecutor Stepping Down in Jesam Michael Fraud Trial

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described as false and irresponsible a report by Sahara Reporters claiming that an EFCC prosecutor stepped...

Alleged N868.4m Fraud: Former Acting AGF Admits Release of Funds for  to Private companies

  A former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 admitted before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal...

FENRAD Slams Passport Service Disruptions in South-East as Anti-People, Discriminatory

A prominent human rights and pro-democracy group has raised an alarm over what it describes as a "calculated attempt" to marginalise the South-East region...

Police Commissioner Orders Intensified Crime-Fighting in Enugu

 The Enugu State Police Command has intensified its crime-fighting strategy following a directive from the Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa.Speaking at the...

Nine Worshippers Abducted from Catholic Church in Benue Community

The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of nine worshippers during an attack on a Catholic church in Igile community, located in...

Customs Reopens Tsamiya–Segbana Border Post to Boost Regional Trade, Security

The Nigeria Customs Service has officially reopened the Tsamiya–Segbana border post in Kebbi State, restoring a major trade route linking Nigeria with neighbouring Benin...

Midnight Terror Averted as Troops Rescue Kidnap Victims, Families Reunited in Borno

Relief and emotional reunions swept through parts of Borno State after troops of Operation HADIN KAI foiled terrorist attacks and rescued several kidnapped civilians...

Christian Genocide: Nigerians React as U.S. Prepares to Send 200 Troops to Nigeria for Training Mission

The United States is deploying about 200 troops to Nigeria in the coming weeks to train local forces in combating Islamist insurgents, according to...

Three Suspects Arrested As Oyo Police Disrupts  Cult Meeting

 In a swift tactical operation, the Oyo State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of the Aiye Confraternity during a clandestine gathering at...

Subpoena Dispute Stalls Examination of Access Bank Witness in ₦110.4bn Kogi Fraud Trial

Arguments over the examination of a subpoenaed prosecution witness in the trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Tuesday, February 10,...

EMEFIELE: Judge Declines Adjournment as Emefiele’s Defence Seeks Review of Minting MD’s Testimony

The trial of the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High...

EFCC Presents First Witness Against Austrian Arrested For Undeclared $800,575, €651,505 At Lagos Airport

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1,...

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