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Alleged N110.4bn Fraud: Witness Narrates how Funds were Diverted from Kogi Government Account

 The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Abimbola Williams, in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025,...

NAFDAC: Public Outcry Over Fake Consumables Sparks Fierce Online Debate

A viral social media post by Nigerian academic and public commentator Dr. Dípò Awójídé has ignited intense public discourse around the growing menace of...

Delta Police Arrests Suspected Kidnappers, Recovers AK-47 Rifle, Network Jammer

The Delta State Police Command has recorded significant breakthroughs in its ongoing fight against kidnapping and armed robbery, with multiple arrests and recoveries made...

A Decade of Impunity: A Wake-Up Call for Southeast Civil Society, the NBA, and the Media

By Okechukwu NwangumaWhen Amnesty International released its new report - A Decade of Impunity: Attacks and Unlawful Killings in South-East Nigeria - in Enugu...

Rights Groups Accuse Enugu Attorney-General’s Office of Demanding ₦50,000 Fee to Review Wrongful Murder Charge

 Two prominent civil society organisations have called on Enugu State Governor, Barr. Peter Mbah, to urgently intervene in what they describe as a severe...

Sex For Gratuity: Wives, Widows of Police Officers Protest Neglect at National Assembly

 The wives of retired Nigerian police officers, joined by widows and former officers, took their grievances to the National Assembly on Tuesday, staging a...

#Sowore Calls for Peaceful March to Aso Rock in Support of Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

In a bold and impassioned statement posted on social media, Nigerian activist and politician Omoyele Sowore has called for a unified and peaceful march...

Enugu Police Arrests Suspects, Recovers Firearms, Snatched Motorcycle, Other Exhibits

 The Enugu State Police Command has continued to record significant breakthroughs in its ongoing onslaught against armed robbery and related criminal activities. This follows...

RULAAC Calls For Urgent Review Of Case Of Citizen Framed, Arraigned For Murder In Enugu

 The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has received a petition from Olu Omotayo, Esq., President of the Civil Rights Realisation and...

PSC Sends Strong Delegation to POLAC as Screening Commences Today

 Justice Galumje, DIG Lakanu Arrive Wudil to Test Commission’s Whistleblowing Policy on Recruitment. The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dispatched a high-powered delegation to Kano...

Delta Police Neutralise Kidnap Gang, Arrest 12 Cultists in Separate Operations

 The Delta State Police Command has recorded breakthroughs in its ongoing onslaught against criminal elements, leading to the death of suspected kidnappers, the recovery...

Company Accountant in Trouble Over Alleged N200m Theft in Lagos

‎The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  on Monday, October 6, 2025, arraigned one Oguibe Promise Nkwachukwu and...

Troops Sustain Onslaught Against Bandits in Taraba, Recover Arms, Motorcycle

 In continuation of Operation Lafiya Nakowa, a mission aimed at flushing out bandits and other criminal elements from Taraba State, troops of the 6...

Community Policing, State Police, and the Roots of Nigeria’s Insecurity

 By Okechukwu NwangumaThe clamour for community policing and state police has grown louder as insecurity continues to spread across Nigeria. From banditry and kidnapping...

How Troops Eliminated Terror Kingpin Kachalla Maidawa, 35 Others, Arrested 32 Suspects

 ... Rescue 22 Victims in Nationwide OperationsThe Nigerian Army has recorded a major operational breakthrough, neutralising a notorious terrorist kingpin, Kachalla Maidawa, alongside 35...

Police Reform in Nigeria: The Unfinished Struggle for Accountability and Justice

By Okechukwu NwangumaSeventeen years ago, at the International Forum for Democratic Studies in Washington DC, I argued that Nigeria’s criminal justice system was in...

Rights Group Alleges Police Complicity, Cover-Up in Disappearance of 13-Year-Old Boy

 A prominent human rights organisation has accused the Nigerian Police of complicity and engaging in a cover-up regarding the disappearance of 13-year-old Joel Ozaveshe...

*Selective Justice: Why Fagbemi Must Probe Wike Too* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaWhen Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Lateef Fagbemi announced a probe into the UK property scandal involving senior lawyer Mike Ozekhome, SAN,...

Manager Arrested for Criminal Diversion of N500m in Kaduna

 Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Abdulazeez Gbadebo, the station manager of Emadeb...

Nigerian Ex-Senator Elisha Abbo in Police Custody Over Alleged Rape of 13-Year-Old Girl

 A former Nigerian senator,  Elisha Abbo, is currently in police custody after surrendering to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja. His arrest...

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