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CSOs Urge Nigerian Government to Gazette Revised Police Regulations, Warn Reforms Are Stalled

A coalition of over 20 Nigerian civil society organisations (CSOs) has issued a stern call to the federal government, expressing deep concern over the...

FCID Extortion of ₦5.1m: Take It Back Movement Recovers Money, Demands Prosecution of Officers

The Take It Back Movement (TIB) has announced the recovery of ₦5.1 million extorted from Mr. Onyeka Nwokolo by officers attached to the Force...

*Weaponising Framed Charges: How Nigeria’s Police Turn Justice into Extortion* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaIn Nigeria today, one of the most devastating tools of police abuse is the deliberate use of framed or trumped-up charges. It...

Man Rescued in Kebbi Kidnapping, Shot by Fleeing Abductors

 A 25-year-old man was rescued by a joint team of police and vigilantes on Saturday, hours after being kidnapped from his home in Kesan...

Widow using fake pregnancy to traffic cocaine arrested by NDLEA in Lagos

... As agency intercepts 90 parcels of Loud in kitchen sinks...Arrests dispatch riders distributing illicit drugs in Abuja...Destroys 75,544kg skunk in Delta, Ondo, Edo,...

River Park Dispute: Court Bars Paulo, Aazik Homes From Properties as Fakorede’s Defiant Letter Emerges Against AGF, IGP Directives

 The legal battle over ownership and development rights within the sprawling River Park Estate has taken yet another explosive twist as an Abuja High...

Coalition Petitions President Tinubu Over Unenforced Court Judgments for Gloria Okolie

 A coalition of over 35 civil society organisations (CSOs) has issued a joint petition to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging his immediate intervention to...

Nigeria Police Cannot Force Me Into Silence, Justice Is My Demand, Says Sowore

 Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, who is also the founder of Saharareporters, has taken to social media to recount his latest encounter with the...

Sting Operation at OOPL: Court Jails Seven  for Internet Fraud in Lagos 

  The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  on Wednesday,  August 20, 2025 secured the conviction and sentence of seven...

Enugu Police Arrests Suspects For Abduction, Murder of 5 Yrs Old

 The Enugu State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old man and his accomplice in connection with the kidnapping and murder of his five-year-old cousin.Obodoagu...

PSC Approves Promotion of 952 ASPs to DSPs, Declines 179 Cases

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 952 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) to the rank of Deputy Superintendents of Police...

FENRAD Condemns Brutal Assault of NYSC Member in Anambra State, Demands Prosecution of Perpetrators

The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD), a human rights and environmental advocacy organisation, has condemned the brutal assault and public humiliation...

Sting Operation at OOPL: Court Jails  Additional Two  Internet Fraudsters in Lagos 

  Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, convicted and sentenced the duo of Yusuf...

Nigeria Police Trains 192 Officers on Forensic Intelligence as Three Suspects Arrested for Cybercrimes

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), in collaboration with Radio Tactics Group Limited, has completed a nationwide specialised capacity training program on the Athena Forensic...

When Policemen Become Predators

 By Okechukwu NwangumaOn Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at about 7:20 a.m., armed men stormed Unity Estate in Egbeda, Lagos. They forced their way into...

FCID Alagbon Probes Extortion Allegations Against Inspector Kalu, Recovers ₦4 Million

 The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Lagos, has launched a probe into allegations of extortion and human rights violations involving one of...

Kidnap Suspect Nabbed After Lone Crash in Nasarawa, Rifles, Ammunition, ₦6.9M Cash Recovered

 The Nasarawa State Police Command has recorded a breakthrough in its fight against violent crime with the arrest of a suspected kidnapper and the...

Tears, Trauma, and Truth: Inside Painful Hunt for Missing Men Arrested by Security Forces in the Southeast (PART 2)

 In this second part of this ongoing heart-wrenching investigation, JULIANA FRANCIS follows the trail of Southeast women who have spent over four agonising years...

RULAAC Demands Justice Over Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, Persecution of Chikadibia Family in Abia State

   The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has raised alarm over what it describes as the “arbitrary arrest, unlawful detention, and persecution”...

Police Rescue Kidnap Victim, Arrest Eight Suspects, Recover Cache of Arms in Kaduna, Delta

The Nigeria Police Force has recorded breakthroughs in its fight against kidnapping and arms trafficking, rescuing a victim, arresting eight suspects, and recovering a...

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