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*When Law Enforcement Becomes Lawless: EFCC’s Dangerous Assault on a Hospital Environment* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaThe reported invasion of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is yet another...

*Old Wine in a New Bottle: How Could the Police Leadership Commit This Level of Blunder?* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaThe decision by the Nigeria Police Force to disband the notorious Tiger Base in Imo State, only to replace it with a...

*Impunity, Abuse of Power, Sexual Violence: Urgent Call for Investigation and Accountability* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaThe disturbing allegations emerging from Oporikoko Police Station in Delta State represent not just isolated misconduct, but a grave assault on human...

*Police Extrajudicial Killings in Nigeria: A System in Crisis, A Nation at Risk* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaAcross Nigeria, a disturbing pattern continues to unfold - one that undermines the rule of law, erodes public trust, and places citizens,...

*When Systems Fail the People They Are Meant to Serve* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaIn a country where public institutions routinely demand patience, trust, and compliance from citizens, the least those institutions owe in return is...

*Tiger Base Police Unit, Imo State: Impunity, Torture, and the Collapse of Accountability* 

 *Executive Summary*This report presents findings from an extensive investigation into the operations of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command, commonly known...

The Blood in Effurun Will Not Be Washed Away by a Transfer

A policeman killed Mene Ogidi on camera. The only question is whether Nigeria will pretend, as it has before, that this time things will...

*Extrajudicial Killing of Mene Ogidi: A Test Case for Police Accountability in Nigeria*

 By Okechukwu NwangumaThe extrajudicial killing of Mr Mene Ogidi by operatives of the Delta State Command of the Nigeria Police Force is not just...

IGP Tunji Disu: Urgently Reorganise the Delta State Police Command

 By Okechukwu NwangumaThe pattern is no longer incidental - it is systemic, entrenched, and dangerous.From the events that ignited the #EndSARS, to recurring reports...

*No Retreat, No Surrender: Police Retirees, Welfare Justice, And The Cost Of State Neglect*

By Okechukwu NwangumaOn April 20, 2026, retired officers of the Nigeria Police Force staged a peaceful protest at the gates of the Presidential Villa,...

Nigeria’s Operation Safe Corridor: a Deep Dive Beyond the Criticisms and Resistance

 By David AkojiIn Nigeria’s long war against insurgency, bullets have not been the only weapon. Quietly, and far from the theatre of combat, another...

Police Shake-Up: Why Disu’s Redeployment of Officers May Be Nigeria’s Missing Link in Community Policing

 By Mogaji Busayo,Outcry greets mass transfers, but beneath the tension is a sweeping gamble to move power from police headquarters to the streets where...

My Belly Democracy”: When Hunger Defeats Ideas* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaPatrick Lumumba's story captures, with painful clarity, the tragedy of African democracy. He recounts how he held over 250 town hall meetings,...

*Why South-East Youths Are Turning Away from the Nigerian Army* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaThe concern expressed by the Nigerian Army over the low enlistment of youths from the South-East is understandable. However, it becomes deeply...

*Reform vs Sabotage: Who Leaked the Tiger Base Inspection?* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaThere is a compelling reason to believe that the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, did not authorise a symbolic or cosmetic...

*Stop the Excuses: Confront Insecurity or Concede Failure* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaAt a time when Nigerians are being slaughtered in their communities, abducted on highways, and forced to live under siege by criminal...

$13 BILLION TO ONE LEBANESE MAN AND YOU’RE ARGUING ABOUT YOUR TRIBE

 By Kio AmachreeI am sitting in a beautiful house in a civilised country on a glorious spring day in Stockholm, and I am genuinely struggling...

*No End to Tiger Base Impunity: A Call to Halt a Dangerous Drift* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaThere is a troubling pattern unfolding in Imo State - one that speaks to a deeper crisis within Nigeria’s law enforcement architecture.The...

*Judicial Complicity, Political Collusion, and the Shrinking Democratic Space in Nigeria*

By Okechukwu NwangumaThe warning by Victor Umeh that some judges are being used to undermine democracy is not an isolated alarm—it is part of...

*When Lawmaking Becomes a Ritual of Ignorance* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaI watched, with a mix of shock and shame, a video from the floor of Nigeria’s House of Representatives.A female legislator representing...

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