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*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...

*Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Must Address the Roots of Insecurity, Not Chase Diversions*

By Okechukwu NwangumaNigeria stands today at a dangerous crossroads. Across the country, from rural communities to urban centres, citizens live under the constant shadow...

*A Light in a Darkening Moral Landscape: Tribute to Eze Prof. Engr. Benjamin Anosike Nwachukwu*

 By Okechukwu NwangumaIn times when the traditional institution in the Southeast is increasingly strained - its moral authority diluted, its sacred responsibilities often compromised...

*When Those Who Served Are Forced to Protest*

 By Okechukwu NwangumaIt is a profound indictment of governance when those who dedicated their lives to protecting citizens are compelled, in retirement, to take...

*When Criminality Wears the Garb of Public Office*

 By Okechukwu NwangumaThe reported arrest of a serving local government Vice Chairman from Imo State, Prince Igbokwe, by the Lagos State Police Command over...

*State Police or State Control? Nigeria Must Not Replace One Failure With Many* 

By Okechukwu NwangumaNigeria is once again at a familiar crossroads - confronted by deepening insecurity and searching, almost desperately, for solutions.Into this space comes...

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