Opinion

By Okechukwu NwangumaThe security situation in Anambra State, like much of Nigeria, remains a pressing concern. Kidnapping, cultism, drug abuse, gunmen attacks, and other...

 By Okechukwu NwangumaThe sentencing of Simon Ekpa by the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland to six years in prison for terrorism-related offences is both...

 By Okechukwu NwangumaThe news of the passing of Dr. Solomon Ehigiator Arase, former Inspector-General of Police and immediate past Chairman of the Police Service...

By Okechukwu NwangumaThe conduct of local government elections today in Rivers State under the supervision of an unelected military administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas...

   By Glory Anurika Onyemelam(08038465069/07053846499/Gloryfrancis430@gmail.com/gforreal28@yahoo.com) Not long ago, parents felt deep shame when their children strayed into crime, whether internet fraud (“yahoo yahoo”) or prostitution. Mothers, especially,...

 By Okechukwu NwangumaThe case of Mr. Eme Alfred Friday has become a chilling example of how rogue elements within the Nigeria Police Force misuse...

By Okechukwu NwangumaAt the 2025 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Enugu, Femi Falana, SAN, cut to the heart of Nigeria’s...

 By Okechukwu NwangumaIt took Nigeria’s civil society organisations (CSOs) sixteen years of unrelenting advocacy to achieve the landmark passage of the Nigeria Police Act,...

 By Okechukwu NwangumaA shame indeed! The Nigeria Police Force under Inspector-General Kayode Egbetokun seems more preoccupied with entertaining distractions than with the urgent task...

By Okechukwu NwangumaWhen the spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, SP  Bright Edafe, recently declared that operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF)...

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...

 The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), with the support of the Fund for Global Human Rights through the Action Group on...

 By Okechukwu NwangumaOn August 21, 2025, stakeholders from across the Southeast gathered in Awka, Anambra State, for a dialogue session aptly themed “Voices Unchained...

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

 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...

 By Okechukwu NwangumaThe recently released Amnesty International report “A Decade of Impunity” contains nothing essentially new.Rather, it reinforces and validates what RULAAC and other...

By Okechukwu NwangumaImo State is drowning in poverty — but its local governments are swimming in billions. Or at least, they should be.According to...

 By Okechukwu NwangumaFor 100 days and counting, Comrade Emmanuel Acha — a respected human rights advocate and voice for the voiceless — has been...

By Okechukwu NwangumaThe ongoing Senate probe into the Police Pension Fund has once again peeled back the rotten layers of corruption in Nigeria’s public...

 By Okechukwu NwangumaPrevious commentaries and opinions on the Comfort Emmanson incident - including mine - were based on incomplete information.But new testimonies from other...