•Omoyele Sowore Remand of activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, in Kuje Prison has triggered fresh concerns about the state of civil liberties in Nigeria. The concerns were raised by the Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi; Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP); the Aare Ona Kakanfo o...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State The Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde yesterday slammed a 16-hour curfew in 10 local government areas of the state. A memo issued last night by Secretary to the State Government Prof. Musibau Babatunde stated that the curfew takes effect from today. The governor’s Special Adviser (Media), Mr. Sulaimon Olanrewa...
•The intercepted military camouflage Forty-seven sacks of military camouflage uniforms and 80 cartons of suspected illicit substances have been intercepted by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit along the Lekki-Epe axis in a major intelligence-led operation by the Lagos State Police Command. Speaking with journalists yesterday at the command headquarters...
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into a suspicious parcel containing live ammunition delivered to the Managing Director of FirstBank, Oluwasegun Alebiosu. Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Fatai Tijani, who disclosed this during a press briefing today at the Command headquarters, said detectives h...
The Rivers State Police Command has commenced an investigation into allegations of extortion involving a police officer, ASP Omomefe Akin Geoffrey, and other personnel following the circulation of a viral video and reports on social media. The Command said it viewed the allegations with utmost seriousness, stressing that any act of extortion, ...
•Nasir el-Rufai Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has moved a step closer to testing the strength of the case against him after the Department of State Services (DSS) formally closed its prosecution in the alleged wiretapping trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The development came during proceedings today when counsel to...
•Aliyu Mohammed and his murdered wife, Ummulkhair The family of Malama Ummulkhair, an Islamiyya school teacher who was lynched and burnt by a mob on a false accusation of child stealing in Maraban Jos, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has recounted her final moments. Some residents had accused Ummukhair, a mother of four, […...
•Former Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa Former Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, was at the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, yesterday in connection with an ongoing investigation into allegations of illegal diversion of about ₦1.3 trillion. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, was ...
•DIG Zachariah Fera-Achinyan The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Intelligence Department, DIG Zachariah Fera-Achinyan, has described extortion, human rights abuses and other forms of misconduct by police personnel as clear signs of unprofessionalism and indiscipline. Speaking during a stakeholders’ engagement and cons...
•El-Rufai A lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, who is the second prosecution witness in the trial of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai over alleged phone tapping of the phone lines of the National Security Adviser and breach of national security, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the former governor admitted during a television [&hel...
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