Global human rights body, the Amnesty International, has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Abubakar Isah Mokwa, a 29-year-old postgraduate student at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, who was arrested by the Niger State government after criticising Governor Umaru Bago. The Niger State Police Command confirmed the arrest, stating that it was based on

The Nigeria Police Force has defended the controversial rearrest of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, inside court premises, claiming that a court-granted bail does not automatically entitle a suspect to immediate freedom. The Force spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, already notorious for his jaundiced reactions to the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protests, explained on his X handle on Friday

The Osun State Police Command has arrested 12 suspected cult members following a series of violent attacks and extortion incidents in Iree, Iragbiji, and Osogbo communities.  The arrests, which led to the recovery of firearms, vehicles, and other exhibits, were made during coordinated operations across the state. According to a statement issued on Friday by

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Mrs. Imaobong Cyril Okpong, a suspected serial fraudster, for allegedly running multiple visa rackets and fake foreign scholarship schemes that duped unsuspecting victims of millions of naira. SaharaReporters learnt that Okpong was nabbed after a petition by one of her victims, Dr. (Mrs.)

Bago had said during the World Food Day celebration in Lagos State on October 16, that he paid graduate assistants N500,000 to work in his farm. The Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, has confessed that he lied about paying graduate assistants N500,000 on his farms to attract investors. Bago had said during the World Food

The Niger State governor, Umar Bago’s critic, who is also a master’s degree student of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), Isah Mokwa, has been charged with terrorism, cybercrime, and thuggery on the governor’s order, after police operatives reportedly took him for interrogation.  Mokwa, who is known for his frequent online criticism of the

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has demanded that President Bola Tinubu must publicly explain the reasons behind his sudden removal of the country’s service chiefs, saying Nigerians deserve full transparency amid speculations about the stability of his administration. In a statement issued on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC said that

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have arrested six suspected members of a notorious “one-chance” syndicate allegedly terrorising commuters and pedestrians under the Ijora Bridge corridor in Lagos. The suspects — identified as Adetunji Bashiru (28), Sulaiman Kada (35), Abubakar Bala (42), Abubakar Ahmed (28), Rasaq Gbadamosi (21), and Ibrahim Yakub (23)