CONFIRMED: Policemen from Ebonyi abducted Ohanaeze Youth President in Owerri over petition against him

  The police command in Ebonyi State has confirmed that the Ohanaeze Youth President, Igboayaka Igboayaka is currently in its custody. Recall that on Sunday, CrimeFacts reported how gunmen whisked…

ABDUCTED! Is Igboayaka Walking The Path Of Nonsonkwa, Ihekweme?

  The recent abduction of Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, President of the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), by operatives of the Ebonyi State Police Command has drawn alarming parallels to the…

Lawyer writes foreign embassies, demands visa ban on police spokesperson Adejobi over alleged rights abuses

  Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, and his law firm have petitioned the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and the European Union, asking them to impose a visa ban on…

Police rearrest Seaking, TikToker charged ‘for insulting’ Tinubu, in court

  The Lagos state police command has rearrested Olumide Ogunsanwo, the TikToker better known as Seaking.   In December, Seaking was arrested and remanded by the magistrate court over alleged…

Police arraign suspended Ogun monarch for assaulting 73-yr-old man

  The Ogun State Police Command, on Tuesday, arraigned the suspended Olorile of Orile Ifo, Semiu Adewale Ogunjobi, for assaulting a 73-year-old man, Elder Abraham Areola. Read Also: Ogun govt…

How local vigilantes chained 71-year-old widow to a pole in Bayelsa

  There was public outcry, weekend, following the viral video of a 71-year-old widow, Madam Sudinah Andrew, chained to a pole at the Market Square in Korokorosei Community in Southern…

DSS abducts fidelity bank worker, refuses to charge him to court, RULAAC kicks

The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) on Monday condemned the indefinite and secret detention of Onyemaechi Fabian Chizaram, an employee of Fidelity Bank in Aba, Abia State,…

Repression: 60 days after, Imo ex-Commissioner, Ihekweme still in detention for criticizing Gov Uzodimma

Dr. Fabian Ihekweme, the former Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in the Imo State has now spent over sixty days (two months) in detention for criticizing the current governor of the…

Reprieve for dehumanized minor, as Journalist attracts scholarship, accommodation for her

Activist journalist, Chidiebube Okeoma, has attracted a secondary school scholarship and accommodation for 12 – year old Amarachi Emmanuel and her elder sibling, Comfort Emmanuel. Okeoma had in October rescued…

Four journalists jailed under Nigeria’s cybercrimes law despite 2024 amendments — Report

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says amendments to Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act, intended to safeguard journalists and prevent its misuse, have failed to achieve their purpose. In its annual prison…

Edo woman in police custody for brutalizing 15-year-old house help’s genitals with hot metal

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old woman, Abigail Oluwarotimi, for the brutal assault of her 15-year-old house help, Jude Joseph. According to a police statement on Monday,…

12 Days of injustice, as NUJ-4 narrate ordeal of torture, extortion, corruption in the Imo justice system

In a shocking disclosure over the weekend, four victims of the Imo State Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) property saga, now known as the NUJ-4, after emerging from 12 days…

SERAP sues Tinubu, govs at ECOWAS over cybercrime law abuse targeting journalists, activists

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu’s administration and Nigeria’s 36 state governors at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja. The…

Court remands Lagos teacher who assaulted pupil

A magistrate court in Ogba area of Lagos state has remanded Stella Nwadigbo, the teacher who was seen in a viral video assaulting a three-year-old pupil. Nwadigbo was taken to…

VIDEO: Nigerian teacher arrested for brutalizing three-year-old boy

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has confirmed the arrest of a teacher following a viral video showing the suspect allegedly physically abusing a three-year-old boy at a…