November 4, 2024
Human Rights News

Policeman kills driver over N100 bribe in Nigeria’s Southeast

  A police officer attached to the Otuocha Area Command in Anambra East Local Government Area, Anambra State, has shot and killed an unidentified male commercial bus driver. It was gathered that the officer shot the deceased during an altercation over the payment of a N100 bribe to the security operatives at a checkpoint in

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IPC: In nine months, 65 Nigerian journalists, two media houses attacked

  The International Press Centre (IPC) has revealed that no fewer than 65 Nigerian journalists and two media organisations suffered various forms of attack between January and September 2024. This was contained in a new report by the IPC’s Safety and Protection of Journalists Hub (SPJ-Hub), released to reporters in Akure, on Saturday. The report,

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Imo police command vows to deal with officer extorting motorist in viral video

The Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, has ordered the arrest of an officer and his team for extorting money from commercial bus drivers. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Sunday. A 15-second video showed a policeman collecting money from commercial bus

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Police arrest five activists in Kano

The Kano state police command has arrested five members of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM), the group championing the planned October 1 protest in Kano. However, virtually all shops in some parts of the state capital were closed in anticipation of the protest, as the owners’ intentions were to safeguard lives and property in

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Nigerian Police Officer Stabs Man To Death For Failing To Give Him N200 Bribe

A police inspector attached to the Police Mobile Force (PMF), 41 Division, Damaturu in Yobe State, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a suspected drug dealer to death over a N200 bribe. The incident happened at CMC Area, Zango, Damaturu, where the inspector, Mohammed Bulama, and the deceased Abdulmalik Pompomari, fought. Multiple sources in the

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BREAKING: Man confirms police returned N3m extorted from him by officers in Bayelsa

Isaac Kelechi confirmed on Friday night that police authorities have returned the N3 million that some officers extorted from him in Bayelsa State, south-south Nigeria. According to Premium Times, Mr. Isaac said on Friday night that he has now collected the money. “They have given me the money today. (I am) just coming in from

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Man Whom Officers Extorted N3m From In Bayelsa Says Police Now Ask Him To Come To Abuja For His Money

By Pascal Ibe Isaac Liberty Kelechi, a man who was extorted N3m by policemen in Bayelsa, has revealed that Nigerian police authorities have now asked him to come to Abuja and get his money back. In an interview in Owerri on Thursday, Isaac said the Force headquarters told him to come to Abuja on Monday

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BREAKING: Policemen who extorted N3m from man in Bayelsa arrested

Policemen involved in the case of extortion of N3m from Comrade Liberty Kelechi in Bayelsa State on his way to Imo State with two of his friends have been arrested. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who revealed this, said the men are attached to zone 16 command in Yenagoa. Adejobi said the

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Wife, Children Arrested For Beating Up Their 75 Year-Old Father In Anambra

The Anambra state government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare has arrested one Esther Obidigwe, and her two children, Ozioma Obidigwe, and Obuka Obidigwe for beating up their father. The arrest was done after the 75-year-old victim, Romanus reported to the ministry. Sharing his experience with his family at the office of the

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BREAKING: PIDOM denied bail

. Isaac Bristol, the alleged founder of PIDOM Nigeria, has been denied bail by Justice Emeka Nwite during his arraignment on Tuesday, FIJ is reporting. Earlier, police officers took Bristol from the custody of the Federal Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCID). He is facing nine charges, including money laundering and destruction of evidence. The

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