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Mon. Aug 3rd, 2026
Trending News: AI powers 55% of African cybercrimes, INTERPOL 2026 report revealsTrump Tells Iranians To Negotiate Or SurrenderGunmen kill former Plateau councillorRULAAC Files Suits Against Police In Imo Over Alleged Torture, Extrajudicial KillingsTroops exhume remains of community leader allegedly murdered in ImoIran Talks Set To Start, Says TrumpAbducted Kebbi high court judge regains freedom after one week in captivityMorocco says 11 died in Ceuta crossing after Spain puts toll at 72Iran denies asking US not to strike, says Trump liedWike declares end to political feud with Fubara in RiversSoldier, police officer killed as army rescues nine abductees in ZamfaraNavy busts illegal fuel depot, seizes 87,000 litres in Rivers102 Terrorists Killed In July— DHQHamas agrees to disarm under Trump-backed Gaza ceasefire dealOver 48,000 migrants return to Morocco from Spain after Ceuta crossingsUS warns Nigerians against AI-edited passport photosSeminarian abducted in BenueKano Court Sentences Bride To Death For Killing Husband Nine Days After WeddingNigeria’s Chief Judge orders lawyers to drop ‘Barrister’ titleEXTRA: I’d have entered the bush to free Oyo pupils, says ObiGunmen kill man in Plateau, injure pastor, two others in fresh attacksCatholic priest killed in Kogi,At least 18 dead as thousands cross into Spain from MoroccoNo Current Negotiations With US — IranStudents Feared Trapped As Private Hostel Near Oko Polytechnic CollapsesFG demands probe as Nigerian man dies in South African police operationSuspected Hoodlums Cart Away PVCs At Distribution Centre In Osun4 killed as bandits in military uniform attack Sokoto communityBandits Kill 30 In Fresh Kaduna Attack, Burn Houses, Shops2027 could be my last presidential race, says Peter ObiTinubu Is Tired, Should Be Allowed To Retire In Peace, Says Peter ObiBandits abduct Kebbi high court judge from residenceWanted soldier arrested in Borno fleeing to Cameroon‘Senior ISWAP finance officer’ surrenders to troops in BornoNDLEA arrests Lagos businessman over 3.3kg cocaine bound for UKLeadership in Policing Is Demonstrated Through ActionUS lawmaker asks Nigerian government to release Nnamdi KanuIran says war to expand further if US attacks continueSERAP sues NNPCL over ‘failure to account for ₦211trn oil money’16 million Nigerians to face hunger crisis by January 2027 – ReportGumi: Jonathan, Osinbajo met with Militants, Who will Engage Boko HaramBandits abduct LG Chairman in ZamfaraOsun Decides: Stakeholders Set for Citizens’ Town Hall to Promote Credible PollPolice arrest four officers over viral video of ‘ethnic comment’ against motoristN1.32bn allocation: No Kobo was released to PFIPC, Budget Office tells RepsUS imposes 12.5% tariff on Nigerian imports over forced labour claimsArmy hunts soldier over alleged sale of uniforms to terroristsEnugu Air plane with 68 passengers skids off runway at Benin airportReps Pass State Police Bill As Opposition Lawmakers Stage WalkoutCourt Sentences Suspects In Oriire Abduction To Life ImprisonmentTinubu Approves 12 Divisions For Nigerian Army, Recruitment Of 28,000 PersonnelTrump commends TinubuPFIPC: ‘We rejected 3 requests by Adeyemi to host summit’ – Foreign Affairs MinisterTwo Nigerians jailed seven years for armed robbery in Kuwait17 states to experience flooding from July 21 to 27 — ReportWe Didn’t Allocate Office Space Or Deploy Staff To ‘PFIPC’, Says Head Of ServiceTwo Accounts Opened For ‘PFIPC’ Recorded Zero Inflows, Remittances – CBN DirectorCBN Retains Interest Rate At 26.5%, Raises Concerns Over Heightened ‘Global Uncertainties’EFCC: Immigration CG not under investigation over visa fraud allegations160,000 flee South Africa over anti-migrant unrest – ReportGunmen kill four herders, set two houses ablaze in AnambraNSCDC uncovers fake university in Lagos, rescues 106 studentsFACT-CHECK: No! It’s not true that no Manchester United midfielder has lifted World CupRainstorm kills 4, destroys school, hospital in SokotoThunderstorm Strikes Six Dead In Adamawa State – PoliceICPC grills Gbajabiamila over PFIPC scandalOriire teachers were beheaded to force release of Ansaru commanders — DSSCourt Jails Two Ansaru Commanders For Life Over TerrorismAlleged Money Laundering: Court Grants Ex-Warri Refinery MD Yisawu ₦500m BailCourt grants Miyetti Allah president N2bn bail in ‘$2.63m money laundering’ trialAndy Burnham becomes UK prime ministerPolice arrest four cops for extorting ICPC chairman of N53,000 in AbujaPFIPC: How fake agency got smuggled into budget — AdeniyiUN: Terrorists in Nigeria using drones, crypto to boost operationsOne dies, 39 missing after boat carrying farmers capsizes in NigeriaNBA elects Badejo-Okusanya president amid technical glitches, protestsTerrorists released us before soldiers took us home – Rescued Oyo teacherCourt orders final forfeiture of N941m ‘linked to ghost workers on IPPIS platform’Benue: Gunmen abduct 3 siblings conveying mother’s corpse homeIran Threatens ‘Unforgettable Lessons’, As Two US Troops KilledFG warns of fake ₦50,000 allowance registration scamUS-Iran fighting escalates with infrastructure targetedFull List: US places 23 countries on highest ‘Do Not Travel’ alertCourt sentences two men to death by hanging over rape, murder of teenage girl in AnambraTwo Nigerians, one other jailed in UK for £4m crypto fraudSupreme court affirms final forfeiture of properties, $2m linked to EmefieleAndy Burnham elected new Labour leader, to succeed Starmer as UK PMEXTRA: I spent money campaigning for Obi, he never appreciated me – Isaac FayoseFG arraigns three over Oyo schoolchildren, teachers’ abductionNDLEA declares suspected drug kingpin, 3 associates wanted, freezes N9.8bnFG renames Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway after TinubuIPC’s Arogundade elected to IFEX global councilCourt bars FRSC from operating on state, LG roadsBandits kill vigilante leader in KatsinaSecurity operatives rescue four abducted in Kogi school attackAppeal court dismisses judgment nullifying INEC deadlines for 2027 electionsGbaja sues PFIPC’s Adeniyi Adeyemi for N15bn over alleged defamationCourt forfeits Achimugu’s N8.9bn assets to FGTrump limits foreign students to four-year US stayPolice arrest Asaba content creator over alleged rape
Mon. Aug 3rd, 2026

Fisayo Soyombo Freed After 10 Hours at Force Headquarters

Fisayo Soyombo, the Editor-in-Chief and Founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), has just been released from detention at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja.
Soyombo, who arrived at the force headquarters on Monday morning, was not released until 6:26 pm. He was detained on the orders of Usman Baba Alkali, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP).

Soyombo was invited for an interview for publishing a story that exposed the award of transit police camp projects that do not exist to the tune of the contract sums.

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