₦3.1 Million Allegedly Paid Under Pressure After a Phone Search: A Lawyer’s Complaint Tests Whether Police Promises Against Extortion Mean Anything (Police Accountability and Citizens’ Rights)

23 Oct 2026

A Nigerian lawyer has called on the Lagos State Commissioner of Police and the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to investigate what he describes as the extortion of ₦3.1 million from his client by police officers. According to the lawyer, his client was on his way to the Lagos airport on October 15, 2026, when […]

Paying to Drain Your Own Flooded Home? A Port Harcourt Resident’s Claim Raises Hard Questions About Who Controls Our Streets (Community Levies and Flood Response)

14 Oct 2026

A woman in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has appealed to government agencies after accusing Community Development Committee (CDC) officials of demanding ₦20,000 before she could pump floodwater from her compound into the gutter. She said her house was hit by the recent flooding, so her landlady bought a water pump. According to her, some community […]

Ebonyi Task Force Members Reportedly Beaten by Crowd After Alleged Assault on Tricycle Rider in Abakaliki

09 Oct 2026

A video reportedly shows a clash between task force members and residents at G-Hostel in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. According to the report, the task force members confronted a tricycle rider over a claim that he had parked wrongly. The rider was reportedly left unconscious. People nearby then allegedly beat the task force members, […]

Oyo Police Arrest Man Over Alleged Quack Practice at Unlicensed Ibadan Hospital

09 Oct 2026

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Adeniyi Benjamin, over alleged quack medical practice and the operation of an unlicensed medical facility in the Olodo area of Ibadan. A quack is a person who treats patients without the qualifications or licence to do so. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, announced the […]

Man Allegedly Clears Shop He Opened for Girlfriend After Claiming He Caught Her With Another Man

08 Oct 2026

A viral post says a man in Oghara, Delta State, went to a shop he had opened for his girlfriend with friends and a truck, and carried away the goods he had bought for her. The post says he did this after allegedly catching her with another man. The post calls it a “Diana” truck. […]

Woman Accuses UPTH of Negligence After Her Sister’s Death in Emergency Ward

05 Oct 2026

A woman has taken to social media to accuse the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) in Rivers State of negligence after her sister reportedly died at the hospital. In a viral video, she said her sister was left without a doctor’s attention in the emergency ward. The video begins with the words “UPTH, […]

Delta PalmPay Agent Dies After Alleged Assault Over ₦185,000 Phone-Financing Dispute

03 Oct 2026

A PalmPay agent known as “Biggie” has reportedly died after being assaulted during a disagreement over an EasyBuy-financed phone in Abraka, Delta State. His family and associates say the confrontation took place on September 10, 2026, at about 8:30 p.m. He died on September 13, after three days in a coma. The reports spell his […]

Adeniyi Adeyemi, Accused of Running Fake Government Agency, Finally Arraigned After Repeated Delays

01 Oct 2026

Adeniyi Adeyemi, the man accused of creating and running a purported government agency, has appeared before the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment after several failed attempts. A female officer of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre led him into court at about 2:33 p.m. on Wednesday. He wore a flowing white outfit […]

Activists Stopped One Child Marriage in Time. What About the Ones No One Reports? (Why a Rescued Wedding Points to a Much Larger, Hidden Problem)

24 Sep 2026

Human rights activist Harrison Gwamnishu and his team at the Behind Bars Human Rights Foundation (BBI) halted a planned marriage on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, after receiving a report that a girl, said to be 15 years old, was about to be married off. According to the foundation’s statement, the team went directly to the […]

Eight Captives Reported Dead After Six Months, Among Them a Newborn and Children: A Community’s Plea Unanswered and What Must Change (Banditry, Ransom and the Cost of Delay)