“Are You Recording Me?” Why Confrontations Between Nigerian Police and Citizens Keep Ending Up on Camera

17 Jul 2026

A routine traffic stop in Abuja turned into a loud public argument after police officers asked a woman to show her vehicle insurance certificate. “You have no right to ask for my car insurance certificate,” she told the officers. Things got worse after one officer allegedly tried to take her phone because she was recording […]

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Nigeria’s Reckoning With Its Elite: What the Emefiele Ruling Signals for the War on Looted Wealth

17 Jul 2026

The Supreme Court has permanently stripped former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele of seven luxury properties, over $2 million in cash, and share certificates, closing out one of Nigeria’s highest-profile asset recovery battles and sending a fresh signal about how far the country’s anti-corruption fight is willing to go against its own […]

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Behind Closed Doors: How Nigeria’s Silence Keeps Failing Its Children

17 Jul 2026

A man believed to be in his late 50s was confronted by residents after he was allegedly discovered with a young girl from his neighbourhood, in a video now trending online. The man is seen pleading for mercy as residents gathered around him. According to the girl, this was not the first time the man […]

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Rejected Advances, a Slap, and an Arrest: One Woman’s Fight Against Harassment on Abuja’s Streets

16 Jul 2026

A young woman in Abuja returned with police officers hours after accusing an elderly man of slapping her for rejecting his romantic advances, and the officers arrested him at his apartment. The arrest followed widespread outrage after the woman shared an emotional video alleging that the older man slapped her for refusing his request to […]

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When Enforcement Meets Desperation: A Clash Between a Traffic Officer and a Group of Persons With Disabilities

16 Jul 2026

A traffic officer was assaulted by a group of persons with disabilities after he approached them to stop them from begging along the roadside, according to eyewitnesses. A video of the confrontation is now circulating online. Details of exactly how the confrontation started are still unclear, but eyewitnesses say the officer’s attempt to move the […]

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Death at a Minister’s Residence: Why Nigerians Are Asking Who Gets to Decide the Truth

14 Jul 2026

The family of Mary Habila, a physiotherapist who died inside the private residence of Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said it wants to bury her. But police investigators say they are not ready to let that happen. They insist an autopsy must be done first. This tug-of-war, between a grieving family and investigators […]

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Trapped in the Crowd: Why Thousands of Lagosians Are Stuck in Long Queues Just to Cross a Bridge

14 Jul 2026

A video making the rounds online shows something many Lagosians know too well. It shows a massive queue of pedestrians standing and waiting. Some wait for several minutes just to climb the pedestrian bridge at Oshodi. The crowd stretches so far back that people cannot move until those ahead of them cross. This is not […]

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Herders Destroying Farmers’ Crops: A Recurring Threat to Nigeria’s Food Security

13 Jul 2026

A video making rounds online shows a Fulani herdsman uprooting cassava from someone’s farmland. In the video, he is seen cutting up the cassava with a cutlass so his cows can eat it. We do not yet know exactly where or when this happened. It is also not clear if the farm owner was there […]

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Grandmother Held Over 13kg Cocaine Hidden as Plantain Peels — A Sign of Nigeria’s Deepening Drug Trafficking Crisis

13 Jul 2026

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 67-year-old Nigerian-British woman , Mary Yetunde Barek, for attempting to smuggle 13 kilograms of cocaine concealed inside fake plantain peels through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The UK-based caregiver was intercepted on Sunday, June 28, while preparing to board a Virgin Atlantic flight […]

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