Retired Police DIG Hilary Opara Accused Of Asking Prison Officials To Chain, Torture Daughter's Ex-Boyfriend Despite Court Bail

A retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Hilary Opara, has been accused of asking prison authorities to chain and torture David Nwokorie, the former boyfriend of his daughter, Genevieve Opara,…

Journalist alleges assault by local government chairman during coverage

Habeeb Adejobi, a reporter with Lagos-based MITV, has accused the Chairman of Kosofe Local Government Area, Moyosore Ogunlewe, of orchestrating an assault against him while he was covering a political screening…

Radio Journalist Allwell Ene Attacked By Suspected Hoodlums In Port Harcourt

A popular radio journalist, Mr. Allwell Ene, has been attacked by suspected hoodlums at Garrison Junction in the early hours of Monday. Ene, a reporter with Megalectrics Ltd (operators of stations including…

Ekiti 2026: Journalists attacked while covering Ekiti governorship election

Two  journalists covering Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State were attacked by some voters during a disturbance at a polling unit in Iyin Ekiti. The affected journalists were Rasaq Ibrahim of The…

Kogi Court Remands Activist Ozigi In Police Custody Over Social Media Posts About Accountant General, Onumoko

A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ordered that activist and social media commentator, Onimisi Farouk Ozigi, be remanded in police custody pending the hearing of a cyberstalking charge filed against…

'Police Beat Us, Smashed Our Phones Beyond Recognition': Two Lawyers Allege Assault For Recording Brutality Against Tricyclist

Two Abuja-based human rights lawyers, Barrister Ikechukwu Obasi and Chibuike Okoro, have accused officers of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Garki Police Division of assaulting them, destroying…

Activist Nansel Lar Remanded In Prison After Online Posts Demanding Accountability In Plateau Local Govt Areas

Activist Nansel Selman Lar has been remanded in prison custody after a series of arrests and detentions by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over petitions linked to Langtang North and Langtang…

Miyetti Allah President Bello Bodejo Pleads Not Guilty To $2.63Million Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing Charges

The anti-graft agency also accused the Miyetti Allah leader of financing terrorism, marking another high-profile prosecution involving allegations of financial crimes and terrorism-related offences. The…

Delta Community Chairman Oversees Flogging, Public Humiliation Of Indigene Over Facebook Post On Abandoned NDDC Road

Pandemonium broke out on Wednesday in Emevor Community, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, after the community chairman, Lucky Okeremu, and members of his executive assaulted and publicly…

DSS arrests journalist who covers Sowore ‘for possessing drone without certificate’

The Department of State Services (DSS) says its operatives arrested Zainab Sodiq, a journalist who covers the activities of presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, for being in possession of a drone “without the…

University lecturer remanded over alleged defamation of Katsina government

A chief magistrates’ court in Katsina on Wednesday remanded a university lecturer, Bashir Kurfi, in police custody for alleged defamation and injurious falsehood against the state government. The charge arose…

Nigeria Police Accused Of Abducting Secrets Reporters Journalist Over Investigation Into CBN Deputy Governor Emem Usoro

The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) has received with deep concern reports of the abduction of journalist Stanley Ugagbe by security operatives. Preliminary…

Journalist Alleges Police Arrest, Detention After Accusing Yobe Microfinance Bank MD Of Having Romantic Affair With His Wife

Distin reportedly made the allegations on his social media accounts, claiming that Almuhajir had been involved in a relationship with his wife both before and after their marriage. A journalist, Nura Distin,…

Abuja Journalist Stanley Ugagbe Has Been Abducted — And Prime Suspect Is the Police

Fejiro Oliver, the publisher and editor-in-chief of Secret Reporters, an online news platform, has accused Emem Usoro, the Deputy Governor for Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), of being…

Blow to terrorists' wallets: Bamako increases financial pressure

Blow to terrorists’ wallets: Bamako increases financial pressure On June 18, the Minister of Economy and Finance of Mali, Alousseni Sanou, signed a decree on expanding the list of persons subject to targeted…

Mali imposes targeted financial sanctions on 12 individuals

Malian authorities have placed 12 individuals on the national targeted financial sanctions list, according to a decree signed June 18, 2026, by Minister of Economy and Finance Alousseni Sanou. The…

Six Years After #EndSARS – Linked Disappearance, DNA Confirms Journalist Pelumi Onifade’s Identity

Six years after journalist Pelumi Onifade vanished while covering the #EndSARS protests in Lagos, a DNA test has confirmed that an unidentified body recovered during the unrest was his, bringing a painful…

DSS Operatives Block Lawyers, Supporters From Entering Courtroom As Sowore Storms Federal High Court

The operatives were seen intimidating supporters and restricting movement around the court premises as tension heightened during the hearing. Human rights activist and presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, is…

Kaduna Governor Sani's Critic 'Pompo' Arrested, Family Fears Fresh Opposition Crackdown

The development was also corroborated by a chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Marafa Tsoriyang, who said the party was monitoring the situation and would issue an official response. Jonah…

Sowore supporters accuse DSS of arresting, injuring activist

Supporters of human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, on Monday, accused operatives of the Department of State Services of forcefully arresting…

Nigerian Police Plotting To Arrest, Intimidate Me Over Unknown Offence – Enugu-Based Journalist Raises Alarm

An Enugu-based journalist and former House of Representatives candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Ani, has accused operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Anti-Kidnapping Unit in Enugu…

Mali Arrests Two Prominent Journalists in Latest Press Freedom Crackdown

The military junta ruling Mali has arrested two of the country’s most prominent journalists in the span of 48 hours, in what press freedom organizations are calling the latest escalation in a systematic campaign…

Breaking: Court orders INEC to deregister ADC, Accord, 3 others

ABUJA — The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties. The other political…

Chinedu Ogah Has Vowed To Destroy Me’ — Ebonyi TikToker Chisom Achor Laments Continuous Detention Despite Bail

A source familiar with the case told SaharaReporters that Achor’s health has deteriorated during his prolonged detention in Enugu State.   Ebonyi State TikToker, Chisom Achor, who has been in police detention…

Kaduna Activist Arrested After Calling For Tinubu, Governor Sani, Other APC Candidates To Be Voted Out

The source added that Dangata may have drawn the government’s ire after making comments comparing Governor Sani unfavourably with former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The Kaduna State Government under…

VICTIMS SPEAK: Tactics, Patterns and Impacts of Targeted Surveillance in Nigeria

State and non-state actors procure technologies with surveillance capabilities for a range of uses, including combating insecurity, terrorism, kidnapping, natural resource exploration, wildlife monitoring,…

Ejimakor Demands Release Of Suspected IPOB Member Detained Since 2021

Barr Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has called for the immediate release of one Chukwu Sunday Obasi. Obasi, according to Ejimakor, has…

Gambia: Police Arrest 15 Activists At Anti-Corruption Group’s Anniversary C elebration

The Gambia Police Force has arrested 15 anti-corruption activists from the group Gambians Against Looted Assets (GALA) on Friday, May 8, 2026, after they gathered inside the Youth Monument at Westfield to mark…

Burkina Faso Authorities Accused Of Secretly Detaining Prominent Journalist

A media rights group has accused Burkina Faso’s military authorities of arbitrarily detaining and mistreating a prominent investigative journalist who has been missing for nearly two years. In a report on…

Police Arrest Student Nurse Who Exposed Enugu Hospital Conditions After Indefinite Suspension

A nursing student who exposed poor hospital conditions in Enugu has been arrested, as her school demands N10 million in damages: Nursing student Joy Ezeugwu has been arrested after exposing poor conditions…

Student Nurse Suspended For Viral Video Exposing Enugu General Hospital Without Light, Water, Oxygen

Governor Peter Mbah’s administration is facing a backlash following the indefinite suspension of a student nurse who went viral for exposing the dilapidated state of Uwani General Hospital in Enugu. The nurse,…

DSS Arraigns Blogger ‘Justice Crack’ In Abuja Over Alleged Incitement Against Nigerian Army

The arraignment marks the latest development in the controversial case involving the activist, who was earlier handed over to the DSS by the Nigerian Army amid allegations of torture. The Department of…

How Nigerian Army Abducted Activist ‘Justice Crack,’ Chained Him To Tree For 72 Hours Over Video Exposing Military Atrocities

The Nigerian military has once again been plunged into a storm of controversy following the reported abduction and torture of an activist popularly known as Justice Crack, who was allegedly chained to a tree…

Court bars journalists from covering suspected coup plotters’ trial

The Federal High Court on Monday barred journalists from covering the bail proceedings of six defendants accused of plotting a coup against the government of President Bola Tinubu. Court officials, backed…

Suspended University Of Ibadan Students Sue School Administration Over Punishment For #FeesMustFall Protest

It further noted that “these students, motivated by the belief that education should be accessible and not priced beyond students’ reach, are being punished by the Professor Kayode Adebowale-VC-led…

Convention: ADC in fresh venue crisis as centre proprietor withdraws permission for use of facility

The proprietor of Rainbow Event Centre in Abuja, where the African Democratic Congress (ADC) planned to hold its national convention today, has withdrawn the earlier permission granted the party to use…

DSS Summons Kwara Political Aide Who Called VP Shettima, Gov. AbdulRazaq 'Disgrace' Over Killings

Family members and friends of the aide, who spoke to SaharaReporters on Monday, said the move followed a viral video in which he condemned the government’s response to deadly attacks in Kaiama, particularly in…

Nigeria Police Arrest Activist Imam Over Criticism Of Taraba Relief Distribution After Petition By SEMA Boss Audu

The arrest is said to be linked to Imam’s public calls for transparency in the distribution of relief materials intended for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and vulnerable residents in Taraba State.…

University Of Ilesa Graduate Arrested After Protesting ‘Unjust’ NYSC Mobilisation Delay In Osun

Controversy is trailing the reported arrest of a University of Ilesa, Ilesa, Osun State, UNILESA, graduate for protesting against alleged delay in mobilisation for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC.…

Amnesty condemns SSS detention of Kaduna social media influencer over posts on U.S-Israel war with Iran

Amnesty International has condemned the alleged arbitrary detention of a Kaduna-based man, Sani Waspapping, by the State Security Service, SSS,, calling on Nigerian authorities to either charge him to court…

Ogun students clash with police over colleague's detention claim

The Students Union Government (SUG) of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, has disagreed with the State Police Command over attacks on its Oru-Ijebu division. Some students of…

Kogi Student 'Okunvoice' Jailed Over Facebook Post Exposing Unpaid Salaries Of Local Govt Workers, Family Decries Injustice

SaharaReporters learnt that Abiodun, a native of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area, was first detained on January 28, 2026, at the Kabba Divisional Police Headquarters under circumstances his family described…

Mali: Journalist Youssouf Sissoko Sentenced to Two Years for Criticising Niger's President

March 24, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Malian authorities to release journalist Youssouf Sissoko, who was sentenced on Monday to two years in prison and a fine of 1 million West African…

DSS Bars Journalists From Courtroom Amid Ex-Governor El-Rufai's Arraignment In Kaduna

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was on Tuesday morning brought before the Federal High Court in Kaduna under tight security for his arraignment over alleged corruption-related…

MRA Condemns Assault on Journalist in Bauchi, Demands Immediate Investigation, Accountability

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the reported assault on Albarka Radio journalist, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, by police officers over the weekend while he was covering the Eid Durbar celebration in…

Lagos Customer Spends 9 Days in Police Detention After Friends Criticised Moniepoint’s VAT Deduction

hree plain-clothes officers of the Nigeria Police Force stormed a residence in Egbeda, Lagos, on February 18 and whisked away Adebayo Aliu Oluwafemi, a Lagos-based digital marketer and sickle cell patient,…

Kebbi Teacher Suspended for Criticizing State Govt Ramadan Palliative

A school teacher in Kebbi State, Abduljalal Usman, has been suspended for three months after criticising a Ramadan palliative distributed by the state government. Usman, who works under the state…