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The Digest: The Nigerian police in Lagos have invited a mother, Mary Udoka, after she posted a viral video criticising a nursery school English textbook for what she described as violent content with no moral value. The passage in question describes an old man punishing a dog by inserting a...

The Digest: A 35-year-old motorcyclist, Sanni Salisu, has died following an illegal stop-and-search operation by two police officers in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident occurred on April 24 and later degenerated into violence as residents attacked the Kara Police Outpost, setting parts of the...

The mother of Oghenemine Ogidi, a 28-year-old musician known as OG Millan, has alleged that she has lost two sons to police brutality in separate incidents. Speaking during a condolence visit, she broke down in tears, saying: "My two children were killed by the police. They first took my son in...

The Kwara State Police Command has recovered a Toyota Matrix vehicle allegedly stolen from a parking space at Mandate Market, Ilorin, on April 27, 2026, using modern policing technology. According to a statement by Police Public Relations Officer SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, operatives activated an...

The Digest: The Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has successfully secured the release of fourteen victims abducted by sea pirates along the Calabar–Oron waterways. The rescue followed sustained intelligence-driven...

A 67-year-old man, Chief Augustine Nwalieze, was found murdered in his Ajah residence in Lagos State on Saturday, with his gateman, Abdullahi Dairu, fleeing after giving conflicting accounts of the victim's whereabouts. According to a family member who spoke to Vanguard, the deceased had come...

The Digest: The police in Enugu State have announced plans to launch a new Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) to combat growing kidnappings, armed robbery, and other violent crimes. The unit, established following a directive from Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu, will operate across...

The Digest: A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) from imposing fines on motorists who breach the Third Party Motor Vehicle Insurance Act without a valid court order. Justice Hauwa Joseph Yilwa delivered the judgment in a...

The Digest: The Nigerian police detained an Abuja-based shop owner, Love Dooshima, who critically reviewed an unnamed bread brand online, claiming a loaf remained fresh for two months. She was freed at about 1 am Tuesday after intervention from the Inspector General of Police. The CEO of Bon...

The Digest: The Benue State Police Command and JAMB have clarified that passengers abducted from a Makurdi-bound commercial bus in Otukpo on Wednesday were not UTME candidates. Police spokesperson Udeme Edet described earlier reports as "misinformation and incorrect," stating that seven...

The Digest: The Nigeria Police Force has arrested Agbor Martins Black-Diamond for allegedly posing as a World Bank official to defraud unsuspecting victims. The suspect was arrested on March 31, 2026, after intelligence from a Kenyan NGO. Victims transferred $250,000 over three years for...

The Digest: The Taminu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Nigeria Police Force of enabling an unlawful takeover of its national secretariat in Abuja by "APC apologists." The faction said police unsealed the secretariat and aided...

The Digest: A Federal High Court in Delta State has ruled that Nigerians have the constitutional right to record police officers performing their duties in public spaces. Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa delivered the judgment in a fundamental rights suit filed by lawyer Maxwell Uwaifo, who was...

The Digest: The Nigeria Police Force has arrested six suspects for allegedly hacking into a telecommunications company and diverting airtime and data worth N7.7 billion. According to Force spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin, the suspects gained unauthorized access to the company’s core systems...

The Digest: Police operatives in Delta State have arrested a suspected drug dealer and recovered a significant quantity of suspected Indian hemp. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, the raid was conducted based on credible intelligence in the Gana area of Sapele...

The Digest: A photo of a Nigerian Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) posing in uniform with an expensive iPhone 17 has ignited a fierce online debate about police salaries, public profiling, and integrity. According to social media reports, the image prompted questions about how an officer...

The Digest: Lawmakers led by Senator Abdul Ningi have raised strong objections to the selective enforcement of President Bola Tinubu’s directive to withdraw police orderlies from VIPs. The senators argue that while their personal security has been stripped, other high-profile individuals and...

The Digest: Federal lawmakers have issued urgent warnings against withdrawing police protection from VIPs, a debate that pits political survival against public sentiment, revealing how security redistribution creates anxiety even among those who legislate for the nation. Key Points: Former...

The Digest: Approximately 30 armed assailants besieged the Guto community in Bwari, Abuja, killing a police officer during a two-hour operation targeting a State Security Service (SSS) operative. The gunmen monitored all buildings and fired sporadically while attempting to kidnap the security...

The Digest: Nigerian police have arrested two journalists from the international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) and a lawyer representing Nnamdi Kanu during a crackdown on protests in Abuja. According to TheCable, American reporter Nick Roll and Nigerian videographer John Okunyomih...