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I regret impersonating EFCC, Nigerian Army personnel, suspect says

A 30-year-old suspect, Oluwatobi Salami, who was among the two paraded by the Ogun State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Tuesday, for vandalism and impersonation, has expressed his regrets over his actions. Parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Abeokuta on Tuesday, the corps’ commandant, David Ojelabi, said Salami was arrested by members of the Sagamu community around the OGD International Market, on Saturday, and was later handed over to...

  A large contingent of security personnel, comprising agents from the Department of State Services (DSS) and police officers, has surrounded the office of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) in Ikeja, Lagos State.  The security operatives laid siege to the office known as Rights House, at 43, Adeniyi Jones Avenue, off Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja. A heavy security presence, comprising both uniformed and plainclothes operatives, was deployed to the office on Friday...

The Borno government had earlier imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state in response to hunger protests in the state.  Four residents of Borno State have been killed by soldiers during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Maiduguri, the state capital.   A youth-led nationwide protest against economic hardship had kicked off across the country on Thursday.    SaharaReporters gathered that the protesters were killed by the soldiers in front of Kime petrol station in Bolori area...

BREAKING: Nigerian Police Go On High Alert, Recall All Personnel On Leave, Ban Alcohol Consumption As #EndBadGovernance Protests Loom

According to a police wireless message, issued in July 2024, all officers and personnel on leave are required to resume duty immediately, with all forms of leave suspended.   The Nigeria Police Force has issued stringent orders in preparation for the #EndBadGovernance protests.   According to a police wireless message, issued in July 2024, all officers and personnel on leave are required to resume duty immediately, with all forms of leave suspended. The memo from...

Human rights activist and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, has decried the poor salaries and the N1.5 million gratuity being given to police officers and retired police personnel respectively by the Nigerian government.   Sowore, the former candidate the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 presidential elections, said it is disheartening that men and officers of the Nigeria Police Force put their lives on the line for 35 years only to get...

  The family of Richard Onumegbu, a civilian staff of the Federal Ministry of Defence, Nigerian Navy Base, Ojo, Lagos State, has raised the alarm, demanding justice for their son reportedly beaten to death by four Navy officers.    Narrating how Richard was killed, a family source in a video on social media said he was killed by the four Naval officers contracted by a young woman who was fond of bullying him and calling...

          Some personnel of the Nigerian Army have lamented the delay in the processing of the payment of their operational allowances for the months of January, February and March 2024.       One of the officers who spoke with SaharaReporters on Tuesday noted that soldiers, navy and the policemen in Operation Hadarin Daji in Zamfara had not been paid for three months.      The source also lamented they were being...

SaharaReporters had exclusively reported how Garba was detained over his TikTok videos comparing US military officers with their counterparts in West African countries.   The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has explained why one of its personnel, CPL AI Garba was arrested and subsequently detained.   SaharaReporters had exclusively reported how Garba was detained over his TikTok videos comparing US military officers with their counterparts in West African countries.   A relation of Garba had revealed...

The Nigerian military has arrested at least three suspected killers of 17 officers and men of 181 Amphibious Battalion, Nigerian Army in Otuama, Delta State, last Thursday. The suspects were arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday and moved to Army headquarters, Asaba, where they are currently being held, Vanguard learnt.  The Senate has begun a probe into the killing of the soldiers as it asked its committees on defence, army, navy and air...

They were said to have intercepted the smugglers around Sahuda, a border town in the Mubi South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Smugglers on Sunday attacked and injured a Nigerian customs officer around Sahuda, a border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Cameroon, SaharaReporters has learnt. Officers attached to the Adamawa/Taraba Area Command were attacked while blocking the smugglers from ferrying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol to the Republic of...