Nigeria’s Healthcare on the Brink: Regulation, Strikes and the Deadly Trade in Fake Drugs
ABUJA, Nigeria – When Nigerian regulators rolled out convoys to seal off the country’s largest open drug markets in early 2025, the images were…
Month: January 2026
Police Recover Suspected Human Parts on Lagos–Ibadan Expressway
LAGOS, Nigeria – Police recover suspected human body parts during a stop-and-search operation along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, heightening concerns over ritual-related crimes. Operatives of…
Police Rescue 17 Suspected Trafficking Victims in Nasarawa State
NASARAWA, Nigeria – Police in Nasarawa State intercept a vehicle and rescue 17 young persons suspected to be victims of human trafficking during a…
Lagos Police Activate Third Mainland Bridge CCTV Surveillance Centre
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Police Command activates a new CCTV Surveillance Centre to strengthen security across the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos Island…
Makoko Demolitions Could Spark Humanitarian Crisis, Rights Group Warns
LAGOS, Nigeria – A peacebuilding and human rights organisation warns that ongoing demolitions in Lagos’ Makoko waterfront community risk triggering a humanitarian and social…
Epe Council Warns Traders on Hygiene, Roadside Sales
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Chairman of Epe Local Government Area, Surah Animashaun, calls on traders at Aiyetoro and Oluwo fish markets to improve sanitation…
NDLEA Arrests Fugitive Drug Kingpin 12 Years After Officers’ Murder
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency records a major breakthrough as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrest long-wanted drug kingpin…
Police Arrest Three Over Kano Killing of Mother, Six Children
KANO, Nigeria – Police in Kano State arrest three principal suspects linked to the brutal killing of a housewife and her six children in…
Four Million in South-West Battle Drug Abuse – Expert Warns
ABEOKUTA, Nigeria – A mental health expert warns that drug and substance abuse is spiralling across Nigeria’s South-West, with over four million people affected,…
Police Arrest Suspect in Abduction, Ritual Killing of Six-Year-Old
ANAMBRA, Nigeria – Police in Anambra State arrest a 28-year-old man, Friday Akonobi, over the abduction and alleged ritual killing of a six-year-old girl,…