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Lawyer alleges illegal detention, torture, N180,000 bail extortion by police

Nigeria, June 8 -- A lawyer, Wisdom Chude, has alleged widespread human rights abuses at the Octopus Unit of the Nigeria Police Force's C4i Department in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, including unlawfu... Read More


Warri Ijaw, Urhobo groups accuse Tinubu of interfering in INEC delineation exercise

Nigeria, June 8 -- A group known as the Indigenous Ijaw and Urhobo People of Warri Federal Constituency in Delta State has accused President Bola Tinubu of interfering with the implementation of a Sup... Read More


NDPC, Meta launch initiative to strengthen data protection in Nigeria

Nigeria, June 8 -- The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has launched the Meta-Supported Initiative for Data Protection (M-SIDP), a programme that enhances strategic guardrails for data subjec... Read More


Elections 2026: Is Zambia's democratic success story beginning to fray?

Nigeria, June 8 -- Zambia is one of the few African countries to have experienced peaceful transfers of power between multiple political parties. But its sound democratic record - particularly the Ele... Read More


ANALYSIS: ADC primaries expose fault lines in major opposition party

Nigeria, June 8 -- The African Democratic Congress (ADC), which has positioned itself as a major opposition platform ahead of the 2027 general elections, is grappling with growing internal tensions af... Read More


Ghana evacuates 1,000 citizens from South Africa as xenophobic attacks increase

Nigeria, June 8 -- The Ghanaian government has evacuated about 1,000 of its citizens from South Africa following renewed xenophobic attacks targeting black Africans, with authorities promising reinteg... Read More


Ex-SSS boss rejects Katsina ADC primaries

Nigeria, June 8 -- Former Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Daura, has rejected the process used by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to produce candidates in Katsina Sta... Read More


Troops arrest suspected terrorist informants in Niger

Nigeria, June 8 -- Troops of Operation Savannah Shield, a joint task force in North-central Nigeria, have arrested five suspected terrorist informants in separate operations in Niger State, recovering... Read More


Otti threatens lawsuit against Abia APC chieftain over alleged plot to destabilise party

Nigeria, June 8 -- Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has threatened a lawsuit against the spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Uche Aguoru, for accusing the governor of fac... Read More


Africa's many tribes, By Uddin Ifeanyi

Nigeria, June 8 -- The Berlin Conference was a disservice to Africa. Irrespective of whichever echo chamber you stumble into, there is no question about this. What happened there? Apprehensive lest th... Read More