Taiwo Jimoh
Juliana Francis
IGP, Mohammed Adamu
Gunmen believed to be herdsmen cum kidnappers have warned of impending
war on Edo State. The armed men, who abducted some travellers in Edo
State, sent a warning to the Nigeria Police through one of their
victims, Mr. ThankGod Okuk.
Juliana Francis
In May 2018, a 28-year-old medical doctor, Michael Thompson Williams, was arrested for using a fake bank alert to buy a Porsche car worth N28 million. After his arrest, Williams told journalists that most Nigerian banks were unsafe and could be hacked in seconds.
Juliana Francis
Odumosu
The Lagos
State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, has revealed how his
men arrested at least 19 persons for burning Ebute-Ero and Elemoro Police stations
in the megacity metropolis.
Juliana Francis
Pauline Onyibe, Yenagoa
Taiwo Jimoh
IGP, Mohammed Adamu
A 65-year-old woman, Mrs Grace Iphunkha,
has been hospitalised after she and her daughter, Precious, were beaten by a
politician identified as Mr Felix Aliu, at the
Aghenebode area of Edo State.
Juliana Francis
Taiwo Jimoh
IGP, Mohammed Adamu
A Ghanaian lady, Miss Magdalene Hackman,
has accused Policemen attached to Area M Police Command Headquarter, Idimu,
Lagos State, of discrimination in investigating a case of domestic violence and
abduction of her three years old baby by his father, Mr Udoka Ezeimo.
Taiwo Jimoh
Taiwo Jimoh and Abdulasalam Ibrahim
On November 28, Nigerians woke up to hear the horrifying story of how Boko Haram members lined up 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari, a community in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State and slit their throats.
The murdered farmers
In this concluding part of the
investigation on the plight of children working in quarries in Nigeria, child
rights’ groups and organisations argue for better care and treatment of
children. Juliana Francis writes.
Juliana Francis and Ebube Eruchalu
IGP, Mohammed Adamu
A self-acclaimed member of Icelander cult group, identified
as Onyekachi Amadi, has revealed why members of his gang killed seven OSPAC
vigilante men at Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
By Juliana Francis
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| Adaeze after being rushed to the hospital |
Mrs. Motolani Samson was sitting on a chair, worriedly watching her sleeping daughter, Adaeze, when our reporter got to her house on October 10. Just as our reporter was completing her interview with Motolani, Adaeze’s eyes fluttered open.
Teenage girl working in quarry in Osun State 
Underage workers
In this second part of the investigation, Juliana Francis reveals that
children in different states in Nigeria continue to work in quarries to
pay school fees and support their parents notwithstanding heart stopping
injuries they sustain at these sites.
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Juliana Francis
Okah-Donli
A 54-year-old woman, Mrs. Helen Ehionzee and her children, Endurance and
Vivian, have been sentenced to 34 years imprisonment for trafficking 16-year-old
girl to Russia for prostitution.
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....Seized drugs worth N15 million
Wole Shadare
Juliana Francis
Nwode
A Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Nkiru
Nwode, has paid the hospital bill of a 10-year-old sick girl in Anambra State.
Juliana Francis
Odumosu
The Lagos State Police Command has disclosed
that it has arrested 720 suspects and recovered substances suspected to be
illicit drugs after carrying out raids on some identified black spots in the
metropolis.
Nigerian soldiers
Juliana Francis
As the debate continues to rage over whether it was constitutionally, morally and socially right for the Federal Government to give amnesty to repentant Boko Haram members, some soldiers, who resigned from Nigerian Army, have expressed their worries over the issue.
Child worker with his employer
To access quarries where children work is tough. Entrance, however,
shows shocking revelations. The old order, where children were used for
exploitative labour by traffickers, has given way to a new order. Parents are
now at the top of the system, using their children as supplementary
breadwinners, reports JULIANA FRANCIS
Human Rights groups, Police and Police Service Commission, lawyers, tell their stories in this concluding part of the story by JULIANA FRANCIS
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2014
Why do men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, kill suspects in their custody? That is the big question that is left hanging in the air as more families recount their ordeal in the hands of policemen, over family members, who have vanished from the surface of the earth. JULIANA FRANCIS continues the story from last week.
STORY FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2014
The Special
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) are men of an elite police group, whose main
responsibility is to combat armed robbery. They are the life blood of
any police station and Command. But questions are being asked about the
disappearance of citizens arrested and detained in SARS’ custody. In
this investigation that spanned states in Nigeria, running into months,
JULIANA FRANCIS highlights the agonies of parents, whose wards have
disappeared in SARS’ cells.
FIRST WRITTEN IN 2014
Juliana Francis
Juliana Francis’ entry,
Extrajudicial killing: The story of SARS and robbery suspects, wins this
year’s edition of Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting
because it captures the agonies of hopeless, hapless and sometimes
innocent suspects in police detentions, writes ABIODUN BELLO
Juliana Francis
Juliana Francis
Heavy gunshots rocked the Ado-Road, Ajah
area of Lagos, as five suspected robbers, opened fire on a black bullion van,
plunging members of the community into panic.
Juliana Francis
The Governing Board of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has approved the promotion of 99 Command Officers.
Taiwo Jimoh
Juliana Francis
By Juliana Francis
The victim
Two men, Mr
Paul Ifere Amah and Mr Paul Nweke, have been held for throwing a 13-year-old
into a fire for stealing rice in Ebonyi State.
Juliana Francis
Dikuro and Captain
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested
two men for abducting at least 14 foreign sailors on the high sea and using dynamites
to kill many Nigerian soldiers in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
Juliana Francis
Juliana Francis
Kyari
Following the accusation levelled against
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, at the Lagos State Judicial
Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for SARS Related Abuses, that he extorted
money from a suspect, a contractor, Eddy Obinna, who was at the centre of the
incident in 2014, has come forward to put the record straight.
Taiwo Jimoh
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| IGP, Mohammed Adamu |
The remains of burnt houses, shops, malls and vehicles were sighted at different areas. The dead bodies, witnesses said, had been moved to mortuaries by government officials.
Juliana Francis
Oreagba
The
Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on
Thursday, November 12, 2020, arraigned a lawyer, Taiwo Oreagba, before Justice
Sherifah Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a
two-count charge bordering on alleged corrupt demand and obtaining by false
pretence to the tune of N4,000,000.00.
Juliana Francis
Okah - Donli
The efforts of the Nigerian Government in the fight
against Human Trafficking and ensuring adequate protection for victims, has
received global recognition as the United Nations General Assembly has appointed
the Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking
in Persons (NAPTIP) , Dame Julie Okah - Donli, as a member of the Board of
trustees for UNODC-managed United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of
Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.
…with 13.55 kilograms of Cannabis
Juliana Francis
Taiwo Jimoh
IGP, Mohammed Adamu
Police in Lagos have arrest a 29-year-old
Sodiq Adigun for allegedly looting and wearing a police officer uniform after
burning the Orile Police Station recently.
The suspects
Juliana Francis
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has announced that 520 suspects have been arrested for murdering six policemen, inflicting injuries on 38 others, among other crimes.
By Juliana Francis
In the last one week, Nigerians have gone to hell and back, with many now homeless while others may become bankrupt after hoodlums’ attacks on their sources of livelihood. Although there have been tales of woes from different parts of the country, everybody is still shells-hocked over the murders, arson and looting which have characterised the initially peaceful #EndSARS protests, which started on October 7. Following the shootings of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers on October 20, 2020, at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos, some alleged protesters went on the rampage, burning, killing and looting.
Juliana Francis
Juliana Francis
