Tordue Salem’s Death : NUJ Demands Independent Inquiry, Autopsy
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) FCT Council has charged the Federal Government to empanel an independent probe into circumstances surrounding the death of Vanguard Newspapers reporter, Tordue Salem. Salem went missing on October 13 in Abuja and was reported dead on November 11 by the newspaper he worked with for several years. In a […]
#EndSARS Panel Asks Nigerian Police To Produce Abba Kyari Over Missing Suspect
The panel investigating cases of police brutality in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigerian police, Abba Kyari, to appear over a case of the alleged enforced disappearance of a suspect arrested in 2018. According to Premium Times, the panel demanded that […]
Insufficient Funding Frustrates Police Reform – IGP Usman Baba
Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), says inadequate funding is a “critical challenge” hindering the reform of the force. Baba spoke on Wednesday when he appeared before the national assembly joint committee on police affairs. While addressing the lawmakers, the IGP asked that the police should be removed from the envelope budgetary system of the federal […]
