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- 6 Oct 2020
IG Bans SARS, Others from Searching People’s Phones, Laptops
Muhammed Adamu, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has banned policemen, especially men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) across the country from searching people’s mobile phones, laptops and…
- 13 Jan 2018
What Nigerians Should Look Out for on Digital Rights, Policy Landscape in 2018
By Adeboye Adegoke The year 2018 was heralded by the unfortunate news of the arrest of a UK-based, Nigeria blogger by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad popularly referred to as SARS at the early…
- 21 Sept 2015
Bank Manager, Dispatcher in Police Net for Robbery
Operations manager and dispatch rider of a bank in Effurun, Delta State, have been arrested by the police custody after a foiled bank robbery attempt. Police apprehended the duo shortly after the…
- 23 Apr 2019
Police Arrests 10 Suspected Sim Swapping Fraudsters
Oyo State Police Command has arrested 10 suspected fraudsters who specialised in defrauding their victims by swapping their mobile phone SIM cards, through which they would have access to their…
- 29 Mar 2017
Jumia Delivery Man Killed by Customers over iPhones
Mr. Chukwuma Eleje, delivery man with Jumia, an online marketing store, has been killed in a house on Ada George Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State because of two iPhones. The victim was said to be…
- 15 Oct 2020
#EndSARS: Hackers Down Police Website, Target other FG Websites
Hacktivists, a group, known for hacking repressive governments’ websites has rendered the official website of the Nigeria Police Force inaccessible after the group compromised its database Thursday.…
- 19 Oct 2020
Our Youth and the Protests, Looking Beyond End SARS
By Austin Okere The youth are not our enemies; let us remember this before we do anything rash such as using brute force to quell their protests. They are our children that have come of age. Their…
- 1 Oct 2019
Nigerian Tech Community Battles SARS Over Illegal Arrests of Software Engineers
Nigeria’s technology leaders have launched #StopRobbingUs, a campaign to put an end to the common practice where Nigerian police stop young people with laptops and unlawfully arrest, attack or, in…
- 28 Oct 2020
#EndSARS, Ondo Election Results, Others Top Nigeria’s Google search trends in October
Google on Wednesday announced the top trending searches in Nigeria in October with Independence Day, #EndSARS, Ondo election results topping the trending search lists. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade.…
- 17 Nov 2020
#EndSARS: Insurers Battle with High Claims from Riots
Nigerian insurance companies are facing a huge bill in compensation following violence that rocked the country during the #EndSARS protests. Property worth about $5 billion has so far been declared…
- 10 Jan 2022
Dictators in Africa Using Social Media to Cling to Power
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is suspected of using fake social media accounts to consolidate his power. He wouldn't be the only one in Africa. Is social media becoming a threat to democracy on…