Detention

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has pressed for the immediate release or formal prosecution of Kaduna-based cleric, Sheikh Sani Khalifa Zaria, over his prolonged detention without trial. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his…
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A coalition of civil society organisations and faith-based leaders has accused the Department of State Services (DSS) of defying a subsisting court order by allegedly continuing to hold 16-year-old Walida Abdulhadi in custody, calling for…
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The Commandant-General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi has ordered the immediate detention of officers accused in the alleged N5.2 million extortion from some travellers. This is contained in…
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The Inspector General Of Police, Kayode Egbetokun said he has summoned senior officers including all DCs, CID, and Heads of Investigation Units over the welfare of younger protesters identified to be minors, while they were in police…
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The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) unequivocally condemns the unlawful detention of minors who were apprehended during the #Endbadgovernance protests held in August this year. These protests were a…
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The Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police, Zone 6, Calabar, Jonathan Towuru, has ordered the detention and investigation of three police officers for extorting N3 million from a resident of Cross River. The officers attached to…
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The rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Engr. Abdul Jimoh Muhammed has ordered the detention of two investigative journalists, Salihu Ayatullahi and Adisa-Jaji Azeez, in Ilorin on Monday. SOLACEBASE gathered that Ayatullah, the…
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The detained suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, will today, Thursday know his fate concerning the fundamental human rights suit he filed to challenge his arrest and detention by the Department of State…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says it will introduce detention allowance to members arrested during protests. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC Pesident, said this on Thursday in Abuja when he led workers on a second day picketing of Shaanxi…
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The Police has confirmed that a 39-year-old suspect has committed suicide at the detention center of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The suspect was arrested and detained in Ikeja GRA, Lagos…
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