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Lagos electrician Sunday Moses Olugbemi alleges police detained him for four days over a missing phone that was later found.
He claims officers demanded and received ₦45,000 from his wife before releasing him.
Take It Back Movement has condemned the alleged extortion...
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Gunmen abducted worshippers from Kpenya Mosque in Niger State during Friday prayers.
Police said no deaths were recorded and launched a joint rescue operation.
Residents claimed more than 60 people were abducted in coordinated attacks, but the figure remains unverified.
Gunmen have abducted...
US Congressman Riley Moore has welcomed Nigeria's Senate passage of the state police bill, saying it would help states protect citizens, including persecuted Christians.
The EFCC is set to charge a Lagos bureau de change operator over alleged ISIS financing, saying it concluded key parts of its probe before US sanctions.
The Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee has suspended Chief Mike Ozekhome's Senior Advocate of Nigeria rank pending the determination of disciplinary proceedings against the constitutional lawyer.
Nigerian petrol prices remain above N1,200 per litre despite crude oil crashing to $73 per barrel on Wednesday, its lowest point since the US-Iran conflict began.
The Federal Government has directed banks and other businesses to freeze the assets of terrorism financiers, backing US sanctions on a Nigerian ISIS financier and three bureaux de change.