Ja’afaru Ahmed, controller general of the Nigerian Correctional Service, says he has set up a panel to probe Ikoyi Prisons, now known as “Ikoyi Custodial Centre”, following an investigation by Fisayo The post Undercover report: We are investigating Ikoyi Prisons, says CG appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGInvestigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO spent two weeks in detention — five days in a Police cell and eight as an inmate in Ikoyi Prison — to track corruption in Nigeria’s The post UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION (II): Drug abuse, sodomy, bribery, pimping… The cash-and-carry operations of Ikoyi Prisons appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGDue Process Advocates Foundation (DPA), a civil society organisation (CSO), has asked the national assembly to investigate the police over alleged abuse of their prosecutorial powers. The call for the The post ‘Bail for sale’: CSO asks n’assembly to probe police appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGThe Lagos state police command will investigate Pedro police station over bribery allegations. Frank Mba, Nigerian police spokesman, made this known on ‘Your View’, a breakfast show on TVC, on The post Police to probe Lagos station after bail-for-sale investigation appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGInvestigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO spent two weeks in detention — five days in a Police cell and eight as an inmate in Ikoyi Prison — to track corruption in Nigeria’s The post UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION (I): Bribery, bail for sale… Lagos police station where innocent civilians are held and criminals are recycled appeared first on […]
CONTINUE READINGThe house of representatives has demanded that sanitary pads be made available to schoolgirls regularly. The lower legislative chamber also urged the ministries of health and women affairs to initiate The post Reps want sanitary pads for schoolgirls — after report on period ‘pains’ appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGThe Federal Government Girls College (FGGC) Langtang, Plateau state, has finally been renovated following a report that detailed some anomalies in the school. In 2017, the Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation The post FG renovates FGGC Langtang — after report on pimping of schoolgirls appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGCable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF) has been named as one of the beneficiaries of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s $6.3 million in journalism and media grants for The post Cable Foundation gets new MacArthur grant ‘to advance investigative journalism’ appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGWhen Gina (not real name) left Adagom refugee camp in Cross River state on August 25, strapped on her mother’s back, the nine-month-old had no inkling she was not going The post Cameroonian refugee in Cross River sells 9-month-old baby for N70k — and blames hunger appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is facing “severe funding gap” regarding the plight of Cameroonian refugees in Cross River state. The organisation said this while The post We are facing severe funding gap, says UNHCR on plight of Cameroonian refugees appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
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