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January 10, 2026

Extortion & The Price Of Passage

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By DAVID JOHN-FLUKE THE ECONOMY OF EXTORTION How Illegality Became Routine POLICE extortion in Nigeria is no longer an aberration; it has become a system. From highways in the South-East to checkpoints in the North-Central and South-South regions, citizens describe an entrenched practice sustained by predictability and silence. Officers allegedly profile first, intimidate next, and […]

December 5, 2025

A Preventable Death: The Institutional Failure That Delivered Uloma To Her Killer

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The System Killed Her Too NIGERIA has witnessed yet another preventable tragedy—one that exposes, yet again, the lethal consequences of police negligence, cultural complacency, and a justice system that routinely sacrifices victims of gender-based violence at the altar of “family settlement.” Nineteen-year-old Uloma Nwangwu walked into the Umabor Divisional Police Headquarters on 28 November seeking […]