The Nigeria Police have detained founder, Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) Isayo Soyombo at the Force Headquarters in Abuja for exposing corruption in the force. His detention followed honoured invitation on Monday by the security personnel. The journalist who honoured the invitation discovered it was in connection to a story on the award of contracts for police camps. The transit police accommodations are located in Benue, Bauchi, Plateau, Katsina and Kano States. It is unclear...

ABUJA — The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Monday, ordered the detention of investigative journalist, ‘Fisayo Soyombo, at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. It was learnt that Soyombo, the founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, was detained when he honoured a police invitation. He was, however, granted bail after about eight hours in police custody. FIJ, in a Facebook post, wrote, “We can confirm that our Founder Fisayo Soyombo has been released by...