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Surveillance by proxy: How Nigerian Police use phone records to trap civic actors

πŸ“° The ICIR πŸ• July 22, 2026 at 9:30 PM

THE Nigerian Police possess a vast surveillance infrastructure capable of mapping communication networks, allowing officers to track people through their call records and close contacts. In this report, The ICIR’s Nurudeen Akewushola investigates how the police use these capabilities to monitor, track, lure, and arrest civic actors and examines the surveillance infrastructure that powers such […]

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