Tag: extrajudicial killings

Mr Soyinka cited the case of Deborah Samuel, lynched by fellow students of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, ...

For years, operatives from the anti-kidnapping unit, popularly known as Tiger Base, have been accused of engaging in torture of ...

The police shot dead 19-year-old Yakubu Umar in Abuja during a procession by the Islamic group.

Nigerian security agencies have been linked to the killing of residents in the South-east in an attempt to clamp down ...

Mr Gulak, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was killed by unknown gunmen on May 30 while ...

PREMIUM TIMES examines how far the Nigerian government has gone in meeting the demands of the protesters, five months after ...

Victims and campaigners for a war crimes court for Liberia welcomed the motion against Mr Thomas.

At least five people were shot dead while many others sustained gunshot injuries from police shootings in a Kaduna community.

The northeast state, Borno, troubled by Boko Haram, recorded the most alarming figures during the month with 70 deaths.

Lucky Philemon lost his left leg after soldiers shot him at the October 20 Lekki Toll gate shooting incident

The governor said the ex-police officer whom he made his security aide upon retirement will be prosecuted if found guilty.

"No matter the efforts of the security agencies and the government, the (Southern Kaduna) communities have to be one and ...

The lawmakers also condemned the spate of rights' violations during the lockdown.

Amnesty released its 2016 report detailing alleged human rights abuses by Nigerian soldiers.

"The system" does not adequately recognize and compensate members of the Force.

The police confirmed the casualty. A violent clash between the police and some youth in Warra, Ngaski Local Government Area ...

The Department of State Security, SSS, and the Nigerian Army schemed to cover-up their atrocity after their personnel extrajudicially killed ...

Four University of Port Harcourt students were killed by a mob. A Port Harcourt High Court has fixed October 17 ...

The Senate committee submitted its report to the whole house. The Senate on Wednesday called on President Goodluck Jonathan to ...

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Umar Manko, has announced the arrest of a Police Inspector for allegedly killing ...

An Umuahia High Court on Monday sentenced an ex-police Corporal Umaru Muhammed to death by hanging. Justice Agwu Kalu held that the ...

The NBA president stated this in Lagos on Tuesday. The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has urged the federal government to ...

I stumbled on a Facebook post by Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of an article by the BBC titled Nigerian ‘youths executed’ ...