Outrage as Lagos Nurses Allegedly Detained After Reporting Suspected Security Threat at Health Centre
A professional nursing group has condemned the alleged detention of two health workers by police officers in Lagos after...
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Calabar Court Hands Life Sentence to Man for Raping 13-Year-Old, Awards ₦1m Damages
A Family Court in Calabar has sentenced a 27-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl, reinforcing...
NANS Threatens Picket of MTN, MultiChoice Over Renewed Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South-West Zone D, has announced plans to picket major South African-owned companies...
Nigeria Moves to Evacuate Citizens from South Africa as Xenophobic Attacks Escalate, Sparks Diplomatic Tension
Nigeria has begun plans to evacuate its citizens from South Africa who wish to return home voluntarily, following rising...
CSOs Call for Probe into Alleged Human Rights Abuses in Imo Police ‘Tiger Base’ Unit
A coalition of 30 civil society organisations under the Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) has called on...
Outrage as Critic Justice Crack Vanishes in Abuja After Meeting Call, Phones Switched Off
Anxiety is mounting across Nigeria following the sudden disappearance of social media commentator and government critic Justice Mark Chidiebere,...
IGP Orders Dismissal, Prosecution of ASP Over Viral Delta Shooting
Nigeria’s police leadership has moved swiftly to discipline officers linked to a viral shooting in Delta State, approving the...
Imo Kidnapping Crisis Deepens as Killings Turn Brutal, Raising Fears of Social Breakdown
A wave of violent kidnappings in Imo State is taking a darker turn, with victims increasingly killed and their...
Ugochinyere Alleges Crackdown in Imo, Accuses Security Forces of Disrupting Peaceful Rally
Tension is rising in Imo State after a federal lawmaker accused security operatives of attempting to shut down a...
HURIWA Alleges Police ‘Midnight Raid’ in Imo Family Dispute, Demands Probe Into Abuse of Power
A leading rights group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has raised serious concerns over alleged police...
Court Jails Man for Life in Cross River Over Rape of Daughter
A High Court in Calabar has sentenced a 46-year-old man, Imeh Sunday, to life imprisonment after finding him guilty...
Lagos Police Officer Arrested for Alleged N10,000 Extortion as Brutality Cases Persist Nationwide
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested and detained one of its officers after a viral video showed him allegedly...
Lagos CP Orders Officers: “Stop Searching Citizens’ Phones” as New Policing Directive Takes Effect
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Tijani Fatai, has issued a clear directive restricting officers from searching citizens’...
US Lawmaker Alleges Bribery Attempt by Nigerian Defence Minister Matawalle Over Genocide Report
Fresh controversy has erupted after a United States lawmaker accused Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, of...
16 Kenyans Missing in Ukraine War After Joining Russian Army, Dozens Hospitalised
Kenya is facing a growing crisis as more of its citizens vanish into the fog of war in Ukraine,...
Amnesty International Accuses Imo’s Tiger Base Police Unit of Torture and Custodial Deaths
Global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has accused the Tiger Base police unit in Owerri, Imo State of torturing...