Falana speaks on suit lodged against Falz, Tuface, Kanu, others over EndSARS protests
A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana has reacted to a lawsuit lodged before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Abuja […]
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‘How police stopped actress, Rahama Sadau, from fleeing to Dubai’
An Islamic scholar, Lawal Gusau, who wrote a petition against the northern actress, Rahama Sadau, has narrated to The PUNCH how the police were able […]
EndSARS: Osun judicial panel commences sitting Thursday
The Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola to look into cases of alleged police brutality, human rights violations and extra-judicial killings […]
With 200 stations burnt, police need total reform, SDF tells FG
A civil society organisation, Southwest Development Frontiers, has called on the Federal Government to begin total reformation of the police sector in the aftermath of […]
Irate youth murder Nigerian cleric over ‘missing’ genitals
Some irate youth in Daudu area of Guma Local Government area of Benue State have reportedly killed one Prophet Uhembe Jacob of Divine Shadow Church […]
NSCIA petitions IGP, DSS, demands pastor’s interrogation over ‘inciting sermons’
President, NSCIA, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar IIIThe Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has asked the Federal Government to take immediate action on […]
Gunmen kill Nigerian pregnant woman, abduct husband
A pregnant woman has been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Tuesday evening at her residence in Rigachikun, a suburb of Kaduna […]
Mob sets houses, church ablaze over ‘missing genital’
Five houses and a church known as Divine Shadow have been set ablaze by some youth at Daudu in the Guma Local Government Area of […]
Buhari commiserates with ex-NTA DG over son’s murder
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the former Director-General of Nigerian Television Authority and Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, Mohammed Ibrahim, over the killing of his son, […]
EndSARS protests: Nigeria police lost 22 personnel, 205 stations
Authorities of the Nigeria Police Force have revealed that no fewer than 22 police personnel were killed and many others injured during the #EndSARS protests […]
Scores killed as bandits strike Katsina villages
No fewer than 17 persons have been reported killed and several others wounded in separate reprisal attacks by armed bandits on Diskuru village in Dandume […]
Looters return 35 tractors, other items
Over 35 tractors, customs fatigue, and vehicles have been recovered following the directive by the Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, giving looters 12 hours to […]
Human rights body condemns attack on security operatives, destruction of property
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has condemned the killing of police officers and destruction of property by hoodlums across the country. In a statement […]
NSCDC nabs 14 rape suspects in Kaduna
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna State Command, said it has arrested 14 suspected rapists and two others for alleged vandalism of […]
Lawyer sues Nigerian govt over Lekki shootings, demands N10bn compensation
A human rights lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a N10bn fundamental rights suit against President Muhammadu Buhari, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur […]