IPOB can’t hoist flag in Rivers – Wike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has charged the 23 local government chairmen in the state and youths to […]
Nigeria police force
Police chief visits Osun Gov over attack by hoodlums
The Deputy Inspector General of Police in Charge of South-West, Leye Oyebade, has assured that the police would redouble efforts to ensure that peace reigns […]
Governor promises to sign death warrant of rape, kidnapping convicts
The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has said he will sign death warrants concerning rapists and kidnappers brought before him. Sule made the statement while […]
Nigeria police dismiss six officers
The Kwara State Police Command has said that it dismissed six police officers in the state for various forms of misconduct in the last four […]
NGO condemns use of force on EndSARS protesters
A child and girl-rights non-governmental organisation, Plan International, has condemned the use of force on peaceful protesters by security operatives at the Lekki toll gate […]
#EndSARS: Police kill youth who built blood donation app in his home
A Product Designer, Oke Obi-Enadhuze, who helped built a blood donation app for Life Bank Services, has been killed by a stray bullet just moments […]
Armed thugs disperse protesters on Abuja airport road
Knives-wielding thugs have dispersed some of the protesters who shut down the Shehu Yar’Adua Expressway leading to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The protesting […]
TI, CISLAC, seek security reform in Nigeria
Two leading non-governmental organisations, the Civil Society Legislature Advocacy Centre and Transparency International, have called for a reform of the country’s security sector. According to […]
Police training is colonial, completely primitive – Human rights lawyer
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has carried out a scathing review of the Nigeria Police Force, tracing the reason behind the rights violations, extortion, […]
Nigeria mulls independent investigative panel on police brutality
Nigeria’s foremost human rights agency, the National Human RightsCommission (NHRC) is to set up an Independent Panel to look into human rights violations by the […]
EndSARS Protest: Osun gov promises protesters’ demands ‘ll be met
The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Monday pleaded with the youths protesting alleged brutality by the now dissolved Special Anti-robbery Squad […]
Disbanding SARS first step to extensive police reforms – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja declared that disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is the first step to extensive police reforms by his […]
#EndSARSProtest: Criminals build, fund police stations in Nigeria, says Falana
Human rights and constitutional lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, says criminal gangs build and bankroll daily police operations in Nigeria.Falana accused the Federal Government of abdication […]
Nigeria police disband rogue unit, SARS
Nigeria’s police chief, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has announced the dissolution of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force. He said the operatives […]
Serial killer bags death sentence
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has condemned a serial killer, Gracious David-West, by hanging for murdering nine young women at different […]