Category: Police Brutality

by Nigerian News24 Correspondents The Nigerian Police have refuted allegations of mistreatment following the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, a prominent human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters. According to the Force,…

A devastating incident occurred in Calabar, Cross River State, on Sunday morning, when a policeman, identified as Inspector Effiong Bassey, went on a shooting rampage, killing three people and injuring several others….

Nigerian Army personnel attacked an Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko DisCo) substation in Lagos, escalating tensions between military personnel and power distribution companies. The attack occurred on March 14, around 1:00 a.m.,…

The US has deported over 200 Venezuelans, alleged to be gang members, to a supermax prison in El Salvador, despite a federal judge’s temporary block on the removals. The deportees, who include…

Amnesty International is calling on the Nigerian government to put an end to threatening individuals and groups who criticize the current administration. The human rights organization emphasized that freedom of expression is…

Rights activist Omoyele Sowore was questioned at the Force Intelligence Bureau in Abuja on Monday regarding a video where he accused some police officers of engaging in illegal activities on the Murtala…

Wali Haruna from Niger State was arrested by the police for supporting a planned nationwide protest on Facebook.  Haruna, who lives in Suleja, encouraged people in the middle belt State to join…

The court ruled that Nigeria violated multiple articles of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, including the right to life, security of person, freedom of expression, assembly and association, prohibition…

Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President of Nigeria and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, criticized the Nigeria Police for violating citizens’ rights and ignoring…