EKITI State Government has dragged Nigeria's inspector-general of police Mohammed Adamu to court over the recent sacking of policewoman Omolola Olajide for being pregnant outside of wedlock.
Last month, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), sacked Police Corporal Olajide after it emerged that she got pregnant while out of wedlock....
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's official spokesman Mallam Garba Shehu has dismissed suggestions that the next inspector-general of police must come from the southeast geo-political zone as a matter of course in line with Nigeria's zoning principle.
Last month, President Buhari replaced all his service chiefs, appointing new...
SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (Ipob) has launched a regional vigilante group known as the Eastern Security Network (ESN) to combat the growing insecurity across the southeast and south-south geo-political zones.
In January this year, the six governors of the southwest geo-political zone agreed to launch...
NIGERIA Police Force (NPF) bosses have applied to withdraw the suit they filed to stop judicial review panels set up across the 36 states of the country to investigate human rights abuses by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) police unit.
Following a month-long nationwide protest against the brutality of the...
NIGERIA'S federal government has warned that any fresh #EndSARS protests by the country's youths planned for next month will be treated as an attempt to overthrow the government and dealt with as regime change treason.
In October, thousands of Nigerian youths took to the streets to protest police brutality and demand the...
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has imposed a 24 curfew across Lagos State starting from 4pm today in response to the recent violence that has resulted from hoodlums hijacking the peaceful #EndSARS protests and setting the state ablaze.
Over the last fortnight, Nigerian youths have been organising a peaceful protest to demand the...
HUMAN rights lawyer Femi Falana has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to use the military against #EndSARS protesters making it clear that if this happens chief of army staff Lt General Tukur Buratai faces being charged with crimes against humanity.
Over the last fortnight, there have been widespread...
FAITH body the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria(CBCN) has thrown its weight behind the ongoing #EndSARS protests in Nigeria saying the movement is a true representation of the problems the nation is facing.
Over the last fortnight, there have been widespread demonstrations across Nigeria and in the diaspora to protest...
THOUSANDS of Nigerians in the UK participated in a candlelit vigil in central London as part of the worldwide #EndsSars campaign aimed at bringing about an end to police brutality and improving security across Nigeria.
Over the last fortnight, there have been widespread demonstrations across Nigeria and in the diaspora to...
NIGERIA'S National Economic Council (NEC) has succumbed to ongoing pressure from ongoing protesters demanding the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) and set up panels of enquiry to investigate all cases of police brutality and extra-judicial killings.
Over the last fortnight, there have been widespread...
