Tag: extra-judicial killings
Extra-judicial killings, lawlessness among police personnel shameful – Abia CP
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Abia, Mr Ene Okon, has decried the rate of extra-judicial killings and lawlessness among…
Lagos lawmaker worries over extra-judicial killings
A member, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Segun Olulade, representing Epe Constituency II, on Tuesday said involvement of personnel…
Knight decries high rate of extra judicial killings
Mr Williams Adebisi, the Metropolitan Grand Knight of the Order of the Knights of St Molumba, has decried the high…
Extra-judicial killings: IGP orders psychological checks on cops carrying guns
In a show of concern for the recent extra-judicial killings by some policemen in some parts of the country, the…
The Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa
The extra-judicial killings in South Africa, also known as xenophobic attacks, are a sad commentary on the failure of leaders…
Extra-Judicial Killing: Judge Orders Police To Pay N25m Damages
Daniel Ekugo A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, western Nigeria has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to…
NHRC’s Verdict On Extra-Judicial Killing
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, hit the bull’s eye when it declared Monday that eight squatters killed in Abuja…
Boko Haram: Nigeria’s army denies Amnesty abuse claims
Nigeria’s military on Monday denied claims from Amnesty International that its troops may have committed war crimes and crimes against…
Amnesty accuses Nigerian troops of massive murders
In a briefing published today, Amnesty International has revealed a much higher human casualties in the Boko Haram insurgency in…
Report: 1000 detainees die in Nigeria, AI claims
Nearly 1,000 people, mostly suspected Boko Haram militants, died in Nigerian jails in the first half of this year, Amnesty…
Is Police Truly Your Friend?
The catch phrase, “Police Is Your Friend” has proved to be an abhorrent paradox against the character deficit of the…
Military Lists Gains Of War Against Boko Haram
Nigeria’s military on Wednesday disclosed details of its offensive against Islamist militants, describing a series of events that saw insurgents…
Boko Haram commander killed by Nigerian troops
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) on Saturday confirmed the killing of a suspected Boko Haram…
Amnesty Slams Nigerian Police Over Secret Killings
Amnesty International, AI, has slammed the Nigeria Police and the Federal Government over extra-judicial killings in the country, reports the…
Stop Using Brute Force To Enforce Traffic Law
The unjustifiable shooting of a commercial motorcyclist, known in local parlance as okada riders, Adigun Atilola, yesterday by police officers…
Killings: HRW Slams Nigeria’s security agencies, Boko Haram
Eromosele Ebhomele The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has blamed the Nigerian security agencies and the Boko Haram sect for the…
9 kidnappers, robbery suspects killed
Nigeria’s Delta State Police Command said it killed eight suspected kidnappers and armed robbers during several gun battles in the…
Extra-Judicial Killings Must Stop
Nigerians have always condemned extra-judicial killings in any form and have always looked at the police as a band of…
Extra-Judicial Killing: Lawmakers Slam Police
By Eromosele Ebhomele The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Taiwo Kolawole, and his colleagues have slammed…