The Amnesty International (AI) is investigating human rights abuses against residents of the South-south state of Bayelsa by the Nigeria Police’s anti-crime security outfit, (OFT) in the state. Specifically, it is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of Tochukwu…
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Court slams N2.5m fine on police chief over unlawful detention of pastor
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, to pay Pastor Emeka Ebuta the sum of N2.5million as damages for his unlawful arrest and detention by officers of the Nigeria Police. The…
Amnesty International exposes police brutality in Nigeria
Police in Nigeria carry out hundreds of extra-judicial killings every year and only those who can afford to pay bribes can guarantee their safety from execution or torture, according to Amnesty International. The human rights group says many of their…
Nigeria police makes U-turn, says headquarters explosion not suicide bombing
The Nigeria Police have reversed themselves on their earlier claim linking last Thursday’s bomb explosion that rocked their headquarters in Abuja to a suicide bomber. Briefing journalists at the Force Headquarters earlier today, the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz…
Police murder three in oil-rich Ogoni
Anti-riot police officers in Nigeria have shot dead three indigenes of Ogoni in the oil-rich Niger Delta region after angry youths protested the officers’ use of excessive force in arresting residents of Zor-Sogho, a village in Khana Local Government area.…
Nigeria police confirm 8 deaths, several wounded in headquarters bombing
The Nigeria Police have confirmed that eight persons were killed while an unspecified number of persons were injured in the massive bomb blast which rocked its highly fortified but porous headquarters on Thursday morning. Reports monitored on state-owned broadcast…
Islamist group claims responsibility for police headquarters bombing – VOA News
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing outside a police headquarters in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, Thursday. At least two people were killed and several others wounded in the blast. Nigerian police spokesman Olusola Amore…
Police Inspector General vows to expose elements behind bomb blast
Nigeria Police have vowed to expose the “criminal elements” behind the massive bombing that tore through its headquarters this morning, killing two and wounding several others. “Members of the public are assured that the criminal elements behind this dastardly attack will be…
Bomber, others die in Abuja police hq attack — NEXT
The driver of the explosive-laden car that blew up at 10.55am this morning at the national headquarters of the Nigerian Police Force drove into the compound in the wake of the convoy of the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz…
Police chief links Nigeria blast to suicide bombers
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, has linked the massive explosion at his force’s headquarters this morning to suicide bombers. Mr. Ringim told reporters shortly after the incident that suspected militants carefully followed the convoy of a police Deputy…
Explosion rocks Nigeria’s police headquarters
There was a bomb blast at Nigeria’s Police Force headquarters, right in the heart of the capital, Abuja, this morning. The explosion, which occurred at the complex’s expansive car park, took men and officers by surprise, sending the personel on duty in…
Police Sergeant to die by hanging for extrajudicial murder
A high court in the Nigerian South-south state of Benin has sentenced a police sergeant to death by hanging for recklessly killing a defenceless citizen with an AK 47 rifle issued to him for guard duties. Justice Roland Amaize…