HumanRights

Lagos, Nigeria: The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has ordered a full forensic investigation into the sudden death of Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, a former governorship candidate in …

Abuja, Nigeria: In a significant judicial development, the Federal High Court in Abuja has approved the Department of State Services‘ (DSS) request for an accelerated trial of Khalid Al-Barnawi—alleged mastermind …

The North Korean government is increasingly implementing the death penalty, including for people caught watching and sharing foreign films and TV dramas, a major UN report has found. In the …

New York: September 10, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will address the 80th Session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in …

New York: U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to protect U.S. nationals from what he termed “wrongful detention” abroad. U.S. Department of State, in a statement issued …

Kano, Nigeria: The Kano State Government has strongly criticised the repeated deportation of northern citizens from Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to Kano and other northern states. The state’s Commissioner …

Abuja, Nigeria:  The United Nations (UN) has warned that Africa, especially West Africa and the Sahel, has overtaken the Middle East as the new hub of global terrorism, accounting for …

Akure, Nigeria:   In a swift and decisive operation, the Ondo State Police Command has thwarted an alleged child marriage involving a 15-year-old girl in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area.  …

A woman has been burnt to death by a mob in Northern Nigeria’s Niger State after she was accused of blaspheming the Prophet Muhammad, police have said. Police condemned the …

A court in Finland has sentenced a controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement to six years in prison after convicting him of terrorism-related offences. Simon Ekpa, a Finnish citizen …