So Bad, Defiled Corpse of Six-Year-Old Found in Kaduna Cemetery

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz,  Regional Correspondent The corpse of a six-year-old, Aisha Ya,u, suspected to have been defiled before being killed, has been recovered from a cemetery in Kurmin Mashi area of Kaduna. Reports say that the corpse was discovered by a farmer, returning from his farm, and who alerted passers-by. Eye witness accounts as at the time of filing this report indicated that the girl returned from Islamiyya school on Sunday at around 11 am,...

Police Brutality: Adamawa Judicial Panel of Enquiry Set to Commence Sitting Nov 17

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Judicial Panel of Enquiry set up by the Adamawa State Government to investigate all issues of alleged police brutality, and human Rights abuses or related Extra-Judicial Killings in the State is set to commence sitting on Tuesday 17 November 2020. Suleiman Usman, Permanent Secretary, Security, government house, in a statement issued to newsmen  urged the general public to forward their complaints, petitions and memoranda to the panel. ”...

Police Panel Says Many Policemen in Lagos are Still Missing, Unaccounted For

Following the pandemonium that followed the killings of unarmed protesters in Lagos by the Nigerian Army, the Inspector-General of Police Committee on EndSARS Protest Damage Assessment has said that many officers of the force are still unaccounted for and missing. The committee, which was in Lagos on Saturday to assess the extent of damage to police assets, said that the destruction level suffered by the police would affect the quality of policing and security in...

The Main Fascination of Democracy Is the Freedom of Choice – Buhari Tells Biden

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the United States President-elect, Joe Biden, for his victory at the US poll. The congratulatory message was contained in a statement made by the Senior Special Assistant to Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunday. Buhari added that Nigerian hope to have a greater relationship with the United States under Biden’s Presidency. He was quoted as saying, “Your election is a significant reminder that democracy is the...

Anambra Commmunity Boils, Land Grabbers, Cultists In Bloody Clash, One Dies, 5 Injured

By Njideka Goldie Chukwu, Staff Reporter A notorious gang head, Chief Chinedu Nwabuagha (a.k,a. Agbalusia Ngene) also suspected to be a land speculator reportedly died while five others sustained various degrees of injuries during a bloody clash between his gang and some suspected cultists on one faction, Umuogali Oba youths on the other factor. The clash which erupted last Tuesday has continued to linger resulting in some youths leaving the community in droves over fear of revenge by...

Police ‘Arrest Four’ Protesters of #EndSARS in Abuja

Four protesters of #EndSARS were arrested on Friday in Abuja, the Nigeria’s capital, protesting against police brutality and extrajudicial killings, activists said. Two weeks after the unrest over the issue rocked the country, footage on social media showed a small crowd taking to the street to keep up the pressure on the authorities after a bloody crackdown on unarmed protesters help stamp out demonstrations last month. Rights activist, Deji Adeyanju told the AFP that, “Four...

Amnesty International Cries Out, Lives of its Employees in Danger After Reporting Lekki Shooting

Global rights organization, Amnesty International, has alleged that the lives of his employees had been in danger after its reports of the Lekki shootings of October 20, 2020. In a statement on Friday, the rights organization said some faceless groups had issued threats to attack its workers and office premises. It, then, call on the Nigerian authorities to “to ensure the protection of lives and properties of every person in the country”. The statement read,...

ICC Begins Investigation into Shooting of #EndSARS Protesters in Nigeria

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has commenced conducting a preliminary investigation into the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. The report was broadcasted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Wednesday. The office of the ICC prosecutor in a statement, earlier said, it had received information on alleged crimes. It added that the examination will “assess whether the legal criteria for opening an investigation under the Rome Statute are met.” For weeks, crowd of Nigerians youths...

Panels of Inquiry Set Up By Governors Are Legal, Says Falana

Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer and a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has said governors did not breach the law by setting up judicial panels of inquiry in their respective states. This response is a reaction to arguments that have ensued about the constitution of panels of inquiry by the governors. Many have argued that panels set up by the governors to probe police brutality are illegal because they do not have such powers....

US Forces’ Operation Not A Violation of Nigeria’s Sovereignty – Defense Minister

The Nigeria Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd), has said the recent rescue operation by the special forces of United States on Nigerian soil was not a violation of Nigeria’s sovereignty. He added that the Nigerian government granted the US the required permission to carry out the military operation. Over the weekend, the Special Military Force of the United State, successfully rescued the American citizens kidnapped by bandits in the northern part of...

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