The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered a comprehensive institutional review of the 128-page report recently published by Amnesty International’s report exposing a pattern of extrajudicial killings and human rights violations by the police and other security agencies in the South-East. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Muyiwa Adejobi, in Abuja,

A Labour Party (LP) faction has said its former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Abia State governor, Alex Otti, are the “biggest losers” in the ongoing by-elections, while dismissing reports suggesting that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) withdrew recognition of its National Chairman, Julius Abure, following rulings delivered by the Federal High Court on

Nigeria has captured two of the most wanted leaders of the Al-Qaeda-linked Ansaru terrorists group, in what authorities describe as a major victory against extremism. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, announced on Saturday in Abuja that a months-long intelligence-led operation led to the arrest of Mahmud Muhammad Usman, known as Abu Bara’a, and

He alleged that the elections were marred by “widespread extreme violence and disruption by armed thugs” across several polling units in both Shanono, Bagwai and Ghari constituencies. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the immediate cancellation of the ongoing bye-elections in Shanono/Bagwai Constituency and the rerun election in Ghari Constituency of Kano State. APC