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As most Nigerians looked forward to the joy and happiness of Christmas Day, murderers on Sunday cowardly crept into different communities in two local

The traders were gunned down by terrorists suspected to be fleeing a military offensive in some parts of Zamfara State.

Not fewer than eight traders have been killed by gunmen suspected to be fleeing bandits at Kukan Babangida village in Katsina State.

Troops of Operation Safe Haven in charge of maintaining peace in Plateau State have again arrested 19 suspected kidnappers in the state.

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said a total of 19 suspects were arrested in connection with various crimes in Kaduna and Plateau states. The army said three persons were arrested for kidnapping while four were arrested for murder; also four suspects were arrested in connection with attacks on villages and two for illicit drug peddling while four bandits were killed by the troops. In a press statement released by the army on its verified X account, the troops also recovered cows earlier rustled in ...

Troops attached to Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) have gunned down four bandits and arrested at least 19 suspects, including kidnappers, cattle rustlers and armed robbers in a series of raids on criminals' hideouts in Plateau and Kaduna states. The operations were carried out from October 29 to November 5, 2023, the Nigerian Army disclosed in…

Human rights activists are condemning Nigerian police after observing a recent rise in mass arrests targeting LGBTQ+ people.

Law enforcement authorities in Nigeria are using the country’s same-sex prohibition law to target the LGBTQ+ community while ignoring abuses against them, rights groups and lawyers say.

The Anti-LGBTQ+ law in Nigeria allowed the authorities to perform mass arrests among the queer Nigerians.

Rights groups and lawyers in Nigeria say the West African nations law enforcement authorities are using the country’s same-sex prohibition law to target the LGBTQ+ community while ignoring abuses against them. The comments come in the wake of fresh mass arrests of gay people in different parts of Nigeria, highlighting once again the challenges faced by gay people in the country where homosexuality is criminalized. Some of those detained after the recent arrests have denied accusations that...