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Benin City, considered by many as the country’s culture capital, is set to host the maiden Edo International Book and Art Festival (EdIBAF 2023). The city had produced a crop of outstanding contemporary artists, such as Festus Idehen, Dr. Colette Omogbai-Onyeka...

Joseph Alufa Igbinovia is not a celebrity, who will glide through crowds of tourists and local revelers astride an elaborate float of the Edo regalia. He is one of the artists who will rather concentrate on their work than make noise about.

Based on the recommendations of the independent investigative panel on violations of human rights by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and

The independent investigative panel on human rights violation by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), yesterday

Police authorities ask the #EndSARS panel in Abuja to dismiss the petition claiming that the officer identified as the alleged killer...

Punch Newspapers Sections Friday Olokor, Abuja There was pandemonium on Thursday at the Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations by operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police units as relations of a deceased victim raised objections to the testimonies of ASP Kingsley Ojeomokhai. The enraged family members said the police officer was telling lies against their late brother, Festus Idehen, while he was giving his evidence on the circumstances that le...

Share There was a mild drama today before the independent investigative panel on human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units when some relatives of a victim of an alleged extrajudicial killing by police operatives disrupted the testimony of the first respondent in their petition. The family of the deceased, Festus Idehen, had petitioned the panel, alleging that he was extrajudicially killed by the police. The petitioner joined ASP Kingsley Oje...

Vanguard News Police forged demand warrant, detained me for months, victim tells NHRC On By Tordue Salem, Abuja A case bordering on alleged abuse of office came up for hearing at the ongoing Independent Investigative Panel on SARS and other units of the Nigeria Police. In a complaint filed by Sani Bello, a research analyst with Save the Soul Transparency and Eagle eyes International foundation, Bello stated in his petition the atrocities suffered by one of the organization’s agents, Dr. Geor...