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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 nation's 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 they were organizing gay weddings. Lawyers also spoke to the AP about instances where the police f...