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July 18, 2013

“He was killed in cold blood” – Father wants policeman who allegedly killed his son charged with murder

by Rachel Ogbu Photo: Punch Speaking to member of the Member of the House of Representatives, Ikorodu Constituency, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the father of nine-year-old Timilehin, who was killed by a…

July 10, 2013

Accidental discharge: Police corporal arraigned for killing 52-year-old man in Lagos

by Rachel Ogbu Police corporal, Boma Pepple, has being charged for the murder of a 52-year-old man, Timothy Hunpoyanwa. In July 2012, Pepple reportedly “shot the man in his stomach…

July 9, 2013

Accidental discharge: How I mistakenly fired 7 shots killing 3 people – Policeman

by Rachel Ogbu A policeman, Cpl. Abu Abolaji, is standing trial for killing three men while on patrol but he has said the shots were all a mistake even though…

June 15, 2013

13 shocking pictures of Brazilian military police brutalizing protesters (PHOTOS)

Breaking news, reporting from São Paulo: Thursday night around 7:10 p.m., 20 men in riot gear arrived at the city's protests on recent bus fare hikes and began shooting rubber bullets…

June 9, 2013

How 5 South African policemen beat Nigerian to death

Five Limpopo police officers beat a Nigerian man to death, the Polokwane Magistrate's Court heard on Thursday. “I put it to you that you beat him, he fainted and you…

June 7, 2013

Extrajudicial killing: Police exhume UNIBEN student’s body as inquiry begins

by Rachel Ogbu The body of 22-year-old Ibrahim Momodu, an undergraduate student of the University of Benin, has been exhumed. Police pathologist, Wilson Akhiwu, on Thursday, oversaw the procedure of…

May 16, 2013

Justice: DPO accused of murdering #OccupyNigeria protester now in Kirikiri

by Rachel Ogbu The policeman alleged to be behind the murder of fuel subsidy removal protester, Adedamola Daramola in January last year was yesterday ordered to be remanded in Kirikiri…

May 7, 2013

2 policemen shoot tanker driver in Kano for refusing to increase N100 bribe

by Rachel Ogbu Two policemen are reported to have shot a tanker driver who refused to increase the N100 bribe he offered them. The incident which occurred along Wudil Federal…

April 15, 2013

Policemen, on illegal duty, kill man for driving against traffic in Lagos (PHOTO)

by Rachel Ogbu The Toyota Highlander SUV. Inset: Korie (Photo:Punch) Men in police uniforms who killed a young driver in his car because he broke traffic laws along Mushin area…

March 26, 2013

Shocking video of police brutality becomes YouTube sensation (WATCH)

A YouTube video of what appears to be police brutality in Omaha, Neb., has provoked public outrage, an internal police investigation and the temporary reassignment of three of the officers…

March 13, 2013

Ekiti student killing: NANS gives police commissioner 72-hour ultimatum to produce “killer cop” (PICTURED)

by Rachel Ogbu Seyi-Fasere (Photo: Punch) The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has demanded the Commissioner of Police in the state, Sotonye Wakama, to produce the ‘killer cop’ that allegedly…

February 26, 2013

Tragedy: 4 students shot dead during protest in Nasarawa (PICTURED), Army and police play blame game

by Rachel Ogbu Nasarawa State University, Keffi was closed down yesterday after four students were reportedly killed during a protest over scarcity of water and power in the institution. It was…

January 5, 2013

Temie Giwa: Befriending the Nigerian police (Y! FrontPage)

by Temie Giwa The stories of killings, tortures, and extortion against the Nigerian police are so many that it is almost a cliché to mention these. Nigerians are generally not…

December 12, 2012

Nigerian police are the “worst violators of human rights”

by Rachel Ogbu The Nigeria Police force was recently labelled the worst violator of human rights in the country. The International Society for Social Justice and Human Rights, ISSJHR,…

October 13, 2012

“How a police officer forcefully inserted a metal object into my private part” – One woman’s horrific ordeal

by Stanley Azuakola Queen Akindeleni has a story to tell; a sad, gripping one. A victim of mindless brutality by policemen, Akindeleni has seen her fortunes wane from a property…

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