The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Australian Government have called on the federal government to formally ...

Nigeria would mark 10 consecutive years without a state execution, meeting the international standard for a de facto ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province said Monday that they had captured and executed a ...

Rights group Amnesty International reported on Wednesday that a Nigerian police unit known as Tiger Base, established to combat kidnapping and armed robbery in Imo State, has engaged in unlawful ...

Hundreds of people are unlawfully killed by the police in Nigeria every year. Some people die because they fail to pay police officers a bribe. Others are killed because the police use excessive force ...