Johannesburg's police commissioner Mzwandile Petros says the country's police are embarrassed by nine police men accused of dragging taxi driver Mido Macia behind a police van. ... Read more »
Four gunmen, including a woman, have been killed in Sokoto after a raid at their hideout by a joint military and police team. Read more »
The presidency says a pardon granted to a former governor of Bayelsa State and former military officers found guilty of coup plotting was done in the interests of the country. Read more »
Nigerians are reacting angrily to the state pardon granted to some corrupt public officers, including former governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who was convicted for embezzling ... Read more »
A gang of heavily armed robbers attacked the Murtala Muhammed Airport in an attempt to rob a bureau de change operator. One of the robbers was shot dead during an exchange of ... Read more »
Dutch prosecutors are calling for a tougher sentence for Rwandan-born genocide convict Yvonne Basebya for her role in the killing of scores during the 1994 conflict. Read more »
The Prime Minister is planning to set up a committee to investigate the reason behind the dead bodies found on certain streets of the country's capital Mogadishu. Read more »
The Gender and Equality Commission has moved to court seeking all lists of party nominations be withdrawn after the number of women elected did not meet the one third gender rule ... Read more »
Ministry of information and communication through its director, Joseph Owiti, has warned foreign journalists working in the country illegally that they risk deportation. Read more »
Legislators on the Defense and Internal Affairs committee have raised their concerns regarding the manner in which 140 police officers were deployed outside the borders to Somalia ... Read more »
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