police brutality

The killing, last Sunday, of a young and promising Lagos lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, by yet another trigger-happy policeman right in broad daylight is not only sad but condemnable. The Christmas Day shooting of the upcoming realtor, who had bright...

September 19, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Monday clarified the assertion of its spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on a trending video, which showed two civilians assaulting and trying to disarm a uniformed policeman in Lagos State. In...

September 14, (THEWILL) – The Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, awarded compensations to 74 victims of...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 27, (THEWILL) - In a landmark judgement, a Federal High Court sitting in Bauchi has awarded a N210 compensatory package against the police to three victims of police brutality and extrajudicial killing in the state. The court was...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, (THEWILL) - George Floyd, a 46 years old black man died on Monday after police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee to his throat despite Floyd's repeated pleas for him to stop. Derek Chauvin was...