At least nine people have been reported killed and many abducted following an attack in Nigeria’s northwest, residents and local officials said, amid increasing violence against farmers by what have ...

Nigerian security forces have killed at least 30 gunmen after armed attacks in the country’s northwest, authorities said on ...

A Nigerian judicial panel says that army soldiers “shot, injured and killed” peaceful protesters demonstrating against police brutality at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos in Oct. 2020.

“So far, Nigerian Police have killed at least 10 people since the start of protests against callous operations of SARS,” according to Amnesty International.

A Nigerian court sentenced a police officer to death for the fatal shooting of a lawyer in Lagos, a move that has been widely commended as a punitive response to misconduct.

Nigerian security forces clashed with protesters during mass demonstrations over the country's economic crisis, leaving at least nine people dead, a rights group said Friday. One police officer ...

Amnesty International said the Nigerian army and police killed at least 12 peaceful protesters in Lagos, with violent clashes continuing in the city of 14 million.. Protesters reacted in anger ...

Three seminarians were kidnapped in Nigeria’s Edo State on July 10, adding to the escalating crisis of abductions plaguing ...

LAGOS, Nigeria—Several people were killed as Nigerian soldiers opened fire at a key protest site in Lagos, witnesses said, as the government sought to end two weeks of marches against police ...