How a police killing in Nigeria sparked a nationwide movement, and a global phenomenon. By Joshua Keating. Oct 22, 2020 6:50 PM. Protesters in Magboro, Nigeria, on Wednesday.

Between 2017 and 2020, Amnesty International said it has documented 82 cases of police brutality in Nigeria. “Detainees in SARS custody have been subjected to a variety of methods of torture ...

A4: Nigeria’s youth are demanding holistic police reform, and they seem intent on holding President Buhari responsible for fulfilling these calls. The failure of the country’s policing system is ...

Nigeria’s Police Brutality Crisis: What’s Happening Now. The authorities, unnerved in October by protests over police brutality, have promised changes.

LAGOS – Tears fill Ephraim Osinboyejo’s eyes as he recalls the idealism that drove thousands of Nigerians like him into the streets to campaign against police brutality – and the night … ...

Reforming Nigeria’s police force will take a great deal more effort and commitment than has emerged in the past 12 months. To begin with there’s the structural problem of the fact that the ...

Nigeria's police chief says hundreds of thousands of security forces are being deployed to ramp up safety in various troubled regions ahead of the country's Feb. 25 presidential election. (AP ...

Nigerian police are on red alert and may seek the help of the military after protests against the cost of living and governance issues turned violent in some cities, the inspector general of ...

At N403 billion, (US$980 million) the 2020 budget for the Nigeria Police was the highest it has been allocated in the past 5 years in terms of amount. This might seem like a large number.