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United Nations alarmed by alleged torture, ill-treatment meted out to Kanu by Nigerian and Kenyan govts

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United Nations (UN) has expressed concern over the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and his continous detention and alleged torture while in the Department of State Services (DSS) custody. This was contained in UN’s Mandates of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or […]

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Criminal charge of rape, torture, et al, filed against Kogi State Commissioner

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The police have instituted a criminal case against the Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Abdulmumuni Danga, after he allegedly assaulted a beauty queen named Elizabeth Oyeniyi earlier this year. Danga is to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja on a seven-count charge, including rape, brutality, coercion and torture. Elizabeth Oyeniyi accused Mr […]

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