Such killings are not uncommon in northern Nigeria, where blasphemy is regarded as a criminal offence under Islamic (Sharia) law, which operates alongside secular law in 12 mainly ...

BY NUSRAT LASISI “The failure to prevent mob violence of law enforcement agencies, especially the Nigeria Police ...

Jungle justice is the public execution of suspicion, the trial of rumours in the streets, and the punishment of alleged ...

Two Nigerian university students were brutally beaten by a mob after being accused of being gay, with graphic videos of the incident going viral on social media.

A police officer, Inspector Lasare Jeremiah attached to the Plateau State Police Command has died following an attack by a ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A mob in southern Nigeria killed 16 people, at least some them when tires were forced over their heads and shoulders and set on fire because they were believed to be kidnappers, ...

The Supreme Court of Nigeria is set to hold a long-awaited hearing on September 25 in the appeal of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a young Sufi Muslim musician sentenced to death by hanging in 2020 for alleged ...

A picture shows an unidentified man suffering mob justice in a town in Bayelsa state. Reports alleged that he murdered wife. A picture circulating online media showed the woman beater clogged in a ...

These chilling episodes illustrate a grim pattern: a culture where suspicion, fear, and misinformation replace the rule of law ...

Tension gripped Faruruwa village, Takai Local Government Area of Kano State, after suspected thieves brutally murdered a ...