Vigilante violence is so prevalent in Nigeria that suspicion of petty theft can get one killed. Experts say Nigeria must reform its justice and police systems to deter it. Readers may find parts of ...

According to Change in Africa (2021), at least one person is tortured or killed every day by enraged mobs who take the law into their own hands. The report highlights that Cameroon and Nigeria record ...

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Sunday, October 20, condemned what it described as dangerous and abhorrent trend of jungle justice. The police cautioned the general public on the consequences of ...

Please note that I said “increased frenzy in media reports” and NOT the jungle justice itself; for that has always been with us like the saying goes, “from time immemorial”! Though the media is now ...

The campaign to free the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has taken on a new dimension ...

The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Senator John Azuta-Mbata, has paid tribute to the late Chief Edwin Clark, a stalwart leader and champion of Niger Delta rights. Speaking at a gathering to ...

This article by Mohammed Ibrahim was originally published by Peace News Network on March 5, 2025. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a media partnership agreement. In ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's main opposition on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari's threat to use soldiers to deal with any attempts to tamper with voting material during a delayed vote was a ...

The national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria described the Owo attack as a shocking extension of terrorism to the southern part of the country. Father Solomon Zaku, pictured on ...