Tag: Nigeria

Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has used methods of torture, rape, and murder, to extract information from suspects. On 4 ...

124 years ago, a brutal British punitive expedition tore through Benin City, burning and destroying the Royal Palace along with ...

In a case that has stretched on for decades, justice has finally been delivered to communities in Southern Nigeria. A ...

People across Nigeria and beyond have taken to the streets in a show of popular anger against police brutality. For ...

In an attempt to curb the smuggling of goods, Nigeria closed its land borders without warning this August. Hameed Ali, ...

Last week in South Africa, violence ravaged the country. Foreign-owned shops were the target of looting and torching. Besides shops ...

The concept that women’s rights activism and women’s empowerment are tasks for women and women-led organizations is indeed obsolete and ...

Abraham and George are auto mechanics with large shops in a southeastern city of Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. A visit ...

There exist a dozen or so articles focused on inspiring us to grow our own food, with titles such as: ...

The world is uniting behind the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While there are different approaches and different focuses from global ...

Today’s release of the 2017 Global Terrorism Index highlights welcome news for Nigeria. The sub-Sahara African nation has been beleaguered ...

EDITOR’S NOTE:  THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY UN WOMEN AS PART OF THE SERIES “FROM WHERE I STAND”, WHICH CAPTURES PEOPLES STORIES ...