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Four sentenced to death for terrorism in Owo church massacre

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Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced four members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group to death by hanging for their involvement in the June 5, 2022, attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, which left more than 40 worshippers dead and over 100 others injured. Justice Emeka Nwite, the trial […]

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Brutal killing of unarmed protesters at Lekki toll gate can compare to a massacre ―Lagos EndSARS panel says

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The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters has said that the atrocious killing of unarmed protesters at Lekki toll gate on the night of October 20, 2020, can be equated to a ‘massacre’ in context. The Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel made this known in […]

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