Amnesty International Nigeria has strongly condemned the assault and public humiliation of Pedro Obaseki, a former Managing Director of Daar Communications, describing the act as “barbaric and unlawful.” The human rights organization issued a statement on Monday calling for an immediate investigation by the Nigerian Police Force into the incident, which occurred on Sunday in […]
More than 1,800 people, including a traditional ruler, have been killed in Nigeria’s South East region in just over two years, according to new data released by Amnesty International. The global rights organisation said at least 1,844 people were killed between January 2021 and June 2023 in attacks carried out by so-called unknown gunmen, local […]
Amnesty International has condemned Umar Bago, governor of Niger state, for ordering the closure of Badeggi 90.1 FM, a private radio station based in Minna. In a statement issued by Bologi Ibrahim, the governor’s chief press secretary, the station was accused of unethical practices and inciting violence. Ibrahim said Bago directed the police to seal […]
…advises Amnesty International to Fold Up Voluntarily The African Centre for Human Rights and Rule of Law has berated Amnesty International for its latest report that claimed that alleged that as many as 10, 000 persons have died in the custody of the Nigerian Army since the start of the Boko Haram. Head of the […]
The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) has cautioned Amnesty International and other non-governmental organisations in the country against attempts to distract and undermine the troops on the frontline. According to the centre, the allegation of excessive use of force by security agents in the South-East is another scheme targeted at dampening the morale of security […]
By Israel Abiodun Like a half-drunk arousing from a stupor, Amnesty International is finally exiting a self-inflicted reverie by returning to the trenches against the Nigerian state and the institutions entrusted with maintaining the country’s sovereignty, law enforcement and military agencies. It is an assignment at which it failed in the past and has apparently […]
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has berated Amnesty International (AI) over its call for the arrest and prosecution of former service chiefs. AI had in its recent report, called for the arrest and prosecution of the service chiefs at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged human rights violation in the prosecution […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has faulted reports by global rights organisation, Amnesty International, on the events that occurred at #EndSARS protests. Daily Times reports that Amnesty International had released reports on how the police shot some protesters. He described Amnesty’s report of October 21, 2020, as “untrue, misleading and contrary to all available […]
A Rights group, Amnesty International, has expressed its unhappiness over the Nigerian Government’s continued refusal to grant Yahaya Aminu-Sharif access to his lawyer as the time window for the musician to appeal his death sentence continues to fizzle out. Recall that the 22-year old singer was sentenced to death by hanging by an Upper Sharia […]
According to reports by the Nigerian arm of Amnesty International, at least 1,126 villagers were killed by bandits while no less than 380 persons were kidnapped from January to June 2020 in Nigeria, Daily Times gathered. In the report, Amnesty International blamed the killings on the nonchalant attitude of the government which gave gunmen an […]
A civic organization, Amnesty International Nigeria has called on security agents across the country to cease the ongoing brutality against peaceful protesters who have taken to the streets to call for better governance in Nigeria. The group made this call on Wednesday via its official Twitter handle which said “Amnesty International is calling on Nigerian […]
The global human rights group, Amnesty International has asks the Federal Government to end what it described as the unfair trail against rights activist, journalist and convener of #RevolutionNowCampaign, Mr. Omoyele Sowore. This is even as the International Human Rights watchdog has raised an eyebrow against what it termed as violation of deposed Emir Muhammadu […]
The Federal Government on Thursday admonished Amnesty International (AI) to stop providing succor to terrorists with its “growing practice of constantly attacking the Nigeria military and casting them as the bad guys”. READ ALSO: Troops capture terrorists, rescue captives in Borno –Army The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the admonition on Thursday […]
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has urged Amnesty International (AI) to put an end to its “reckless distortion of facts in its desperate bid to satisfy its “puppeteers by undermining Nigeria’s Military campaign against terrorism in the North East. Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known on Friday in Abuja. He said:”We […]
Nigeria’s military burned down villages and forcibly displaced hundreds of people in its fight against Islamist insurgents in the country’s northeast, rights group Amnesty International alleged on Friday. In the allegation, Amnesty said Nigerian soldiers razed three villages after forcing hundreds of men and women to leave their homes in the northeastern state of Borno […]
Protesters on Monday, stormed the Freedom Park, Lagos to cry out against the alleged involvement of Iran and the Amnesty International to cause unrest in Nigeria. The protesters, under the aegis of the Concerned Progressives, claimed the Government of Iran and Amnesty International were sponsoring violent groups and activities aimed at causing political, religious and […]
The Citizens Against Destabilization (CAD) has urged Nigerians not to succumb to the plot by the Iranian government and Amnesty International to destabilize the country. CAD made this known at a press conference on Iran’s nefarious plot to wreck havoc through their proxies on Sunday in Abuja. In a statement signed by President, Comrade Stephen […]
The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) has made a shocking revelation about an alliance between the Iranian government and Amnesty International to cause unrest in the country. According to the group, Iran-backed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) is the tool being used, evident in the various protests and marches, by some disgruntled politicians and groups […]
…wants Nigeria to emulate counterparts The Coalition for Human Rights Monitoring Groups in Nigeria (CHRMGN) has hailed India for the ban meted on international non-governmental organization, Amnesty International (AI). Following suspicious activities, the Asian nation in 2014 began a crack down on foreign NGOs, suspending or banning thousands of groups, many working in health or […]
Amnesty International Nigeria has blamed the police for the bloody Shi’ites clash that happened in the Federal Capital City Abuja yesterday July 22nd. In a statement released by Seun Bakare, the programme manager at Amnesty International Nigeria, the body condemned the police for opening fire on ”unarmed” Shi’ites members. According to the statement, six persons […]