•Senator Francis Fadahunsi Amnesty International Nigeria has invited Nigerians to sign an online petition calling for action over comments attributed to Senator Francis Fadahunsi ahead of tomorrow’s Osun State governorship election. The organisation made the call today in a series of posts on its official X account. Amnesty said the petition w...
•Omoyele Sowore The local branch of the global grassroots human rights movement, Amnesty International Nigeria, has demanded the immediate release of activist, Omoyele Sowore from detention. Sowore faces cyberbullying charges from the Department of Security Services (DSS) and his bail was revoked on June 16 for non-appearance in court, leading...
•The victim Human rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI), has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to launch a thorough investigation into the killing of a 14-year-old girl by a stray bullet in Maiduguri, Borno State. The incident reportedly occurred on Saturday while the victim was carrying out household activities, reports Ch...
•Tinubu and Amnesty International logo Amnesty International has condemned the deadly attack on St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Lilu, Anambra State. The organisation issued a statement yesterday, describing the incident as a gruesome assault by armed men. Gunmen attacked the church early on Sunday, killing a man and abducting the Reverend’s wi...
•The school signpost and Amnesty International’s Country Director, Isa Sanusi Amnesty International Nigeria has raised the alarm that the recent mass abductions of pupils and students from schools will cause a serious setback to education in Northern Nigeria. The Country Director, Isa Sanusi, explained that the trauma associated with abductio...
•A Tanzanian police officer stops a man accused by electoral officials of attempting to taint the voting process at a polling station in Stone Town yesterday during presidential elections Years of pent-up anger in Tanzania over state violence and the erosion of democracy are being unleashed in election unrest, an Amnesty International expert ...
Amnesty International Nigeria has raised alarm over reports of security forces attempting to suppress peaceful demonstrations in Abuja, where protesters are demanding the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. This is as the Nigeria Police Force has defended its use of tear gas, stating security operatives only ...
•Amnesty International logo and Tinubu Amnesty International (AI) has raised alarm over the recent pardon granted by President Bola Tinubu, asking the government to reconsider its action. Last Thursday, Tinubu granted a presidential pardon to one of Nigeria’s founding fathers, Herbert Macaulay, and former FCT minister in the Babangida regime, ...
•Sowore and Tinubu The Amnesty International and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have given President Bola Tinubu seven days to instruct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), to immediately withdraw the cybercrime and defamation charges filed against activist Om...
•Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered a review of a report by Amnesty International alleging extrajudicial killings and human rights violations in the South-East. The 128-page report, titled “A Decade of Impunity: Attacks and Unlawful Killings in South-East Nigeria,” accus...
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