•Tinubu and Amnesty International logo Amnesty International today revealed that since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office on May 29 two years ago, more than 10,217 people have been killed in attacks by armed groups across several northern states, with Benue recording the highest death toll of 6,896 fatalities, followed by Plateau state...
•Goodluck Akinlawon receiving his prize A student of the University of Ibadan, Goodluck Akinlawon, has emerged the winner of the 2025 Amnesty International Nigeria Inter-Varsity Debate. Akinlawon triumphed over participants from 15 other universities across Nigeria in a highly competitive finale, reports Saturday PUNCH. A statement yesterday b...
•Ghana President John Dramani Mahama Amnesty International has called on the Ghanaian government to take immediate action to protect hundreds of people, primarily women, who are being subjected to rampant human rights abuses due to accusations of witchcraft. The rights group, in a statement released today, highlighted the severe risks faced by...
•Take-It-Back Movement protesters yesterday Despite police warnings, yesterday, youths across the country under the umbrella of the #TakeItBack movement staged a rally to draw attention to several national issues. Key among the concerns raised by the organisers were the alleged misuse of the Cybercrime Act, worsening economic hardship in the c...
•Isa Sanusi Amnesty International has said the allegation Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan levelled against Senate President Goodwill Akpabio must be investigated. The human rights group said this while responding to the development rocking the senate, reports Sunday Trust. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had accused Nigeria’s number three c...
•Festus Osifo, Ushie Uguamaye and Tinubu The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has waded into the trending issue of a Youth Corps member who allegedly got threatened by officials of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for criticising the President Bola Tinubu administration. TUC President, Festus Osifo, who was a guest on Channels Television yest...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked President Bola Tinubu to direct the Police to stop harassing and threatening Amnesty International, because they (Amnesty International) were defending Nigerians’ rights. The call is coming against the backdrop of the Police’s demand for Amnesty International to apologise o...
•Nigerian soldiers The Defence Headquarters has rejected claims by Amnesty International that 10, 000 persons died in its custody since the Boko Haram conflict began in the northeast. The international human rights organisation’s Country Director, Isa Sanusi, at a briefing in Maiduguri, accused Boko Haram and the military of many abuses, repor...
•Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa Amnesty International said yesterday that no fewer than 10,000 people have died in military custody since the Boko Haram conflict in the North-east started. The human rights organisation also accused Boko Haram and the military of many abuses, saying military personnel violated rules of engagem...
•Nigerian Police Force Human rights body Amnesty International has accused police authorities in Nigeria of using “excessive force” against demonstrators during the #EndBadGovernance protests. The protests took place between August 1-10 across the country owing to the harsh economic conditions in Nigeria, reports Channels TV. Months after the ...
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