•Venezuelan political leader Juan Pablo Guanipa speaks with journalists Venezuelan authorities have granted amnesty to 379 political prisoners, a lawmaker said yesterday, after a new law was enacted by interim authorities following the US toppling of former leader Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela’s National Assembly unanimously adopted the law a day ...
•Nigerian lawyers Senior legal practitioners in the country today described the granting of amnesty to terrorists by state governors as an anomaly. In separate interviews with our correspondents, the lawyers maintained that no portion of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, conferred such powers on governors, reports Vanguard. They were unanimou...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has strongly refuted claims circulating on social media suggesting that the organisation endorsed amnesty and financial incentives for terrorists aand bandits operating across northern Nigeria. In a statement released yesterday, the ACF described the allegations sparked by a viral video clip as “mischievously...
•Abubakar Idris a.k.a. Dadiyata Six years after the mysterious abduction of Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, in Kaduna State, the family and Amnesty International have faulted the federal government for what they described as its “deafening silence and shameful inaction” in resolving the activist’s disappearance seven years later. ...
•Repentant Boko Haram terrorists Retired Group Captain and security analyst, Sadeeq Garba Shehu, has raised concerns over Nigeria’s approach to the deradicalisation and amnesty programmes for Boko Haram fighters, questioning whether the country has met the conditions required under international law to implement such initiatives. Speaking duri...
•#EndBadGovernance protesters The Nigeria Police Force said it has written and demanded an immediate retraction and public apology regarding a publication titled “Bloody August: Nigeria Government’s Violent Crackdown on Bad Governance Protests” written to Amnesty International. Today’s statement by the Force’s Public Relations Officer, A...
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered an investigation into allegation of the Nigerian Police Force’s culpability in the deaths and arrests of protesters during the August #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest. Amnesty had in a briefing published a few days ago, accused NPF of “using excessive force against protesters du...
•The arraigned malnourished children Human Rights Group, Amnesty International, has asked the federal government to release the minors who were arrested over the #EndBadGovernance protest in August. Recall that protesters trooped out to the streets across Nigeria between August 1 and August 10, 2024, over the nationwide hardship, reports Daily...
•Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa Ondo State governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa has granted amnesty to 117 convicts currently serving various prison terms in the state. In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Ebenezer Adeniyan, today, Aiyedatiwa’s gesture was a transformative decision aimed at reforming the lives...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Dennis Otuaro as Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Otuaro will be replacing Maj. Gen. Barry Ndiomu (Rtd), who had served as Interim Administrator of the programme since September 2022. Otuaro’s appointment was announced yesterday evening in a statement by Special Adviser ...
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