Tag: Amnesty International

HANOI- Ahead of the trial of prominent Vietnamese activist and independent journalist Nguyen Lan Thang,Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Wednesday called for...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), says all those who tried to cover up the shootings at the Lekki toll gate on October 20,...

Amid rising insecurity in Nigeria, the country now risks an arms embargo following the indictment of the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force...

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has called for the dismissal, arrest, and trial of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai...

Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has been called out by the convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju. Deji lambasted Mohammed, telling him...

Panellists speaking at the 2021 International Day Of The Girl Child event on Monday have reiterated the need to include girls and women in...

Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed is on his way back to Nigeria after embarking on a futile trip to the US. Mohammed...

Abuja - No fewer than 115 persons from the South-East have been allegedly killed by security operatives between March and June , a report...

Hong Kong marked the anniversary of its return to Chinese rule in 1997 with a flag-raising ceremony on Thursday, displaying the flag of the...

The Nigerian Army and a popular Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, on Wednesday disagreed over the latter’s allegation that security agents were collaborating with bandits. Gumi,...

President Muhammadu Buhari's Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has opened up on why he supported Niger Delta militants, Asari Dokubo...

The United States (U.S.) Department of States says there is no verifiable evidence on the reported killings of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate...

The United States has accused authorities in Nigeria of massive corruption and stifling of free speech in 2020. The US stated this in the ‘2020...

Global rights group, Amnesty International, says the abduction of students and members of staff of Government Science College, Kagara, in Niger State, shows that...

Debo Adebayo, the popular Nigerian comedian who is also known as Mr Macaroni, has been arraigned before a mobile court, The PUNCH reports. Spokesman for...

The police have been attacked by Nigerians on social medoa for ‘denying’ #OccupyLekkiTollGate protesters arrested at the Lekki Tollgate on Saturday access to lawyers. Some...

The fight against terror in Nigeria has been a theatre of the absurd. What began as a tiny spark of itinerant fanatics taking a...

As millions of Nigerians struggle to enrol for the National Identification Number (NIN), the Federal Government has revealed the next step it will take...

The Federal Government has accused the International Criminal Court, ICC, and Amnesty International, AI, of becoming part of the country’s security challenges by attacking...

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, says the court has found a reasonable basis to begin investigating members of the Nigerian...