Tag: Amnesty International
Beyond SARS: Change has come to Nigeria, By Osmund Agbo
“Mgbe onye ji teta ula bu ututu ya”
(Morning translates to whenever one decides it’s time to wake up)
-Igbo Proverb
For quite some time, one had...
EndSARS: Death toll rises to 12, many injured
Twelve people have been killed since protests against police brutality started in Nigeria about 10 days ago.
Youths in states across the geopolitical zones in...
Military killed 2 Southern Kaduna youths, SOKAPU alleges
Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU) has alleged that men of Operation Safe Haven, the security outfit keeping the peace in Southern Kaduna and Plateau...
#ENDSARS: Have Our Children Gone Mad? By Azu Ishiekwene
You’ll have to go back nearly a decade to find anything resembling what has been happening across the country in the last one week.
Back...
IPOB releases list of members allegedly killed by SARS, cries out...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has released the names of some of their members allegedly killed by men of the Special Anti Robbery...
Blasphemy: Reverse musician’s death sentence, Amnesty tells Ganduje
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has condemned the death sentence handed down to a musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, by a Sharia Court in Kano State...
Amnesty International accuses FG of empowering SARS to maltreat Nigerians
Amnesty International Nigeria has accused the Federal Government of empowering officers of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to maltreat Nigerians by not holding any of...
Amnesty slams FG for arresting man who organised Katsina protests
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has slammed the Federal Government for arresting Nastura Sharif, the man who organised a series of protests against the...
Germany says its coronavirus tracking app is best in world
German top government official, Helge Braun, on Tuesday, said the country’s coronavirus contact tracing app that had been made available for download in Germany...
Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium workers went months without pay ...
Dubai - A Qatari company helping build a 2022 World Cup stadium has been banned from the event’s projects after its...
50 Years After Biafra War, Coronavirus Causes ‘Low-Key’ Commemoration
This year’s ‘Biafra Day’ is being commemorated low-key as Nigeria grapples with restrictions put in place to curb the coronavirus pandemic which has spread...
Saudi Arabia Abolishes Flogging, Death Penalty For Minors
Saudi Arabia has ended the death penalty for crimes committed by minors after effectively abolishing floggings, as the kingdom seeks to blunt criticism over...
Special Report: Nigeria – A Killing Field Of Defenceless Christians as...
By Intersociety
ONITSHA, Anambra States - Nigeria has fully become a killing field of defenceless Christians. Available statistics have shown that between 11,500 and 12,000...
Supreme Justice against Imo verdict nominated for global honour in the...
A coalition of US rights groups (US for Global Democracy, ABA Groups, Amnesty International, Global Peace Foundation, American Association for Justice), has nominated Justice...
Shehu Sani: EFCC Contradicts Own Statement, As Court Adjourns Till 5th...
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a dramatic twist on Wednesday contradicted its statement that it was...
Imo Guber Judgement Review: Matters Arising
On February 18, 2020 the Nigerian Supreme Court sat and called up for the first time the application by Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and...
AU-ECOSOC alleges AI sponsored to destabilise Nigeria
By Sumaila Ogbaje
Abuja - The Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOC), one of the organs of the African Union (AU),...
Amnesty Int’l declares Agba Jalingo Prisoner of Conscience, wants charges against...
ABUJA - Global human rights group, Amnesty International has declared Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch a prisoner of conscience.
Agba Jalingo was on Monday released,...