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Amnesty International, an international non-governmental organisation (INGO) focused on human rights, has asked President Bola Tinubu to treat the recent unchecked kidnapping incidents across the country as an emergency. In recent…

Amnesty International has called for an investigation into the security lapses that enabled the attack in Bokkos and Barki-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State. According to the organisation over 140 people were killed by…

Global rights body, Amnesty International, has condemned the rise in ethnocentric narratives inciting tribal hatred through social media, The PUNCH reports. The organisation also accused influential people such as journalists and…

Amnesty International has denounced the imprisonment of two TikTok users in Kano State, Mubarak Muhammad (Uniquepikin) and Nazifi Muhammad for allegedly defaming the persona of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State in one of their…

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has rejected reports by global rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI), that police officers shot at peaceful #EndSARS protesters. It would be recalled that AI on October 21 published…

International human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has released a new timeline investigating the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza a week after, and called on Federal Government to put an end to their…

Global human rights group, Amnesty International, has disclosed that bandits killed 1,126 villagers in Nigeria between January and June 2020. The organisation said the most affected were villages in Southern Kaduna, where armed men…

Nigerian Defence Headquarters has denied Amnesty International’s claims of torturing children arrested for allegedly engaging in terrorism. Human rights group, Amnesty International made the allegation in its recently released 91-page…

Global rights group, Amnesty International, has condemned the treatment of children arrested for allegedly engaging in terrorism. Amnesty International claimed that the children are usually locked up with adult terrorists who sexually…

The Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai The Nigerian Army has advised international aid organisations to stay off conflict areas in the North-East in order not to be victims of the crisis. The Chief of the Army Staff, Lt.…

The protest of some Nigerians demanding the expulsion of Iranians, Amnesty International and others alleged to be destabilizing the country, has extended to its second day.  Some Nigerians led by the Concerned Citizens Coalition (CCC)…