Chairman of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce), Mr. Olayinka Egbeyemi, disclosed yesterday that 10 members of the criminal cult group, known as ‘Awawa boys’ from Agege are now working in his Agency.
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Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar said on Wednesday he would consider an amnesty for corruption suspects in order to help recover billions of dollars stashed abroad by the country’s politicians and government officials. Abubakar, is the main challenger to President Muhammadu Buhari in the Feb. 16 election, where corruption, security…
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The Defence Headquarters yesterday accused Amnesty International of sabotaging the ongoing anti-insurgency fight in Nigeria by deeds and actions capable of dampening the morale of the combatants. At a press conference in Kaduna, the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier-General John Agim, alleged that the global agency had designed counter-productive plans to frustrate the war […]
Amnesty International, AI, on Thursday released its 2017/2018 Human Rights report, wherein the global rights organisation accused the Nigerian military of arbitrarily arresting and detaining thousands of young men, women and children. It stated that as at last April, the military held more than 4,900 in extremely overcrowded facility in Giwa Barrack, adding that disease, […]
Amnesty outlines how Nigerians’ rights were violated by military, Boko Haram, others
Introduction During the commemoration of the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Day on January 15, news reverberated that, the Nigerian Army
Right group, Amnesty International, on Thursday said that dozens of Boko Haram suspects have died in custody of the Cameroonian security forces, while being brutally tortured in the fight against the jihadist group. Boko Haram which originated in Nigeria has frequently carried out attacks in Cameroon, Chad and Niger. The NGO maintained that it had […]
How Boko Haram suspects were killed, tortured by Cameroon’s Intelligence – Amnesty
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Many ex-militants, said to be foot soldiers of former militant leaders, on Wednesday, threw caution to the wind, attacking a branch of Skye Bank in Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, over alleged huge deductions from their monthly stipends. It was learnt that the ex-militants went berserk at the banking hall after […]
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Many ex-militants, said to be foot soldiers of former militant leaders, on Wednesday, threw caution to the wind, attacking a branch of Skye Bank in Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, over alleged huge deductions from their monthly stipends. It was learnt that the ex-militants went berserk at the banking hall after […]
Somalia’s new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Thursday declared war against Shabaab extremists, offering amnesty to militants who surrendered within 60 days and warning the rest would "face the consequences".
The Shiite leader has been held without charge since December 2015.
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