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Global rights group, Amnesty International, has knocked the Nigerian military the accidental bombing that killed over 85 villagers and injured several others at Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on…

Amnesty International, on Friday, revealed that three years after the #EndSARS demonstration in 2020, fifteen demonstrators in all are still being arbitrarily detained. The majority of the protestors are being held in Lagos' Kirikiri…

Staging the 2030 men’s World Cup in Saudi Arabia would be “virtually impossible” if FIFA correctly applies its human rights criteria to any bid it makes, Amnesty International has said. The Middle Eastern country, which has been…

The Taliban has announced on Tuesday, August 17 an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government, trying to calm nerves across a nervous capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as people tried to…

Senator Ali Ndume, lawmaker representing Borno-South at the National Assembly and Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, has kicked against the amnesty granted to Boko Haram members. The Senator made his position known while speaking with…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of 2,600 inmates across the country as part of efforts to decongest the custodial centres and discourage the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the country. Minister of Interior, Rauf…

Positive blood test result for the new rapidly spreading Coronavirus, originating in Wuhan, China Four Nigerian students in the United Kingdom have tested positive for Coronavirus. The students are beneficiaries of the 2019 Niger Delta…

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)…

Amnesty International has called on Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo to intervene in the alleged brutalisation of Nigerians by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Reports emerged over the weekend that men alleged to be SARS officials…

Ex-militants in Bayelsa State have taken to the streets to protest thereby calling for the removal of Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Charles Dokubo. The protesting militants on Monday morning blocked the Mbiama…

A Nigerian civil society group Sunday said the move by the Nigerian government to forgive ‘repentant’ Boko Haram fighters will “undermine peace and stability in the country.” Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said…

The militants who kidnapped the six Senior Secondary School pupils of Lagos Model College, Igbonla, Epe, Lagos State, a few months ago, were among some youths that surrendered their arms to embrace the amnesty programme of the Ondo…

Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s new President has opened a three-month amnesty window for the return of public funds looted by individuals and companies and illegally stashed abroad. Mnangagwa said in a statement released on Tuesday…