Tag: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Children dying among detained Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria – Amnesty...
Babies and children are among more than 100 people to have died in detention this year in a military barracks in northeast Nigeria where...
Amnesty accuses Nigerian military over deadly Shiite clashes
Amnesty International on Friday accused Nigeria's military of deliberately shooting dead more than 350 Shiite Muslims, burying them in mass graves and destroying evidence...
Amnesty International wants probe of secret mass burial of Shiites in...
Claims by a Kaduna State official that Nigeria's military secretly buried 347 people after clashes with members of a minority Shiite Muslim sect should...
Nigerian Army, Amnesty International bicker over reinstatement of general indicted for...
The Nigerian Army has defended its decision to reinstate Major General Ahmadu Mohammed into military service, insisting that its position was in order.
Mohammed was...
Human Rights Watch accuses Nigerian soldiers of killing hundreds of Shiites
Hundreds of Shiite Muslims were killed by Nigerian soldiers and buried in mass graves in an "unjustified" attack earlier this month, Human Rights Watch...
Boko Haram attacks keep one million children from school
The Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has forced more than 1 million children out of school, heightening the risk they will...
US, CAN, NSCIA call for investigation of Shiite deaths
The United States of America on Wednesday urged the Nigerian government to investigate reports of a large number of deaths over the weekend in...
Shell lied about oil spill clean-up in Nigeria – Amnesty International
Amnesty International on Tuesday described Shell’s claims that it is cleaning up spills that has destroyed lives in Nigeria as "blatantly false".
A contractor was...
10 interesting facts about Dakore at 37
By Bisola Bello
Nollywood actress, Dakore Akande, turns 37 on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. The mother of two has featured in over 50 movies in...