Have you heard the news? America is now categorized as being an “unruly country,” a country where mass shootings occur. A “travel advisory” has been issued against the United States by an entity that is entirely credible, which entity is called “Amnesty International.” Amnesty International catalogues all the evil actions being perpetrated all around the […]
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BUSINESSDAY Nigeria plunges to 133rd on Gender Index as women shrink in economy, politics Nigeria’s DisCos broke as electricity attracts largest energy investments globally We are looking at the oil and gas space to forge collaboration between Nigeria and Norway What growing interest, confidence in JVs means to real estate consumers Why 2019 could be […]
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Global human rights group Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian Government of encouraging the impunity fueling the increasing insecurity in the country by failing to hold murderers to account. The group said in a statement on today(28/6/2018) that independently verified figures indicate that at least 1,813 persons have been murdered across 17 states, which is […]
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Reacting to a study that found babies in the Niger Delta were twice as likely to die in the first month of life if their mother lived near an oil spill before falling pregnant, Audrey Gaughran, Amnesty International’s Director of Global Issues, said: “This shocking study raises very serious questions about why international oil companies […]
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Environmental Rights Action, Amnesty International, and Friends of the Earth Europe have called for the immediate clean-up of Ogoniland in Nigeria, as it was stated should happen by a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). One year on from when the implementation of UNEPs report on Ogoniland was officially supposed to begin, the communities of the Niger […]
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Singapore must immediately halt the execution of Chijoke Stephen Obioha, a Nigerian national on death row for possession of drugs, Amnesty International said today. On Wednesday, Chijoke Stephen Obioha’s family was informed that his appeal for clemency has been rejected. He is set to be executed on Friday 18 November 2016. “The Singapore government still […]
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In response to the 10-year jail sentence handed down today to 27-year-old Fomusoh Ivo Feh and two of his friends recently convicted by the Military Court of Yaoundé for “non-denunciation of terrorist acts”, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director for West and Central Africa said: “Fomusoh Ivo and his two friends should never have […]
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A Nigerian police unit set up to combat violent crime has instead been systematically torturing detainees in its custody as a means of extracting confessions and lucrative bribes, Amnesty International said in a report published on 21 September 2016. In Nigeria: You have signed your death warrant, former detainees told Amnesty International they had been […]
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A letter to US Secretary of State, John Kerry by Tom Marino, who doubles as the chairman of USA’s Committee on the Judiciary, Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs. Dear Secretary Kerry, I am encouraged by the personal interest you have taken in aiding Nigeria and its administration as it takes on endemic corruption, multiple insurgent […]
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Eleven children under the age of six, including four babies, are among 149 people who have died this year following their detention in horrendous conditions in the notorious Giwa barracks detention centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Amnesty International reveals today. Evidence gathered through interviews with former detainees and eyewitnesses, supported by video and photos, shows many […]
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