The Nigerian authorities have left rural communities at the mercy of rampaging gunmen who have killed at least 1,126 people in the north of the country...
Amnesty international has accused the Nigerian authorities of failure to prosecute officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), despite anti-torture legislation passed in 2017 and evidence...
Soldiers rampaging through villages in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have unlawfully killed or forcibly disappeared at least 199 people between February and April 2020, Amnesty...
Amnesty International says Nigeria government’s response to rape continues to be woefully inadequate. As Nigerians continue to demand Justice for Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 22-yr-old student,...
Nigeria must urgently address its failure to protect and provide education to an entire generation of children in the Northeast, a region devastated by years of...
Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian Government to ensure justice is served in the case of 640 recaptured detainees killed by the Army at Giwa...
Letter to NHRC on a need for urgent constitutional action on anti-democratic bills and incessant assault on Human Rights. The Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission...
Nigeria’s military burned down villages and forcibly displaced hundreds of people in its fight against Islamist insurgents in the country’s northeast, rights group Amnesty International alleged...
The Cross River State government on Friday took over the prosecution of Agba Jalingo, publisher of news portal, CrossRiverWatch. The state’s attorney general, Tanko Ashang informed...
Rights group, Amnesty International has warned the Nigerian Government on the danger of the hate speech and social media bills before the National Assembly, describing the...
Dr Kolawole Olaniyan, legal adviser to Amnesty International, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has shown “stunning disregard for the rule of law and human rights,...
The Nigerian Army has called for the closure of the Amnesty International offices in Nigeria, alleging there is credible evidence the organisation is working hard to...
