Amnesty International has urged Federal Government to investigate alleged cases of political thuggery and violence on journalists and electorate during the supplementary election conducted in Kano State.
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The Coalition on Conflict Resolution and Human Rights in Nigeria has described as false recent report in the media credited to Amnesty International that over 60 persons were killed in Rann area of Borno State by members of the Boko Haram insurgents.
Abbe, who will become a Septuagenarian in January, was also a former Minister of Interior.
Danjuma stated this at the 11th Festival of Praise, with the theme “Sing out! Our God reigns,” held in Abuja on Saturday
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja, said the report by the body “is largely outdated”.
There is equally a confirmation by Amnesty International that it is being stoked by local politicians and that this whole problem is about scarcity of resources.
Falana’s position was contained in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday morning.
The Amnesty International Report 2018 on farmers/herders clashes has riled up the Nigerian Army Spokesman, Brigadier General Sani Usman, that he is threatening that the army would see to it that Amnesty International is expelled from Nigeria because their aims and objectives are to destabilize Nigeria.
The Federal Government has said it is increasingly concerned about the role that Amnesty International is playing in the war against terror in Nigeria.
Activists detained in Saudi Arabia have not faced torture and sexual harassment, said the kingdom on Friday.
The Nigeria Police Force has rejected Amnesty International Nigeria’s report on the alleged use of force against members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites.
The Defence Headquarters has expressed worry that the narrative of Amnesty International in matters of national security and unity of Nigeria has continued unabated in spite of verifiable evidences to the contrary.
The News Agency of Nigeri reports that the organisation had alleged in its report on Wednesday that the police and military used deadly force against IMN members.
Amnesty International has commended the Federal Government over the trial of suspected Boko Haram terrorists, describing the ongoing trial as ”good progress for the justice sector”.
It said the Nigerian government has used enforced disappearance as a longstanding tactic to silence critics and instil fear in civilian populations facing the double threat of armed groups, including Boko Haram, and military operations against them.
Governor Ortom raised the alarm on Friday when he addressed church leaders, traditional rulers and other stakeholders in the state ahead of the 2019 elections
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when a National Human Rights Commission delegation, led by its Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, paid him a courtesy visit
Saraki, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on New Media, Olu Onemola, said this while receiving the Amnesty International 2017/18 Report on: “The State of the World’s Human Rights,” and the organization’s report on women who survived Boko Haram, but were later maltreated, from its Country Director, Osai Ojigho, in Abuja.
In a statement signed by its director in Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, the group said at least 1,813 people had been murdered in attacks across 17 states since January 2018, stressing that this was more than double those killed in 2017
According to him, it is a report that contains details of alleged inhuman and degrading treatments of women in the Northeast IDPs camps.