A human rights organisation under the aegis of Conference of Nigeria Civil Society for Peace, Human Rights and National Unity (CNCSPHRNU) has given Amnesty International an ultimatum of seven days to quit Nigeria, or face its wrath. The group gave the quit order on Sunday, while picking holes in the 2020 report of Amnesty International
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The Chief of Army Staff(COAS) Lt. Gen. TY Buratai has urged the troops fighting insurgents in the North East not to be demoralized by the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation and the Amnesty International’s posture. The words of encouragement for the soldiers was contained in a press release signed by Brigadier Gen. Sagir Musa, Acting
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Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has declined reports by Amnesty International (AI), a global human rights organisation, that some EndSARS protesters were shot by police. He described Amnesty’s report of October 21, 2020, that police personnel shot at peaceful protesters as “untrue, misleading and contrary to all available empirical evidence”. Adamu said police
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The Presidency has accused the Amnesty International (AI) of projecting misleading and inaccurate details about recent events both the shooting of unarmed, peaceful EndSARS protesters by soldiers in Lekki, Lagos State and other attending chaos in the country that amnesty international feels is against human rights. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed yesterday denied allegations by Amnesty International (AI) that Nigerian troops burnt some villages and forcefully displaced the residents. Although the Defence Headquarters had responded to the accusation, Mohammed who spoke yesterday at a news conference in Abuja, said Nigerian troops do not employ arson as an
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Some protesters believed to have been sponsored by the Federal Government were seen complaining about the failure of their sponsor to pay for the demonstration which held outside the office of the rights group, Amnesty International, on Colorado Street, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday In a video posted on the Twitter handle of AI, one of
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