Police reinstates officer indicted in the Apo Six murders

The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Danjuma, who was reportedly responsible for the extra-judicial killing of five young auto spare parts traders and a young woman on June 7, 2005, in Apo, Abuja, has been reinstated by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF). Reference: The victims, Ekene Isaac Mgbe, Ifeanyi Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Paulinus Ogbonna, Anthony Nwokike, and... Read More

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June 15, 2017

Extra judicial killings: Nigerian army releases report

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday released the report of a Special Board that probed alleged human rights abuse levelled against it by the Amnesty International (AI). AI had accused the Army of extra-judicial killing of members Boko Haram and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The nine-man board headed by Retired Maj.-Gen. A.T Jibril was... Read More

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March 9, 2017

Inquiry into extra-judicial killings by soldiers should be independent – Amnesty International

by Azeez Adeniyi Amnesty International on Thursday asked the Federal Government to ensure that inquiry into human rights abuses by the Nigerian Army should be independent of the military. Amnesty International Nigeria’s Interim Director Makmid Kamara in a press statement said, “This commitment from the Nigerian army to investigate human rights violations carried out by... Read More

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March 5, 2017

FG rejects Amnesty International’s report accusing army of extra-judicial killings

by Azeez Adeniyi The Federal Government has discredited the 2016 report by Amnesty International (AI) accusing the military of extra-judicial killings. In the February 22 report, AI accused the Nigerian military and other security agencies of extra-judicial killings. The report read in part: “In south-east Nigeria, security forces led by the military, embarked on a... Read More

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June 3, 2015

Nigerian Army accuses Amnesty International of blackmail

The Nigerian Army has responded to a new report by Amnesty International, where it was accused of carrying out extra-judicial killings and human rights abuses while prosecuting the war against Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram. According to the Army authority, the report by AI is intended to blackmail the Nigerian Armed Forces. Major General Christopher... Read More

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November 6, 2014

Extrajudicial killings: Soldiers shoot 16 men to death in Potiskum

by James Sambo According to an AFP report, on Wednesday, 5 November, after morning prayers, Nigerian soldiers rounded up 17 people, including an imam, from the Dogo Tebo area of Potiskum in Yobe state. The 16 men who were arrested by the soldiers were found dead hours later with bullet wounds. Residents and hospital staff said the bodies... Read More

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August 5, 2014

Nigerian Army slaughters Boko Haram suspects: Is this what Amnesty International has been talking about? (Viewer Discretion)

by Kolapo Olapoju Amnesty International has repeatedly accused the Nigerian Army of extra-judicial killings in its war against the menace of the Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram. To further justify its claims, the organisation has released a video where some soldiers are caught on camera slitting the throats of rounded Boko Haram suspects, one after... Read More

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June 28, 2012

Opinion: How Obasanjo underdeveloped Nigeria

By Muhammad Sageer Whatever catastrophe we are going through in this country is the brainchild of ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo is the genesis of almost Nigerian problem. When Obasanjo first came to power in 1999, many Nigerians had high hopes but unfortunately we never knew he came to destroy us. We had a tyrant in democracy toga.... Read More

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