LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years, as the Middle East and North Africa’s most notorious executioners carried out killing sprees, Amnesty International said today as it released its annual review of the death penalty. However, there was good news in Sub-Saharan Africa as recorded executions dropped by…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International calls on the Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) armed group to cease targeting civilians following the unlawful killing of dozens of civilians in towns in the east of the country in recent days in indiscriminate attacks and, in some cases, summary killings. Those killed during attacks in and around the…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis has condemned the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo LGA of Ondo state, expressing his condolences to the victims’ families. Gunmen attacked the church on Sunday, killing many worshippers and injuring several people. The gunmen were said to have detonated explosives before firing at the congregants. Rotimi Akeredolu, governor…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights abuse investigator, who is also a researcher, formerly working with the Amnesty International, Nigeria, Mr. Damian Ugwu, has taken to his social media handle to recall how an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), John Umoru, otherwise known as ‘Too Much Money,’ allegedly caused the death of seven detainees. Ugwu…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security forces killed at least 115 people in southeast Nigeria this year and arbitrarily arrested or tortured scores of others, in response to violence from separatists agitating for autonomy, Amnesty International said on Thursday. A Nigerian presidency spokesman declined to comment on the information set out in an Amnesty report. Police and…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International on Thursday accused the Nigerian government of attempting to cover up the killing of a dozen citizens during peaceful protests in Lagos last October. Youth-led demonstrations in Nigeria began against police abuse, quickly spiralling in broader calls for reform. But they ended weeks later when security forces shot at demonstrators…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International has revealed that ten women working on Kwashabe rice farm are missing after a fresh attack by Boko Haram terrorist group in Borno. Boko Haram had beheaded 43 farmers in Zabarmari LGA, Borno on Saturday. AI revealed that of the 43 farmers slaughtered by the terrorist group, 16 were Internally…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There were heavy gunshots at the Lekki toll gate, Lagos State, on Tuesday, as soldiers reportedly opened fire on #EndSARS protesters. Amnesty International said “excessive use of force” occasioned “deaths of protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos”. “While we continue to investigate the killings, Amnesty International wishes to remind the authorities…