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Jan 20 2014 5:44pm
Nigeria: flogged for daring to love
The image of a man laying on a bench in a packed court room in norther...
Jan 15 2014 5:29pm
Nigeria: Halt homophobic witch-hunt under new law
Nigeria must immediately release the more than ten people already arre...
Oct 3 2013 12:00am
Nigeria: Children's rights slaughtered, schools under siege - new report
Hundreds of Children's rights are being killed and thousands forced ou...
Aug 15 2013 12:00am
Nigeria becomes first African nation to ratify new Arms Treaty
‘We hope that Nigeria will … play a leading role in encouraging other ...
Jun 26 2013 12:00am
Amnesty calls for wider investigation into Shell's Nigeria operation after arrest of contractors
A major fire that forced Shell to close its Trans Niger Pipeline in so...
Jun 24 2013 12:00am
Nigeria reportedly hangs four men in Edo state - first executions since 2006
Amnesty International has received credible reports that the authoriti...
Jun 5 2013 12:00am
Nigeria: President should refuse to sign draconian anti-gay & lesbian bill
‘The bill is a throwback’ - Lucy Freeman The Nigerian president Goodlu...
Apr 14 2013 6:28pm
Patrick Orokafor
When Patrick was 14-years-old he was arrested for armed robbery, a cri...
Feb 27 2013 5:55pm
Forced Eviction by Lagos State in Nigeria
“The police said if we went back into the house they were going to sho...
Feb 25 2013 12:00am
Nigeria: Houses bulldozed, hundreds made homeless in Lagos
Amnesty International has urged the Nigerian authorities to immediatel...