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Amnesty International Nigeria

May 19, 2026

UniAbuja student wins Amnesty International’s 2026 inter-varsity debate

A 500-level law student of University of Abuja, Amra Salihu,has emerged winner of the 2026 Amnesty International intervarsity debate.

Amnesty International’s 2026 inter-varsity debate
April 4, 2026

One-party State: Amnesty International condemns Wike over statement to ‘shoot’ TV presenter Seun Okinbaloye

The rights organisation said Mr Wike’s remark violated the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) code. 

Wike
January 19, 2026

Time to shut down Wawa Barracks where SSS caged Calista Ifedi to death

Every official involved in the arrest, detention, neglect, and concealment of Mrs Ifedi’s death must be identified and prosecuted.

Calista Ifedi
December 2, 2025

Tinubu govt failing to protect Nigerians as bandits attack, abduct at will: Amnesty International

The group noted that suspected perpetrators of killings and abductions often escape justice.

August 2, 2025

Amnesty International urges Tinubu to intervene in Dadiyata’s disappearance 

Dadiyata was allegedly abducted on Aug. 2, 2019, by masked gunmen at the gate of his home in Kaduna, and has not been seen since.

Abubakar Idris
April 18, 2025

Plateau Killings: Amnesty urges Tinubu to end ‘cycle of bloodshed’

Amnesty said the Nigerian government’s response to the violence has been largely ineffective. 

Bola Tinubu and Amnesty International
May 9, 2024

1,336 people killed in Plateau under Tinubu’s watch in three months: Amnesty International

Twenty-nine thousand, five hundred and fifty-four people are currently displaced in the three LGAs, within the period under review.

BODY BAGS; TINUBU SLEEPING
July 20, 2023

Amnesty International announces Isa Sanusi as country director

Until his new appointment, Isa Sanusi was Amnesty International Nigeria’s media and communications manager, a position he has held since 2016.

Isa Sanusi
February 23, 2023

IPOB scaring Igbos from voting in presidential election: Amnesty International

“The non-state actors, particularly the IPOB, who have declared that…they will totally lock down the South-East, make a lot of people to be afraid to go and vote.”

IPOB(Credit: Nigeria Guardian)
October 23, 2022

Amnesty International raises alarm over threats to activist Okechukwu Nwanguma

The police reform activist said he recently received threats and police invitations over his advocacy.

Okechukwu Nwanguma