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Buhari tells ICC boss that Boko Haram is a criminal gang with no religious or ethnic case African News

Buhari tells ICC boss that Boko Haram is a criminal gang with no religious or ethnic case

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has told the chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court (ICC) that the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria is sheer criminal behaviour that has nothing to do with religion or ethnicity.   Since 2009, Boko Haram insurgents have been fighting a war with the Nigerian state, seeking to establish an...
ICC poised to open investigation into abduction of school pupils across northern Nigeria African News

ICC poised to open investigation into abduction of school pupils across northern Nigeria

INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors are planning to initiate investigations into the abduction of school pupils across Nigeria in response to a petition it received from the Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap).   Of late, kidnapping has become a thriving business across Nigeria and increasingly,...
Sunday Igboho Prof Akintoye and 49 other Yoruba bodies petition ICC accusing Buhari of genocide News

Sunday Igboho Prof Akintoye and 49 other Yoruba bodies petition ICC accusing Buhari of genocide

SUNDAY Igboho and Professor Banji Akintoye have teamed up with 49 other Yoruba self determination groups to file a 27-page petition against President Muhammadu Buhari before the International Criminal Court (ICC).   Of late, ethnic tensions have risen across Nigeria with the various component parts of the country agitating to...
Buhari's nomination of former service chiefs for ambassadorial roles attracts condemnation African News

Buhari's nomination of former service chiefs for ambassadorial roles attracts condemnation

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's decision to nominate the four recently-replaced armed service chiefs as ambassadorial candidates has attracted widespread condemnation from political commentators as it is it seen as an attempt to shield them from prosecution.   Last week, President Buhari replaced chief of defence staff General...
British high commissioner to Nigeria insists that CCTV footage of Lekki shooting must be seen African News

British high commissioner to Nigeria insists that CCTV footage of Lekki shooting must be seen

BRITAIN's high commissioner to Nigeria Catriona Laing has urged the judicial panel probing the Lekki Toll Gate shooting to study all the incidents captured in the available recording of what happened on October 20.   Following a month-long nationwide protest against the brutality of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (Sars) police...
International Criminal Court launches preliminary inquiry into Lekki Toll Gate shooting African News

International Criminal Court launches preliminary inquiry into Lekki Toll Gate shooting

NIGERIAN political and military officials responsible for the Lekki Toll Gate massacre in which unarmed protesters were shot may now be prosecuted for crimes against humanity after the International Criminal Court (ICC) commenced and inquiry into the matter.   On October 20, Nigerian Army troops opened fire on unarmed...
Pope Francis I intervenes in Nigerian crisis calling for prayers to end the ongoing violence Headline

Pope Francis I intervenes in Nigerian crisis calling for prayers to end the ongoing violence

POPE Francis I has intervened in the ongoing crisis in Nigeria by calling for prayers over the current violence and widespread  looting that has spread nationwide across the country asking that peace be returned.   Last Tuesday, Nigerian Army troops opened fire on unarmed protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, killing several of...
Femi Falana warns Buratai that he could face charges at ICC if army cracks down on protesters News

Femi Falana warns Buratai that he could face charges at ICC if army cracks down on protesters

  HUMAN rights lawyer Femi Falana has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to use the military against #EndSARS protesters making it clear that if this happens chief of army staff Lt General Tukur Buratai faces being charged with crimes against humanity.   Over the last fortnight, there have been widespread...
 

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