Tag: Amnesty International

  • States’ Judicial Panel Submit #EndSARS Reports

    States’ Judicial Panel Submit #EndSARS Reports

    In what was tagged to be a non-partisan solidarity demonstration against excessive abuse of authority, Nigeria youths in October 2020 championed a nationwide protest demanding the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) over its extra-judicial brutalities against the youth. Although the protest started in 2016 when Nigerian activists, youths and celebrities signed a petition…

  • Sex Crimes And High Fertility Rates in Nigeria’s Northern IDP Camps

    Sex Crimes And High Fertility Rates in Nigeria’s Northern IDP Camps

    With a growing population of 211,366,891, Nigeria is by a fair margin Africa’s most populated country. Its population has rapidly grown in the last two years from approximately 2.52% to 2.71% (an addition of over 5 million people). 0.17% of these new Nigerians are born in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) shelters in Borno state. A…