Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Huffington Post Report on the Boko Haram Terrorist Suicide Bomb Attack in Abuja
The Nigerian radical Islamist sect Boko Haam claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on the Louis Edet House, headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja (FCT) on Thursday, June 16, 2011. The following are reports of it from the Huffington Post.
Nigeria sect spreads reach with suicide bombing
Jun 18, 2011 ... LAGOS, Nigeria — The radical Muslim sect has shot police officials and clerics from atop motorcycles, torched churches and even freed ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110618/af-nigeria-vio... - 1 hour ago
Nigeria Explosion Hits Police Headquarters In Abuja
Jun 16, 2011 ... ABUJA, Nigeria — At least one person has been killed in an explosion outside police headquarters in Nigeria's capital Thursday, an emergency ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/nigeria-explosion-abuja_n_87796...
Blast at police headquarters in Nigeria capital
Jun 16, 2011 ... ABUJA, Nigeria — At least one person has been killed in an explosion outside police headquarters in Nigeria's capital Thursday, an emergency ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110616/af-nigeria/
RNN | Nigeria : Reuters: Large blast shakes buildings in ...
FROM @RassdNews: RNN | Nigeria : Reuters: Large blast shakes buildings... 9 minutes ago. FROM AP: AP names Peoples to New England politics post. ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/t/rnn-nigeria-reuters-large_81410713142312...
Explosion rocks police HQ in Nigeria
BIG NEWS: · Iran · Middle East Protests · Julian Assange · Nigeria · Al Qaeda ... FROM @cnni: Explosion rocks police HQ in Nigeria ... 2 minutes ago ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/t/explosion-rocks-police-hq_81332812896145...
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FROM AP: Nigeria sect spreads reach with suicide bombing... just now. FROM AP: Mass. clammers say airport upgrade will harm them... 2 minutes ago ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/t/i-just-unlocked-the-playe_821182... - 1 hour ago
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FROM AP: Nigeria sect spreads reach with suicide bombing... 1 minute ago. FROM AP: Mass. clammers say airport upgrade will harm them... 3 minutes ago ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/t/please-allow-me-a-rare-pe_821176... - 1 hour ago
Suicide attacker suspected in Nigeria police bombing: ...
FROM @AlArabiya_Eng: Suicide attacker suspected in Nigeria police... 8 minutes ago. FROM @Lujee: NadaAuf Nope, there's no deadline, but the sooner you. ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/t/suicide-attacker-suspecte_81321444935614...
Bachmann walks out to former-Christian-star-turned-I-Kissed-A-...
FROM AP: Nigeria sect spreads reach with suicide bombing... 16 minutes ago. FROM AP: Refugee crisis mushrooms in Syrian army attacks... 21 minutes ago ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/t/bachmann-walks-out-to-for_821205... - 1 hour ago
Blast hits police headquarters in Nigeria capital
FROM @AlArabiya_Eng: Blast hits police headquarters in Nigeria capital ... 2 minutes ago. FROM AP: Floodwaters approach makeshift levee at Iowa town. ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/t/blast-hits-police-headqua_81313729727315...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Amnesty International to release report exposing shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria
Amnesty International to release report exposing shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria
ABUJA, December 2, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On Wednesday, 9 December 2009, Amnesty International will release a comprehensive report exposing the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria.
In the report, Killing at will: Extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings in Nigeria, the organization will reveal how the majority of unlawful police killings go un-investigated and the perpetrators unpunished. The families of the victims usually get no justice or redress. Most never even find out what happened to their loved ones.
The publication will be released to media at a press conference in Abuja.
The report is based on interviews and research carried out throughout the country, including visits to prisons and interviews with prisoners.
DETAILS:
Who: Lucy Freeman, Amnesty International's Campaigner on Nigeria
Noel Kututwa, Amnesty International's Special Adviser on Africa
Damian Ugwu, Executive Director, Social Justice and Advocacy Initiative (SJAI)
Chief Titus Ibeku, father of Chika Ibeku, who is a victim of enforced disappearance
Vincent Obetta, lawyer based in Enugu
What: Release of Amnesty International report Killing at will: Extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings in Nigeria.
When: 10.00 am – 12.00, local time
Where: Committee Room A
National Centre for Women Development
Better Life St., Central Area
P.M.B 185
Garki
Abuja
For further details or to arrange an interview, please contact: Eliane Drakopoulos (mob) +44 7778 472 109.
Source: Amnesty International