Some angry former militants yesterday barricaded the Mbiama end of the busy East-West Road impeding human and vehicular movements for hours. With placards reading messages like “pay us our money”, “Amnesty office pay us”, among others, the ex-agitatotors, led by ‘General’ Cairo, said they were protesting over their alleged non-inclusion in the amnesty programme after…

Criticsal stakeholders in the Niger Delta have urged the Federal Government to concede to the restructuring of the country, saying the amnesty programme cannot solve the myriads of problems confronting the region. The eminent personnel include: The Amanyanabo of Abonnema, King Alfred Diete-Spiff, Prof G.G. Darah of the Literature in English Department, Delta State University…

Some leaders of the Niger Delta yesterday advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to toy with the funding of the Presidential Amnesty Programme in the interest of peace and security in the region. Their advice was contained in a statement issued at the end of a stakeholders’ meeting held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State yesterday. It was…

A 73-year-old Amnesty International volunteer appeared in court in France on Wednesday charged with helping two underage Africans illegally enter the country, the latest case involving activists assisting migrants on the move through Europe. The trial of pensioner Martine Landry is the first of its kind in France involving a member of Amnesty. It comes…

Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described a recent report by Amnesty International (AI) as a gross disservice to the nation’s security command. DHQ said the action of AI seemed geared towards “weakening the efforts of the Nigerian military at ensuring peace and security in the country.” “The DHQ has observed that Amnesty International has made it…

Faced with an imminent collapse of the oil industry, President Umaru Yar’Adua, in June 2009, offered amnesty to militants in the Niger Delta to save the nation’s economy from collapse, and stem the growing insecurity in the region. In a nutshell, the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), was conceived as a means of resolving protracted security…

The President, Pan Niger Delta Youth Leadership Forum (PanDLEAF) and a former member of the Presidential Amnesty Committee Mr. Richard Akinaka, in this interview with ANIETIE AKPAN, described the Presidential Amnesty Programme as a failure because the other components that were supposed to compliment the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) were not attended to. How…

A militant group in Ondo State, the United Sea Wolf Avenger, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for incorporating militants in the state into the Federal Government Amnesty programme. The group, in a statement by its leaders, General Deji Ehinmowo and General Secretary, Akinfemi Raymond, appealed to the Federal Government not to extend its Amnesty programmes…

To stem the wave of bloodletting by rival cult groups and restore peace to crisis-ridden communities, the Rivers State government has offered a blanket amnesty to anyone who drops his arms to embrace peace.

Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in camps have raised alarms over plans by the federal government to grant amnesty to repentant Boko Haram insurgents...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue on Saturday said the amnesty programme of his administration had succeeded in reducing crime in the state.

The authorities of the Nigerian Army have denied reports linked to an investigation purportedly carried out by Amnesty International at a military detention centre in Maiduguri.