Tag: Amnesty
Amnesty Programme Empowers 100 Persons in Rivers
No fewer than 100 already trained beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme in Rivers State were yesterday given starter packs to set up businesses...
Despite Improved Rainfalls, Power Supply Remains Below 4,000MW
* Disco to install 222,728 pre-paid meters
Chineme Okafor in Abuja
Power generation in the country has remained below 4,000 megawatts (MW) despite the increase...
Ex-Agitators Allege Plot to Distract Presidential Amnesty Coordinator
Ogheneuvede Ohwovoriole in Abuja
The Forum of Niger Delta ex-agitators enlisted in the second phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme said on Friday that it...
Presidency: Amnesty to Boko Haram will Save Resources, Lives
Don’t use Niger-Delta oil money to grant foreigners amnesty, says Ann Kio-Briggs
The presidency has said granting amnesty to the Boko Haram insurgents...
Mass Employment, Infrastructure, Not Part of Amnesty Programme’s Mandate’
By Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja
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Providing mass employment, infrastructure development including roads, bridges, schools, health centres, hospitals, pipe borne water and decent housing, among others are...
Ex-militants Decry Non-enlistment into Amnesty Programme
By Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa
Some former warlords in the Niger Delta Wednesday decried the unending tussle to get them enlisted in the federal government-backed amnesty programme...
Amnesty Accuses SARS of Morbid Torture, Bribery in Exchange for Freedom
By Zacheaus Somorin
The Nigeria Police has been accused of systematically torturing detainees in its custody as a means of extracting confessions and lucrative bribes....
