Tag: Amnesty
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Uganda expresses willingness to offer amnesty to ousted Sudanese president
Uganda is willing to offer asylum to former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir should he apply, a state minister for foreign affairs on Tuesday said. Henry Oryem, Uganda’s minister of state for international affairs, told the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs that the ousted leader is a guarantor to the South Sudan peace process. “If Bashir…
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FG offers amnesty to owners of undeclared foreign assets
The Federal Government has promised amnesty to Nigerians with assets and investments abroad who failed to declare them in a bid to evade paying taxes. Ministers for Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and his finance counterpart, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed made this public in Abuja on Tuesday while unveiling the “Voluntary offshore…
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Abducted APC chairman solicits amnesty for kidnappers
The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Mr. Donatus Nwankpa, is calling on governments to consider granting amnesty to kidnappers across the country as part of strategies to check kidnapping. Nwankpa who just regained freedom from abductors told The Nation that punitive measures are not enough to address the problem. “We…
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Fulani groups accuse Buhari’s govt of neglect, say no preferred presidential candidate
Coalition of Fulani herdsmen groups in Nigeria have dissociated themselves from some Fulani unions’ endorsement of a particular presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections. They described the endorsement as dangerous noting that their associations were social, non political and none partisan aimed at uplifting Fulani interests. Alhaji Saleh Bayari, leader of the coalition made…
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Benue,Taraba Govs offer amnesty to criminals
Govs Samuel Ortom of Benue and Darius Ishaku of Taraba have resolved to grant amnesty to criminals operating along the border of the states. The offer is part of the resolution at the end of the joint security meeting between the two states held at the Federal University Wukari in Taraba. Ishaku, who read the…
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S/Sudan president Kiir grants amnesty to rebel leader Machar, others
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has granted an amnesty to all those involved in the nation’s civil war including rebel leader Riek Machar, according to a television broadcast. On Sunday Kiir, SPLM-IO leader Machar – the president’s former deputy – and other groups signed a ceasefire and power-sharing agreement in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.…
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President Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire grants amnesty to wife of ex-leader Gbagbo
President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire has declared an amnesty for Simone Gbagbo, who had been convicted of offences against the state during a brief 2011 civil war. Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former president Laurent Gbagbo, was one of 800 citizens that Ouattara said he had pardoned, in a state address broadcast live on…
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BREAKING: Buhari offers amnesty to repentant Boko Haram members
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reiterated his desire to offer amnesty to repentant members of Boko Haram sect willing to surrender their arms and embrace peace. The President stated this while receiving the recently released students of Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the government is ready…
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Amnesty scholarship scheme intact – Amnesty Office
Prof. Charles Dokubo, Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, has called for tolerance, patience and understanding from delegates on the payment of their allowances and scholarships, while also stressing the amnesty scholarship scheme remains in place. Dokubo made the call on delegates of the Programme within and outside the country in a statement signed by the Chief…
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Dapchi abduction: Security forces allowed Boko Haram to abduct schoolgirls – Amnesty
Global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, AI, has revealed that Nigerian security forces got advance warnings that a convoy of Boko Haram fighters was heading towards Dapchi, a town where 110 schoolgirls were abducted by terrorists on February 19 in an assault similar to the infamous Chibok girls’ abduction of April 2014. It claimed that…