Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in a distressing verdict have said Nigeria is tilting towards the Rwandan experience of genocide as individuals are killed on the basis of ethnic and religious sentiments.
Civil Society Organisations in a distressing verdict have said Nigeria is tilting towards the Rwandan experience of genocide as individuals are killed on the basis of ethnic and religious sentiments.
Executive Secretary of NHRC, Tony Ojukwu, said Nigeria has a lot to learn from Rwanda with regards to the ethnic cleansing caused by ethnicity and religious differences. Insisting that unless concrete steps are taken towards reconciliation and tolerance, ethnic and religious cleansing remains a threat to Nigeria, Executive Director, Global Rights Nigeria, Abiodun Baiyewu, observed that genocide is already ongoing in Nigeria as mass atrocities have been happening with many killed and abducted without any accountability.
The Ijaw Youth Council has called on the administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme , Dennis Otuaro, not to be distracted by detractors, especially those who do not mean well for the Niger Delta region. The Senate disclosed on Thursday that it would wade into the face-off between regulators in the petroleum sector and Aliko Dangote, with a view to facilitating the take-off of the Dangote refinery. It also launched a marathon investigation into cases of sabotage in the petroleum industry in the last 10 years. Public hearings on the…
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