Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The military high command says it has invited the international human rights organization, Amnesty International, to defend its allegations against the armed forces that 10,000 civilians died in its custody.
It described the claims by the international rights group as “malicious, shocking, lacking in merit as well as mischievous”. 2. Kano State Government on Friday fingered the Federal Government in the blockade of Kano Emir’s palace on Friday. Armed police and operatives of the Department of State Services had blocked the entrance to the palace, creating a tense atmosphere. 3.
A police personnel and another operative of the Anambra Vigilante Group have sustained varying degrees of injuries during a gun battle with some yet-to-be-identified assailants at a police checkpoint in the Ajali community, in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. 7. The Police Service Commission says it has approved the dismissal of 18 senior officers and the demotion of 19 others. The officers were sanctioned due to various acts of misconduct.
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