Nigeria Sees ‘massive Spike’ In Death Sentences

Nigeria handed down an astonishing 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year, in what Amnesty International described Tuesday as a “massive and worrying spike”. In its annual global report on the death penalty, the human rights group said that death sentences in Nigeria rose from 171 in 2015, placing it … Read more

Gov’t Approach To Galamsey Fight Abysmal, Disappointing – Group Claims

Civil society group, the Economic Fighters League, has described as abysmal and disappointing, the government’s response to public outcry over illegal mining, which threatening the country’s environment. The group said the destruction being caused by the activities of these illegal small scale miners is “an attack on the country,” hence require the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana … Read more