Nigeria: U.S. Concern Over Extra-Judicial Killings

The U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, Terence P. McCulley, has expressed his country's concern over alleged extra-judicial killings and human rights abuses by Nigerian authorities.

Nigerian Military

  • Nigeria:   ACN Rejects FG's Interim Report On Baga

    This Day, 2 May 2013

    The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has rejected the preliminary reports on the Baga tragedy, submitted by the military high command and the National Emergency Management Agency… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Baga Massacre - ACN Rejects Preliminary Reports

    Vanguard, 3 May 2013

    The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has rejected preliminary reports submitted by both the military high command and NEMA on the Baga tragedy, saying that available and verifiable… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Missing the Baga Point

    Vanguard, 3 May 2013

    MANY discussions about the killings in Baga, Borno State totally miss the point. The contentions are more about the number of people killed, rather than wondering if soldiers… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   NBA Condemns Baga Attacks

    This Day, 3 May 2013

    The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Thursday in Abuja condemned the killings and declared that government should not have allowed it to happen. Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Baga Masterminds Are War Criminals - Tsav

    Daily Trust, 3 May 2013

    A former Lagos State police commissioner, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, yesterday called on the international agencies, particularly the Human Rights Watch (WRW), which report showed a… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Baga As Metaphor

    Daily Trust, 3 May 2013

    For a government with everything to hide and a people with everything to find, freedom of information has proved an empty promise; it is now only a principle to receive and purvey… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Baga - ACN Seeks Independent Probe

    Daily Trust, 3 May 2013

    The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday rejected the preliminary reports on the Baga crisis submitted by the military and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   After Baga, Forces Lost in a Maze

    African Arguments, 2 May 2013

    When Nigeria's Joint Security Task Force (JTF) responded to the distress call that insurgents had stationed themselves in Baga, the quiet town on the edge of Lake Chad on Friday… Read more »

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