Philippine police arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday. This followed Interpol’s request after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant against him. ICC issued...
Self-styled Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), Simon Ekpa, has petitioned the United Nations, the United States of America, the European Union...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has formally acknowledged receipt of the petition filed by a legal expert, Gideon Christian, against Bayo Onanuga, APC Campaign Council Director...
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has likened attacks by thugs allegedly affiliated to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, over the crimes committed by the country’s forces in the...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to “promptly seek authorisation from the ICC Chamber to commence an investigation...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday the current insecurity in Nigeria has nothing to do with religion or ethnicity contrary to claims in several quarters. The...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) calling on the body to declare the incessant abductions of school children...
Self-styled Yoruba Nation activist and freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho, leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof Banji Akintoye, and 49 Yoruba self-determination groups have filed a petition...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has reacted to alleged threats issued by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to “kill members of the Indigenous...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a deadly Ugandan child soldier turned commander of the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, Dominic Ongwen, to 25...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Tuesday, described Nigerians calling for the probe of the immediate past service chiefs before the International Criminal Court...
Former Central African Republic (CAR) militia commander, Mahamat Said Abdel Kani will appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges of war crimes against...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Monday, accused the International Criminal Court (ICC), Amnesty International and other foreign organizations of constantly harassing Nigerian...
The Nigerian Senate has warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Amnesty International (AI) against accusations of human rights abuses levelled against the Nigerian Army during...
The Nigerian government on Monday demanded a transparent process for the selection of judges and prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Attorney-General of the...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has reacted to the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to carry out investigation on security...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has concluded plans to investigate the military and the Boko Haram insurgents for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The ICC...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has reacted to the lawsuit filed against him at the International Criminal Court (ICC) by a lawyer over last...
A civil society group under the aegis of Make Nigeria Better Initiative (MNBI), has filed a criminal complaint against human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, before...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened an enquiry into the alledged shooting of endSARS protesters, the BBC reported on Wednesday. A statement from the office...
The International Human Rights Protection Forum (IHRPF) has threatened to drag disc jockey Obianuju Udeh, popularly known as ‘DJ Switch’ for allegedly spreading misleading reports on...
A delegation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrived Sudan on Saturday to discuss the prosecution of former President Omar al-Bashir who is accused of war...
The Nigerian government Wednesday reiterated its support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its mission. The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ferdinand...
Sudanese Janjaweed militia leader, Ali Kushayb, charged with war crimes and 50 offences against humanity, has been taken into custody by the International Criminal Court (ICC)....
Sudanese authorities have given the go ahead to hand over disgraced former President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face genocide and war...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a former Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader, Bosco Ntaganda, popularly known as “Terminator” to 30 years in prison...
Days after scores of protesters in Sudan questioned the last June crackdown in the country, another movement has supported calls to hand over Sudan’s former longtime...
Prosecutors have appealed against the acquittal of former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo over post-electoral violence that killed around 3,000 people. The appeal was tabled...
A criminal complaint has been lodged against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at the International Criminal Court (ICC), in the...
Disgraced former leader of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, will be paraded in court today (Monday) over corruption allegations leveled against him which inevitably brought down his 30-year...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC), urging it to investigate whether the problem of out-of-school children...
African leaders often behave in a contradictory way towards international laws, and courts. While speaking out against them, they also voluntarily submit to their scrutiny. The...
Former DR Congo rebel leader Bosco ‘Terminator’ Ntaganda has been convicted by the International Criminal Court after he was found guilty of overseeing massacres using child...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has preempted plans to hijack today’s supplementary election in Bauchi State. The Speaker has also written the...
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has called for the prosecution of Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, over his “body bags” comment, saying he has now...
The detained former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, has started a move to have his case before the International Criminal Court (ICC) thrown out. According to...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday travel to the Netherlands, the Presidency has announced. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the United Nations (UN) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague to take judicial note of...
A coalition of socio-cultural groups in Benue State, comprising Mdgzou U Tiv, Idoma National Forum and Omi’Ngede, have said they are set to drag the Federal...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has called on the new President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji, to among others, embark on...
The Federal Government is unhappy that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has “escalated eight potential cases against Nigeria”, arguing that contrary to the premise of the...
Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, the man who headed the Islamic police in Timbuktu when it was under the control of jihadist...
A Nigerian journalist has written a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over what he said are human rights abuses, torture and extra-judicial killings allegedly...
Some Igbo leaders under the aegis of Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), Monday dragged Arewa youths and their alleged sponsors, including officials of governments in the Northern...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to refer high profile corruption cases to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for...
As the death toll of President Rodrigo Duterte‘s anti-drug war campaign surpasses the 8,000 mark, the defiant Filipino leader says he would not be intimidated by...
Months after declaring its intention to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC), the South African government has withdrawn its intention to leave the Hague-based war crimes...
Newly sworn-in President of the Gambia Adama Barrow has declared that his country will not quit the International Court of Justice (ICC) in a move which...
