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National Point: Reporting human rights abuses

SDN supports National Point Newspaper whose local journalists cover human rights abuses in the Niger Delta. SDN beleives a free press is crucailly important if rights are to be respected for all.

All Articles that appear here have been provided by National Point Newspaper journalists. The opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily those of SDN or any of its partners.

Police Loot Woman's Property, Dump Her In Prison For Failing To Pay Bribe - Thu, 2 Sep 2010

From National Point Newspaper: For daring to ask the Police to return her household property carted away from her room rather than offering bribe to reclaim them, a woman has been dumped in prison custody on trumped up charges of conspiracy and murder of two men.

Enforced Disappearance: Woman Begs Amaechi To Produce Her Uncle's Son - Thu, 2 Sep 2010

From National Point Newspaper: Months after the invasion of Bundu-Ama community by a combined team of military and policemen at the assumed request of the governor, Rotimi Amaechi, residents of the troubled waterfront community are still counting their losses.

Freedom At Last: Back From The House Of Slavery - Thu, 2 Sep 2010

From National Point Newspaper: To Harrison Nkemdilim Robinson, a 27 year old Rumuekpe youth and 7 other Rumuekpe people dumped in Port Harcourt prison since 2007, July 9, 2010 was a day of freedom. That was the day they bade the four thick walls and iron gates of the prison good bye, nearly three months after an incarceration they insist was unjust.

I Was Chained And Beaten By The Police - Thu, 2 Sep 2010

From National Point Newspaper: For daring to organise a peaceful protest in his community to demand justice and peaceful co-existence among the members of the community as well as call on the political class to stop arming youths of the community.

Amaechi Has Pushed Us Into Terrible Hardship - Thu, 2 Sep 2010

From National Point Newspaper: To many of the displaced residents of Njemanze community demolished by Governor Rotimi Amaechi to pave way for Silverbird Cinema Centre, life after the forceful displacement has been a harrowing experience. Reliving their post-eviction experience s during a press conference organised at Abonnema Wharf community.

Ogoni Women Arrested over Shell’s Trial in New York - Wed, 10 Jun 2009

Over 60 Ogoni people on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 were arrested by the JTF in Bori and detained at the Bori Police station. The arrested persons, mostly women, in five buses, were on their way to Bane, the home town of the late Ken Saro Wiwa, the Ogoni martyr, to participate in the jubilation that greeted the trial of Shell in far away New York over its roles in the judicial murder of Saro Wiwa in 1995. The buses conveying them were intercepted by members of the JTF and taken to the police station for detention.

Policeman In Trouble For Raping Female Detainee - Mon, 8 Jun 2009 The noose is gradually tightening around the neck of a Police officer, Mr. Friday Ogboma who raped a female inmate inside a Police cell in Delta state.

Another Victim of Police Extortion Cries Out For Justice - Sat, 6 Jun 2009

A young man, Benjamin Nwosu,  27, who was arrested, detained for about three days and later released on payment of 15000 has cried out for justice saying that he was unjustly detained, robbed and punished.

Police Ransack Nigerian news offices and brutalise staff - Mon, 20 Apr 2009

The offices of the Rivers State Newspaper Corporation, publishers of the Tide Newspapers, were on Thursday, April 2, 2009, ransacked by rampaging armed policemen from the Mile Police Station. Several persons, including journalists, clients and visitors were said to have been brutalised by the policemen, while properties, including glass windows, doors, tables and chairs were damaged.

Rivers Police Torture Innocent Youth To Death Over Land Dispute - Fri, 20 Mar 2009

An atmosphere of tension and anger has enveloped Egbeda community in Emohua LGA following the death of a 25- year- old secondary school leaver, Friday Isinwor, in the hands of policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.