Tag: pardon

As part of the review, names of persons convicted of serious crimes, including kidnapping, drug-related offences, human trafficking, fraud, and ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu We can, while waiting for the jury, at least, agree that the optics of President Tinubu’s ...

Mr Bello added that he had earlier appealed for clemency on her behalf.

President Tinubu’s decision to pardon nearly 50 drug offenders has sparked fierce criticism from opposition figures and rights groups, who ...

The former lawmaker was jailed for receiving a $500,000 bribe from Femi Otedola, a businessman. The money was part of ...

Mr Kanu, who is facing terrorism charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja, has been in detention since he ...

President Muhammadu Buhari controversially pardoned two former governors who were serving jail terms for stealing billions of naira from their ...

Clearly, the Dariye/Nyame pardon dramatises the fact that regimes upbraid the venality of their predecessors, only for them to succumb ...

The Council of State at its meeting presided over by Mr Buhari on Thursday granted state pardon to former governors ...

The pardon was on grounds of ill health and those who were convicted of minor offences with option of fines ...

The former minister also wrote about his role in the pardon of Mr Alamieyeseigha.

“It is not my wish to arrest them, but I have to do that because there is the need for ...

The convicts are to be released immediately.

“As is customary, we mark this day of liberation with a gesture of compassion,” the governor said.

Mr. Konduga reportedly denied he was sponsored by the senate majority leader.

The Syrian leader has offered several pardons since war began in 2011.

The governor also commuted death sentences to mark June 12.

The former deputy governor was impeached in 2007.

A total of 51 inmates from five prisons located across the three senatorial districts of Ogun State have been freed. ...

Eight out of 10 Nigerians say the president wrongly. An overwhelming eight out of every 10 Nigerians are opposed to ...

President Good luck Jonathan has reportedly capitulated to the pressure from a section of northern political establishment spearheaded by Sultan ...

The SAY NO CAMPAIGN is a platform of Nigerians committed to fighting corruption, impunity, poverty, violence and other governance challenges ...

Presidential pardon granted Mr. Alamieyeseigha was divinely revealed, Mr. Jonathan’s billionaire friend has said. It was God that directed President ...

President's spokesman, Reuben Abati refuted the reports and warned against those trying to pull the country down. The presidency has ...

The pardon to Mr. Alamieyeseigha goes against any commitment to fighting corruption in Nigeria, they said. A group of civil ...