Unfortunately, some segments of the public, whether through deliberate misunderstanding or inadvertence, fail to see the positive and transformative nature ...
President Tinubu’s decision to pardon nearly 50 drug offenders has sparked fierce criticism from opposition figures and rights groups, who ...
The governor exercised the prerogative of mercy granted him by the Nigerian Constitution.
Clearly, the Dariye/Nyame pardon dramatises the fact that regimes upbraid the venality of their predecessors, only for them to succumb ...
President Muhammadu Buhari The president...has certainly violated the provisions of the Constitution and his oaths of office and allegiance to ...
The power of a president to grant pardon, while an act of benevolence, is rather slippery. He is, in any ...
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The governor relied on Section 212 of the Constitution on the recommendation of the state Advisory Council on Prerogative of ...
Among the beneficiaries were 250 prisoners convicted and given an option of fine, while others were those sentenced to life ...
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The prerogative of mercy is a constitutional power granted to state governor under section 212 sub-section 1 of the 1999 ...
On Tuesday, 12th March, 2012, the President, Goodluck Jonathan, with the backing of the Council of State, granted pardon, under ...
