Aluta News Outgoing Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has granted pardon to a 77-year-old man and 15 others on death row in the Nigerian Correctional Service as his administration winds down. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Benin, by Mr Aminu Suleman, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), NigeriaContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan 1, 2024 Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue has granted State Pardon to 12 inmates serving various jail terms at the Federal Maximum Correctional Centre Makurdi. Alia granted the pardon on Monday, when he visited the Nigerian Correctional Centre Makurdi, the Benue capital. He charged the pardonedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 1, 2023 Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has pardoned 11 convicts in exercise of the prerogative of mercy powers conferred on him by Section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House saidContinue Reading
By Aluta News April 15, 2022 Rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) on Friday in Ikeja urged the Federal Government to extend Thursday’s presidential pardon granted some top Nigerians, to people serving terms for petty offences. Falana made the call at the 1st anniversary of late Afenifere’s spokesman, Yinka Odumakin’s LectureContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 30, 2021 Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Wednesday pardoned 36 convicted inmates serving various jail terms in the state. Sule during a visit to the Lafia Correctional Centre, said that the gesture was in fulfilment of his constitutional obligation. The governor, however, advised theContinue Reading
