Amnesty
7 Mar
House of Representatives, yesterday, urged federal and state governments to utilise their power of prerogative of mercy to grant amnesty to deserving inmates to decongest correctional centres across the country.
10 Jan
Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has renewed his call for the transition of the programme into a Social Intervention Programme (SIP).
2 Nov
Armed jihadist groups are holding at least 46 locations across Burkina Faso under siege in July, preventing access to food and drinking water and abducting women, Amnesty International said Thursday.
27 Sep 2023
India is exploiting recommendations by a global money-laundering watchdog as a "draconian" tool to shutter civil society groups and suppress activists and critics, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
16 Sep 2023
In a rare show of forgiveness, Oba-elect of Odo-Nla kingdom, Ikorodu-Lagos, Alhaji Prince Olusoga Elias Adeyemi, has dropped the criminal charges of petty stealing and conspiracy to steal against Adesoji Omolaja and Idris Mukaila, both labourers at the building construction site of Iledi Osugbo (Traditional Court) of Odo-Nla. Both workers were arrested by the Ikorodu…
28 Jul 2023
The renewed advocacy on amnesty for terrorists, and its contrary views, should give an inkling of the arduous task before the new National Security Adviser (NSA) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Muyiwa Adeyemi writes. Amnesty requests for bandits and terrorists alike have opened new vista in the conversation about tackling insecurity in the country. Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal,…