Nigeria: Crime

The Supreme Court's decision in Maryam Sanda v C.O.P has sparked renewed debate over a critical constitutional question: can the executive exercise its prerogative of mercy while a convict's appeal remains pending before the courts? This ancient power, preserved in Nigeria's Constitution as a humane corrective to the criminal justice system, now stands at the intersection of executive authority and judicial process. The case raises fundamental questions about the separation of powers and the proper timing o

Jonnie Rollie is a hardened criminal. He violently raped a five-year-old girl to death.

Extradition is a process, under relevant treaties, provisions of law or on the basis of reciprocity, where one country request another country to surrender a suspect in its country who is accused of having committed a crime ...