Tag: Offense
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Nigerians Kick Over Criminalisation Of Petty Offences, Say ‘Poor Citizens Targeted’
Nigerians have frowned at the continued criminalisation of petty offences in the country while calling on the judiciary to use non-custodial punishment as arrest and prosecution of citizens for loitering, wandering or hawking persists. The call for the declassification and decriminalisation of petty crimes in Nigeria had been an age-long advocacy. However, a recent investigative…
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90 days after: Buhari has committed no offence, stop the noisemaking, Senate blasts protesters
The Senate on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari has committed no offence in his medical vacation which is now in its 94th day. It added that the president would soon return “to continue to provide leadership to our people and the rest of Africa.” TheNewsGuru.com reports that President Buhari traveled for medical check-up in London…