Court sets aside death sentence on Kano singer over blasphemy
Good news for embattled Kano singer, Aminu Yahaya Sharif, as the appeal division of the Kano State High Court has ...
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Jigawa Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing girlfriend
The Jigawa State High Court sitting in Ringim on Tuesday sentenced 29-year-old Orange seller, Mustapha Idrith to death by hanging ...
Lalong signs death sentence for kidnappers, seven years for cultism
Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State has signed into law the anti-kidnapping, anti-land grabbing, cultism and other anti-violence related matters ...
South Africans demand death sentence for man who stabbed his 7- month pregnant girlfriend to death
Death sentence for a 34-year-old man who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend to death has been demanded by angry South Africans. ...
Nigerian man who killed 4-year-old step-grandson in Malaysia faces death sentence
Ibekwe Emeka Augustine, a Nigerian man in Malaysia who threw his 4-year-old step-grandson out of a window from the 3rd ...
Death sentence: Maryam Sanda heads to Supreme Court
Maryam Sanda, the woman sentenced to death for killing her husband, has decided to approach the Supreme Court, in a ...
BREAKING: Appeal Court upholds death sentence for Maryam Sanda
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the death sentence handed a mother of one, Maryam Sanda, convicted for ...
Man, 39, sentenced to death by hanging over murder of lover in Ogun
An Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 39-year-old mechanic, Musiliu Owolabi, to death by hanging for killing his lover, ...
UN human rights council asks Nigeria to overturn death sentence on Kano singer
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has called on Nigerian authorities to overturn the death sentence handed down to ...
Navid Afkari, Iranian champion wrestler executed despite global outcry
A 27-year-old wrestler in Iran, Navid Afkari, Iranian champion wrestler, has been executed after being convicted of stabbing a security ...
Minister wants death penalty for rapists
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has advocated death penalty for rape and related offences. Mrs Tallen said this ...
Kano singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu finally appeal death sentence
Kano singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy has finally filed an appeal. This development was coming ...
Zamfara cleric who was freed from death sentence in Saudi Arabia appointed as Governor Matawalle’s aide
Ibrahim Ibrahim, a Gusau-based cleric who was freed from death sentence in Saudi Arabia over drug trafficking charges has been ...
BLASPHEMY: UK opposes death sentence, says ‘our eyes on situation’
The United Kingdom has joined the call for observation of human rights in Kano on Wednesday as it opposes the ...
Fact Check: Billionaire Kidnapper Evans was not sentenced to death in Lagos
Multiple reports on social media and blogs had claimed that a Lagos High Court has sentenced notorious kidnap kingpin, Chikwudubem ...
Apostle Suleman reacts to death sentence on Kano musician for blasphemy
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has reacted to the death sentence handed to a ...
Lagos court sentences two to death by hanging over armed robbery, rape
A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, Wednesday sentenced two armed robbery and rape convicts Williams Udoh and Ubong Isaiah ...
Man who raped two-year-old girl sentenced to death in Kaduna
A Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday sentenced a man to death by hanging for raping a two-year-old girl to ...
Man sentenced to death in Nigeria’s first virtual court sitting
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos yesterday sentenced a driver, Olalekan Hameed, to death by hanging for the December 1, ...
Correctional Service clears air on Maryam Sanda ‘benefitting’ from presidential pardon
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed report that Maryam Sanda had been granted presidential pardon. The Service Public Relations ...