Tag: death sentence
OSINACHI: Refusal of governors to sign death sentence makes justice blurry in Nigeria
After the gospel singer Osinachi's death trial that dragged on for over two years, judgment was eventually delivered.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Minister wants death penalty for rapists
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has advocated death penalty for rape and related offences. Mrs Tallen…