Tag: Death Penalty
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BREAKING: Death penalty for kidnappers in Kano
Kano Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has directed the Ministry of Justice to amend the panel code to the death penalty for kidnappers in the state. Ganduje dropped the hint on Thursday during the inauguration of a 16- man commission of enquiry headed on Kano 9 children kidnapped and sold in Onitsha, Anambra state. According…
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Buhari seeks death penalty for kidnappers, others
Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari (APC-Oyo North) on Sunday recommended capital punishment for kidnapping and other forms of violent crimes in order to tackle growing insecurity in the country. Buhari told newsmen in Ibadan that the spate of kidnapping and killings across the country would continue unabated if such a drastic measure was not taken. Buhari was…
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Breaking: Pope declares death penalty inadmissible in all circumstances
The Roman Catholic Church on Thursday formally changed its teaching to declare the death penalty inadmissible in all circumstances. TheNewsGuru reports the Vatican said it had changed its universal catechism to reflect Pope Francis’ total opposition to the death penalty. Previously the catechism, a summary of Church teaching, had allowed the death penalty in rare…
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Supreme Court confirms three Bakassi Boys’ death penalty
The Supreme Court on Friday confirms the death penalty imposed on three members of Bakassi Boys vigilante group in 2006. The High Court of Abia State had, on February 26, 2006, sentenced the three men to death for the murder of two persons which they were said to have apprehended for an alleged crime. A…
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Death penalty: Gov. Fayose faults proposed hate speech bill
Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has faulted Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi-sponsored bill that recommends death penalty for purveyors of hate speech. In a statement today, Fayose said public office holders are responsible to the people, and hence, there is need for the people to assess and tell those in power the truth, whether…
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BREAKING: Ambode signs bill recommending death penalty for kidnappers
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has signed into law a bill stipulating death penalty and life imprisonment for kidnappers. Signing into law, “The Prohibition of the Act of Kidnapping” on Wednesday, Ambode said it would address the issue of insecurity in the state. According to Ambode,” Security is of utmost importance to our administration…