Tag: Death Sentence
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Niger governor assents to laws recommending death sentence for kidnappers, informants
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, has assented to some laws in accordance with Section 100(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended). The Laws include: The Kidnapping and Cattle Rustling (Special Provisions) Law, 2021, the Niger State Vigilante Corps (Amendment) Law, 2021; the Niger State House of Assembly Service Commission…
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Mali court sentences Keita, 14 others to death
Malian jihadist leader of the Katiba of Ansar dine du Sud, Souleymane Keita, and two other men have been sentenced to death by the Bamako Court of Assizes. The two other men sentenced on Friday were Boubacar Sawadogo, 51 and Moussa Maïga, 33, all from Burkina Faso. A dozen men were also sentenced to death…
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BREAKING: Port Harcourt serial women killer sentenced to death
A Port Harcourt High Court on Monday sentenced Mr Gracious David-West to death for the serial killing of nine women. The court found Mr David-West guilty of killing nine women on different occasions in brothels situated in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital. Police prosecutors said 26-year-old David-West strangled his victims in hotel rooms across…
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Blasphemy: Kano musician appeals death sentence; sues Ganduje
Yahaya Shariff-Aminu, who was sentenced to death for blaspheming Prophet Mohammed, has filed a notice of appeal. Shariff-Aminu was sentenced to death by an Upper Sharia Court on August 10, 2020. He was given 30 days to file an appeal and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje expressed readiness to sign his death warrant once timeline lapses. However,…
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Death sentence: Kano Judiciary submit case details to Falana
Kano State Judiciary says it has submitted certified copies of the Sharia Court judgment to the Human Right activist, Mr Femi Falana, to enable him to appeal the judgment that sentenced Yahaya Aminu to death by hanging for blasphemy. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development came less than seven days to…
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Death sentence, castration not sufficient to end rape – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says death sentence and castration of rape offenders is not sufficient to end incessant rape cases in the country. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, National President of the union made this known in an interview in Ota, Ogun State on Sunday. Ogunyemi said that death sentence and other stiffer punishments…
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Lagos: Driver bags death sentence in first virtual court sitting
Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja High Court has sentenced a driver, Olalekan Hameed, to death by hanging in the first virtual court sitting held by a Lagos court as part of social distancing measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Justice Dada sentenced Hameed to death by hanging for the Dec. 1, 2018 murder of…
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Late Oba of Lagos’ son sentenced to death
Prince Adewale, son of late Oba of Lagos, Oba Adeyinka Oyekan, was on Monday sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of his boss, Alhaja Sikirat Ekun. Justice Raliatu Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja convicted and sentenced him along with one Balogun after they were found guilty of murder. The…
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Presidency reacts over death sentence on eight Nigerians in UAE
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described the death sentence passed on eight Nigerians in United Arab Emirate (UAE) as unfortunate. Eight Nigerians were sentenced to death on Wednesday in Sharjah, UAE for a string of robberies at money exchanges and cash machines (ATMs) across…