Tag: Death Sentence
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Drama in court as kidnappers attack judge after issuing death sentence
A judge of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, Justice Okon Okon, escaped death on Tuesday as some convicts attacked him on the court premises in Uyo for sentencing them to death. It was learnt that as soon as the presiding judge pronounced the death sentence on the kidnappers, the convicts started to abuse him.…
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Pregnant cow bags death sentence for illegal border crossing
A pregnant cow will be executed as a result of crossing from her European Union farm in Bulgaria into the non-EU Serbia. Daily Mail reports that Penka, a pregnant red cow who is due in around three months’ time, wandered westwards away from her herd near the village of Kopilovtsi, straying over the border into…
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Okowa swears in 5 Judges, pardons 5 prison inmates, reverses death sentence of 30 others
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State today sworn in five newly appointed Judges into the State Judiciary at the State Government House Asaba with a charge to avoid granting frivolous injunctions and frequent adjournment of cases. Speaking during the swearing in ceremony, Governor Okowa said, “One of the things you (Judges) must guard against is…
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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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Death sentence: Facebook meets with Pakistani govt
A senior Facebook official met with Pakistani interior minister on Friday to discuss a demand the company prevent blasphemous content or be blocked. The meeting comes after a Pakistani counter-terrorism court sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for making blasphemous comments on Facebook, part of a wider crack-down. Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s vice president of public…
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Kidnapping: IGP advocates death sentence for Evans, others
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, is advocating for the imposition of death sentence on convicted kidnappers as deterrent for others who might want to embark on the heinous crime in future. The IGP, speaking at a dialogue session he held with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), under the umbrella of Situation Room, in Abuja…
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Court sentences 2 men to death for murder over iPhone 7
A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced two men to death for murdering another Thai man over his iPhone 7, a court official told dpa. According to the police, in January, Wasin Luengjam, 26, was stabbed to death by two men in a Bangkok suburb who had also slit his throat. The incident was caught on…