Jigawa lawmakers approve death penalty for kidnappers, life imprisonment for rapists
The Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill for the prohibition of violence against persons. Hon. ...
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Nigerian man escapes death penalty in Singapore, acquitted 9-yrs after arrest over alleged capital offense
Nigerian man named Ilechukwu Uchechukwu Chukwudi has escaped death penalty after Singapore's Court of Appeal reversed its own decision on ...
Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks charged with felony murder
Days after shooting and killing of a black man identified as Rayshard Brooks in the parking lot of a fast-food ...
Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for crimes committed by minors after ‘effectively’ abolishing flogging
Human Rights Commission in Saudi Arabia has announced that the kingdom is ending the death penalty for crimes committed by ...
Nasarawa governor signs death penalty bill for kidnappers
Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has assented to the Bill which prescribed death penalty for anyone found indulging in kidnapping ...
Death Penalty: Reactions Trail Maryam Sanda’s Appeal
It is no longer news that Maryam Sanda was sentenced to death by hanging for allegedly killing her husband, Bilyaminu ...
Maryam Sanda appeals death penalty
Maryam Sanda has approached the court of appeal, Abuja division and requested the court to set aside the verdict of ...
Death penalty for ex-Pakistan president thrown out
A Court in Pakistan has overturned the death sentence handed down to former president Pervez Musharraf by declaring the legal ...
Hate speech bill: FFK list those that needs to be hanged first before he supports motion
The former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode on Monday said that he will only give his support to the much-criticised ...
Hate Speech Bill: UN Condemns Death Penalty
The United Nations deputy secretary-general Amina J. Muhammed Tuesday said the UN does not support death sentence as a penalty ...
Senator sponsoring hate speech bill says death penalty will be ‘amended’
Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, who sponsored the hate speech bill said the aspect that proposes death penalty for defaulters of the ...
Oyo proposes death penalty for herdsmen who kill farmers
Respite may be coming the way of farmers in Oyo State as a law which prescribes death for any herdsman ...
Taraba Assembly adopts death penalty for kidnappers
The Taraba House of Assembly on Tuesday amended the state Kidnapping and Abduction Prohibition Act 2010, to introduce death penalty ...