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August 17, 2022
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Kano singer who was given the death penalty for blasphemy will be tried again – Appeal Court

A musician who was sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad was given a new trial by the Court of Appeal in Kano on Wednesday. Aminu Yahaya-Sharif, a 24-year-old singer from Sharifai in Kano city, was charged with blasphemy against the Islamic prophet in a song that he distributed via WhatsApp in March... Read More
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September 29, 2017
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Senate approves death sentence for kidnapping

The Senate has approved death sentence for abduction, wrongful restraints or wrongful confinement for ransom. The upper chamber also approved 30 years jail term for anybody that colluded with an abductor. This followed the passage of a bill on abduction, wrongful restraints or wrongful confinement for ransom. The upper chamber, which did clause by clause... Read More
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August 9, 2017
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Ogun govt lifts ban on death sentence

The Ogun State Government Tuesday, lifted the moratorium on the death sentence appropriately prescribed for deserving criminal cases. According to a statement by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olumide Ayeni, the lift of the moratorium, which was to take immediate effect, was in accordance with the due process of law and strict... Read More
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June 16, 2017
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Pakistani government sentences man to death for social media posts

Pakistan government has sentenced Taimoor Raza to death over a series of Facebook posts. On Saturday, Raza, 30, became the first person to receive a death sentence in a Pakistan anti-terrorism court for “using derogatory remarks, CNN reports. Amnesty International’s Pakistan campaigner, Nadia Rahman, said, “No one one should be hauled before an anti-terrorism court... Read More
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March 23, 2017
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UPDATE: Cynthia Osokogu’s killers sentenced to death

by Dolapo Adelana A Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has sentenced to die by hanging two men, Ezekiel Eloka and Echezona Nwabufor for the murder of a postgraduate student, Cynthia Osokogu. Earlier on Thursday, Justice Olabisi Akinlade found both men guilty of murdering Ms. Osokogu on July 22, 2012 at Cosmilla Hotel, Lakeview Estate, Festac... Read More
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March 9, 2017
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(BREAKING) Apo Six killings: Court sentence 2 police officers to death

by Dolapo Adelana A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday found two former police officers, Ezekiel Acheneje and Baba Emmanuel, guilty for their roles in the killing of six Igbo traders in 2005, Premium Times reports. Justice Ishaq Bello convicted both men to death for culpable homicide. Acheneje and Emmanuel were specifically said to have... Read More
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January 11, 2017
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Charleston killer, Dylann Roof sentenced to death

Dylann Roof, the man who killed nine people at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015 was on Wednesday sentenced to death by a Federal Judge as recommended by the Jury. Some family members of those killed, who where in court when the sentencing was delivered had some words for Roof. “Dylann … Dylann!... Read More
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February 29, 2016
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‘Reverend King is coming back… to us’ – Church members

Following Friday’s affirmation of the death sentence passed on the General Overseer of Christian Praying Assembly (CPA) Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (aka Rev. King), by the Supreme Court, members of his church have described the ruling as the work of ‘witches and wizards’. According to the Nation newspapers, the church members expressed belief in the fact that... Read More
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April 27, 2015
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See the Nigerian men on death row in Indonesia (and sadly, their coffins)

by Chinwe Okafor The Indonesian government ruled the execution of four Nigerians amongst others, and after much plea, the date has been set for April 29. The men were convicted for drug trafficking. The Government has enlisted the local funeral director in Cilacap, the nearest port to Nusakambangan, or Death Island, to inscribe the names... Read More
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January 13, 2015
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‘Please reconsider!’: Fashola wants death-bound mutiny soldiers spared

by Chidi Okoye Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has implored the Nigerian military top brass to re-consider the death sentence passed on the 54 soldiers for misconduct in the ongoing fight against insurgency in the country. Fashola made the appeal at the Interdenominational Service to mark year 2015 Armed Force Remembrance Day, held at The Chapel... Read More
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November 26, 2014
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Nigerian drug smuggler gets death sentence in Malaysia

by Chidi Okoye A Nigerian has been handed a death sentence for attempting to smuggle drugs into Malaysia. The man, 35-year-old Abuchi Ngwoke was sentenced to death on Tuesday, 25 November, by a Malaysian High Court for trafficking drugs into the country. Ngokwe was arrested in 2012 at a Malaysian airport after being caught with 251.66 grams... Read More
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September 30, 2014
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Another set of death-bound soldiers? Nigerian Army to try 60 more soldiers for mutiny

by James Sambo Barely two weeks after the sentencing of 12 soldiers to death for mutiny, another set of 60 soldiers will be arraigned before a General Court Martial by military authorities in Abuja on Tuesday, 30 September. The soldiers are accused of committing mutiny, after refusing to join fellow troops in Maiduguri for an operation.... Read More
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April 7, 2014
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Opinion: New Constitution – Nigerian lawmakers need to sit up and do the needful

by Ibanga Isine Almost every delegate agreed that corruption is the mother of all the problems confronting Nigeria. It was funny and equally heart-breaking to see delegates who had opportunities to make a difference while in public office but did not; talked like saints and agents of change that the country so desperately needs. They... Read More
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February 25, 2014
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Horrible: Police officer sentenced to death for killing 2 people over N100 bribe

by ‘Jola Sotubo A police officer and two colleagues have found themselves on the wrong side of the law after being convicted of murder. The three officers were found guilty of causing the death of two people due to a tussle over a bribe of N100. One of them, Sergeant Clement Indyel, was sentenced to... Read More
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February 22, 2014
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Banker-wife killer: Arowolo’s 32-month journey to the hangman’s noose [DETAILS]

by ‘Jola Sotubo The entire nation was thrown into shock when the news emerged in 2011 of a man in Lagos who had brutally murdered his banker wife. Akolade Arowolo stabbed Titilayo, the mother of his then 2-year-old child, 76 times puncturing her vital organs with the knife going straight through her heart. The 32-year-old... Read More
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February 22, 2014
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10 things you SHOULD know about the Arowolo murder case in Lagos (READ)

by ‘Jola Sotubo Akolade Arowolo was yesterday sentenced to death for the June 24, 2011 murder of his wife Titilayo, a banker. The case was a particularly notorious one because of the manner in which the young Mrs. Arowolo, then 29-years-old, had her life cruelly snuffed out. Mr. Arowolo maintained his innocence when arrested, throughout... Read More
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August 10, 2013
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Bust-ed! Topless advocate sentenced to 16 days in jail for exposing her boobs (PHOTOS)

Phoenix Feeley shows off her right to go topless in Coney Island. A topless rights advocate was sentenced to 16 days in a New Jersey jail after refusing to pay a fine issued to her five years ago for bearing her breasts on a public beach. Phoenix Feeley, 33, told a Belmar Municipal Court judge... Read More
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July 12, 2013
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Lagos undecided on death penalty for death row inmates – Ade Ipaye

by Rachel Ogbu As Edo State continues to execute the death sentence on convicted criminals, the Lagos State Government on the other hand said it had not decided whether or not to sign death warrants to execute inmates on death row. On Thursday, in view of high number of condemned inmates in Lagos prisons and... Read More
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July 6, 2013
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Wickedness: Policeman gets death sentence for killing his 12-year-old wife for rituals

by Rachel Ogbu The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence passed on a policeman who choked his 12-year-old wife to death for rituals. Yesterday, Usman Maigari’s case transferred from the Sokoto State High Court was analysed by the apex court concluding that the accused acted callously. “To say the least, the appellant displayed a complete... Read More
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June 25, 2013
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Death by hanging: Edo executes 4 convicts on death row, Amnesty Int’l kicks

by Rachel Ogbu Four convicted criminals have been executed in Edo State, government officials confirmed on Monday. The criminals had been on death row for years but were recently executed by hanging, a move that has elicited condemnation from Amnesty International. According to reports, the international human rights group, in a statement, had called for... Read More
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April 4, 2013
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Rev King asks Supreme Court to overturn death sentence

by Rachel Ogbu Still hoping for redemption, the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo known better as Rev. King, has yet again appealed to the Supreme Court to reverse his death sentence. [READ: Forget it, you must hang: Appeal court affirms the death penalty for Rev King] According to reports, Ezeugo’s lawyer, Olalekan Ojo,... Read More
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February 1, 2013
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Forget it, you must hang: Appeal court affirms the death penalty for Rev King

by Rachel Ogbu It’s hopes dashed for Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, the notorious Lagos preacher popularly known as “Rev. King” according to new reports . We reported this morning that he was to know his fate today after the Court of Appeal in Lagos was scheduled to announce its decision on the death sentence given to him by a Lagos... Read More
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February 1, 2013
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“Death by hanging”: Appeal court delivers verdict on Rev. King today

by Rachel Ogbu Today, February 1, the Court of Appeal in Lagos is scheduled to announce its decision on the death sentence passed on Chukwuemeka Ezeugo known popularly as Rev. King, the General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly,  by a Lagos High Court, Ikeja on January 11, 2007. Ezeugo’s counsel, Olalekan Ojo had filed an appeal... Read More
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November 15, 2012
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TICKER: North’s call for death sentence stirs controversy – Ndigbo, Trade Union Congress, CPC weigh in

Arewa Consultative Forum’s demand for death penalty for corruption cases stirred a controversy on Wednesday. While the Ndigbo youths in Ohanaeze were divided on the propriety or otherwise of the demand, the Trade Union Congress and the Congress for Progressive Change hailed the ACF demand and submitted that corruption in the country required such a... Read More
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