Why Nigeria can’t execute Boko Haram convicts

The Attorney General of the Federation, Mallam Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday, explained why convicted members of the Boko Haram sect cannot be executed. According to Malami, who’s also the Minister of Justice, said the laws under which the insurgents were tried, does not prescribe death sentence. He disclosed this at the launch of amnesty’s report... Read More

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January 8, 2016

Conspiracy theory: ‘DSS, Buhari are planning to kill Igbo-Biafrans, secretly execute Nnamdi Kanu’

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has alleged that the director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu is being tortured in detention by the Department of State Services (DSS), with the the ultimate aim of secretly executing him. IPOB disclosed this in a statement on its website Biafra Herald on Thursday, where it was also stated that... Read More

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July 5, 2014

Tunde Leye: Executive President sir, could you please execute?

by Tunde Leye The President failed to be executive when it took 18 days to react to the kidnapping. He failed to be executive when the Chibok parents had to organize a vigilante force to go into Sambisa in the days after the kidnap when the army failed to turn up. Executive. Adjective: Relating to... Read More

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April 30, 2014

HORRIBLE: Islamic extremists execute 2 men for ‘fighting against Muslims’ (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

by Zara Mustapha Two Syrian rebels were publicly crucified by Islamic extremists in northeastern Syria in revenge for a grenade attack on members of their group. According to reports, the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq said it had executed a total of seven prisoners accused of carrying out a grenade attack on one of its fighters earlier this month... Read More

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August 29, 2013

Did Kim Jong Un execute his ex-girlfriend for making a sex tape? North Korean leader ‘had singer shot along with a dozen leading musicians’

Kim Jong Un is rumoured to have executed his former mistress after she made a sex tape with a number of her fellow entertainers. A South Korean newspaper published claims that the secretive leader had handed out the death penalty to a dozen musicians from a leading orchestra. One of the victims was allegedly Hyon... Read More

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March 14, 2013

“Act of sheer brutality”: Saudi Arabia executes 7 men for 2006 robberies committed when they were juveniles

Seven Saudi men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery were executed on Wednesday, according to the country’s official news agency, more than a week after their families and a rights group appealed to the king for clemency. The executions took place in Abha, a city in the southern region of Asir, the Saudi Press... Read More

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