Death Penalty

The Department of State Services (DSS) will appeal Monday’s life sentences for two top commanders of the Ansaru Terror organisation by a Federal High Court, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Emeka Nwite had,…
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The Chairman Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property under former President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, has advocated for a death sentence for proven corrupt individuals in Nigeria. Obono-Obla…
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The Senate on Thursday approved the death sentence for drug offenders in the country. This is as the lawmakers passed the bill to amend the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act. The proposal was adopted on Thursday when the…
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Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has advocated death penalty for rape and related offences. Tallen made her stand public during the Flag-off of National Cooking Gas and Tree Planting project held in Girei town, headquarter of…
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As Nigerians join the rest of the world to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day, Mrs. Ene Obi, Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), has advocated for a death penalty for corrupt officers in the country. Obi was speaking in…
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Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje on Thursday ordered the Ministry of Justice to amend the panel code to the death penalty for kidnappers in the state. The governor disclosed this during the inauguration of a 16- man…
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The Taraba House of Assembly on Tuesday amended the state Kidnapping and Abduction Prohibition Act 2010, to introduce death penalty and life imprisonment for offenders. Mr Charles Maijankai, Majority Leader and member representing Karim…
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Zamfara state Governor Bello Matawalle has declared that the state government may soon start implementing the death penalty on bandits’ informants in the state. Zamfara already has a law mandating death penalty for bandits. Hundreds…
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