Death Sentence

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has recommended capital punishment for vandals and theft of power infrastructure. The minister said this in Abuja on Monday while reacting to the frequent vandalism of power infrastructure. He…
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Justice Hakeem Oshodi, on Tuesday, sentenced one Clement Ododomu to death by hanging and one Tiwei Monday to 16 years in a correctional centre. Oshodi delivered the judgement after careful consideration of facts before the court and the…
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A group under the auspices Alhaqqu Human Rights and Social Justice Organization has revealed plans to appealed the judgment of a Sharia Court that sentenced Islamic cleric Abduljabbar Kabara to death by hanging over blasphemy. Addressing…
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A High Court sitting in Kano on Monday fixed Nov. 26, for hearing in an appeal filed by Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 30, against the judgment of an Upper Sharia Court which condemned him to death for blasphemy. Those joined in the suit are Gov.…
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Kano State Judiciary says it has submitted certified copies of the Sharia Court judgment to the Human Right activist, Mr Femi Falana, to enable him to appeal the judgment that sentenced Yahaya Aminu to death by hanging for blasphemy. The…
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Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has pledged to reintroduce serious punitive measures of death for reckless drivers in the state following the accident that claimed 16 lives on Wednesday evening. Recalls the accident occurred when a…
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Kano state governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje  has expressed supports to the death sentence judgement over blasphemy on a 22-year old Aminu Yahaya Sharif, by a Judge of Kano Upper Shari'ah Court, Aliyu Kani. Ganduje expressed readiness to…
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Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN) has expressed support for the death sentence passed on a 30-year-old musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu in Kano, over blasphemy by Upper Shariah Court. MULAN said having examined the proceedings of…
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The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Plateau chapter, has advocated death sentence as a stringent punishment for rapists in the country. The Chairperson of the chapter, Mrs Mary Izam, disclosed this to News Agency of…
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Following her conviction by an FCT High Court over the alleged killing of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, Maryam Sanda has approached the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, asking the court to set aside the verdict and acquit her. Sanda, who…
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