The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has demanded that INEC should swiftly enforce the Federal Capital Territory High Court Order to recognise the Agbo Major-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria…
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A Nigerian Army Officer, Brigadier-General M. Uba of 25 Task Force Brigade, has been killed by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) members after the terrorists reportedly intercepted and tracked his location along the Damboa–Biu axis…
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No fewer than 37 condemned prisoners are awaiting execution after being sentenced for capital crimes in Bauchi State. Mr Ahmed Tata, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Bauchi State Command, said this…
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Saudi Arabia executed a record 345 people in 2024, the highest number documented by Amnesty International in over three decades of tracking the kingdom’s use of the death penalty. The global rights group released its findings Monday,…
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Former military president Ibrahim Babangida has justified why his boyhood friend and classmate, Mamman Jiya Vatsa, and nine other top military officers, who were accused of plotting to overthrow him, were summarily executed in March 1986. …
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Human rights activists on Thursday said the Iranian Government  executed at least 975 people in 2024, in a “horrifying escalation in the use of the death penalty.” The figure is a 17 per cent increase from the 834 recorded in 2023,…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed Abubakar Ahmad Sirika over an alleged N8.06 billion contract fraud in the Federal Ministry of Aviation. Abubakar is the brother of immediate-past Minister Hadi Sirika,…
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