Tag: Death Penalty
Insecurity: Senate proposes death penalty for kidnappers
The resolution requires that, upon conviction for kidnapping, the death penalty must be enforced,” the Senate said. Lawmakers said this…
Okpebholo vows to hang convicted kidnappers
The Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) had passed a bill amending the Kidnapping Prohibition Amendment Law (and Related Matters…
Ekiti residents want death penalty for kidnappers
Between March 21 and March 31, no fewer than 20 persons were kidnapped by gunmen along Ijesa Isu-Ekiti and Ikole…
Jigawa govt approves death penalty for rapists
Commissioner for Justice and the Attorney General, Dr Musa Adamu disclosed that those convicted of raping children below the age…
Sierra Leone moves to stop death penalty
Sierra Leonean government will move to end the death penalty in the country, according to AFP.
Jigawa lawmakers approve death penalty, life imprisonment
Members of the Jigawa House of Assembly have passed a bill which allows for life imprisonment, death penalty as punishment…
Kazakhstan abolishes death penalty
The authoritarian Central Asian country, Kazakhstan has abolished the death penalty, making permanent a nearly two-decade freeze on capital punishment.
US Death penalty: African American Vialva executed in Texas
The U.S. government has executed Christopher Vialva, the seventh inmate and first African American since the resumption of the federal…
Bangladesh sentences 16 to death for killing teenager
The principal of a religious school in Bangladesh was among 16 people sentenced to death on Thursday for the murder…
Okowa appeals for abolishment of death penalty in Nigeria
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Monday called for the abolishment of death penalty in Nigeria.
Gov. Okowa calls for end to death penalty
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday added his voice to the call to end death sentences in the country.
Malaysia praised for plans to abolish death penalty
Foreign diplomats and international human rights groups on Thursday praised Malaysia for plans to abolish the death penalty in the…
Catholic Church changes teaching to oppose death penalty
The Roman Catholic Church on Thursday formally changed its teaching to declare the death penalty inadmissible in all circumstances.
India approves death penalty for piracy
India’s cabinet has approved a bill that will punish piracy at sea with death penalty or life in prison, local…
Cultists, Kidnappers, Robbers Face Death Penalty In Rivers
The bill prescribing death penalty for cultism, armed robbery, kidnapping and light arms proliferation in Rivers is now at the…