Tag: Death Penalty
Terrorism offenders deserve death penalty – Trump
Individuals, convicted of terrorism charges, deserve “the strongest penalty allowed by law,” including death penalty, U.S. President Donald Trump said…
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Ambode okays death penalty for kidnappers, signs bill into law
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday signed a bill into law specifying death penalty for kidnappers, whose victims died…
The logic of death penalty for kidnappers
By Rasak Musbau In these days of economic crises and continued disparity between poverty and wealth, there have been many…
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Lagos lawyers hail passage of bill on death penalty for kidnappers
Some Lagos-based lawyers have lauded the Lagos State House of Assembly for passing into law the bill stipulating the death…
Lagos Assembly approves death penalty for kidnappers
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday approved death sentence for kidnappers, whose victims died in their custody. The…
UK urges Nigeria to abolish death penalty
The UK on Monday appealed to Nigeria to abolish the death penalty, saying that capital punishment cheapened human life. The…
Man publicly executed in Iran for killing 4-year-old
A man convicted of murdering a 4-year-old girl was publicly hung at a bus terminal in western Iran on Monday,…
Ban seeks end to death penalty
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has urged member states and individuals to join the UN in its advocacy for an end…
Saudi Arabia executes 4 as death penalty use surges
Saudi Arabia executed four people on Wednesday, contributing to an ongoing surge in the use of the death penalty in…
Kidnappers to get death penalty in Cross River
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River on Wednesday sent an Executive bill seeking death penalty for convicted kidnappers in the…
Egyptian court seeks death penalty for ex-president Morsi
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for former president Mohamed Morsi and 106 other…
EU To Nigeria: You Can’t Kill 12 Soldiers Over Mutiny
The European Union (EU) has rejected the death sentence handed to 12 Nigerian soldiers by the General Court Martial in…
Confab’s death penalty for rapists won’t work
A human rights activist, Adenike Ibitara, on Wednesday said National Conference’s recommendation of death penalty for persons guilty of rape…
Nigerian state makes kidnapping capital offence
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Convicted kidnappers in Edo state, southern Nigeria, will henceforth face the death penalty, Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said.…
Nigeria’s lawmakers mull death penalty for kidnappers
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Convicted kidnappers in Edo State, mid-western Nigeria, may henceforth get the death penalty without an option of fine,…