Tag: death sentence
Man bags death sentence for killing brother in Lagos
An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced to death a 33-year-old man, Abiodun Allen, for killing his immediate younger brother,…
Reckless driver sentenced to death for knocking down FRSC personnel
A state high court sitting in Birnin Kebbi has sentenced to death one Usman Aliyu, who carelessly knocked down Road…
Police attack: Egypt court upholds death sentences of 20 people
Egypt’s top Appeals Court on Monday upheld death sentences for 20 people convicted of attacking a police station near Cairo…
Driver sentenced to death for robbing former boss over unpaid salary
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday sentenced a driver, Monsuru Ayoola, to death for robbing his former boss Lanre Alabi…
Civil servant sentenced to death for killing lawyer
A Sokoto State High Court on Tuesday sentenced a 37-year-old civil servant, Atiku Galadima to death by hanging for killing…
Court overturns death sentence on teen who killed husband
Sudanese court on Tuesday overturned a death sentence on a teenager and jailed her for five years instead, the girl’s…
Liberian sentenced to death for spying
An Algerian court has sentenced a Liberian to death “for spying for Israel,” the Algeria Press Service reported on Tuesday.…
Failed coup: 28 Turkish soldiers sentenced to life over foiled coup in 2016
A total of 28 soldiers were handed life sentences on Tuesday in three separate cases related to a failed military…
Governor seeks divine courage to sign convicted-kidnappers death sentence
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has said that he constantly seeks courage and conviction from God to sign the…
Court affirms robber’s death sentence
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed death sentence passed on Daniel Kekong for armed robbery.
Bauchi approves death sentence for kidnapping
Kidnapping in Bauchi State is now punishable by death or life imprisonment as Gov. Mohammed Abdullahi signed into law a…
Abeokuta High Court sentences man to death by hanging
A High Court in Abeokuta on Monday sentenced Kola Akanji, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Akanji, whose address…
House of Assembly approves death sentence for kidnappers
The Lagos State House of Assembly has on monday November, 28 approved death sentence for kidnappers, whose victims died in…
73-year-old woman sentenced to death over drugs
A Vietnamese court has sentenced an elderly Australian woman to death for heroin trafficking, local media reported on Thursday. The…
You must die, Supreme Court tells convict
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the death sentence passed on Ayiere GodsGift by the Court of Appeal in Calabar…