Tag: death sentence
Mutiny: Falana Condemns Death Sentence Passed On 54 Soldiers
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has condemned the sentencing of 54 soldiers to death. The soldiers were on…
2 Sentenced To Death For Stealing Fowls
These indeed are interesting times. For stealing fowls belonging to a police officer, two men have been sentenced to death…
54 soldiers sentenced to death by firing squad
Fifty-four Nigerian soldiers were sentenced to death by firing squad on Wednesday by a Military Court-Martial sitting in Abuja. A…
Death Sentence On 12 Soldiers: Falana Petitions Army
By Simon Ateba Lagos lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Barrister Femi Falana, has contested the death sentence passed on…
Lawyers disagree on ‘Death Sentence’ on mutinous soldiers
By Akin Kuponiyi&Henry Ojelu The death sentence passed on 12 soldiers by a military tribunal over their alleged in mutiny…
12 Nigerian soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny
Twelve Nigerian soldiers were on Tuesday sentenced to death for mutiny after shots were fired at their commanding officer in…
Three condemned to death for ‘China’s 9/11’ mass stabbing
Three people were condemned to death Friday and one given life in prison for a mass stabbing that killed 31…
Cameron condemns Sudanese death sentence
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday he was “appalled” by the “barbaric” death sentence given to a Sudanese woman…
Rapist To Die By Stoning
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has sentenced a man, 63, to death by stoning for raping a girl of…
Egypt: 529 Morsi supporters sentenced to death
A court in Egypt on Monday sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death after a mass…
Malaysian couple to hang for starving maid to death
A Malaysian couple have been sentenced to hang for murdering their Indonesian maid by starving her to death, according to…
Arowolo Sentenced To Death For Killing Banker Wife
Henry Ojelu & Irene Nwaro Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Ikeja High Court Friday sentenced Akolade Arowolo to death over…
Man Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday sentenced a 65-year-old man, Ganiyu Akindele, to death by hanging…
Drug Trafficking: Nigerian Sentenced To Death
A Nigerian and a Thai woman have been sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Vietnam, within a week in…
S/Court: Phone thief must die by hanging
Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja ordered that the ring leader of a notorious armed robbery gang, Mr. Salisu…