•The 5 convicted armed robbers (seated) The Court of Appeal in Ilorin, Kwara State, has upheld the death sentences imposed on five men convicted over the 2018 Offa bank robbery, dismissing their appeals as lacking merit. The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the state, Mohammed Akande, who witnessed the proceedings virtually, said tha...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kano has upheld the death sentence imposed on Abdulmalik Tanko, the killer of young Hanifa Abubakar. Justice A. R. Muhammad dismissed Tanko’s appeal and affirmed the ruling of the Kano State High Court, which had sentenced him to death by hanging, reports Daily Trust. The appellate court held that […]
•Maryam Sanda and late husband, Bilyamin Bello The Supreme Court, today, reaffirmed the death sentence that was handed to the daughter-in-law of a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Maryam Sanda, for committing culpable homicide. An Abuja high court had, on January 27, 2020, sentenced her to death by hanging after she was [&...
•Tinubu and Nnamdi Kanu The Tinubu-led federal government has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to impose the death penalty on Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), following his conviction on seven counts of terrorism earlier today. Justice James Omotoso, while delivering the judgment, ruled that the pr...
•Tinubu, Maryam and late husband President Bola Tinubu has revoked the clemency granted to Maryam Sanda, a convict who was sentenced to death for killing her husband in 2017. Sanda’s name was on the list of those to be released from prison earlier in the month, reports Daily Trust. However, following outrage, the list was […]
•CSP John Madaki (rtd) and IGP Egbetokun A retired Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), John Madaki, has called for the immediate removal of police retirees from the Contributory Pension Scheme, which he described as a “death sentence” for officers who served the country with dedication. Madaki, who retired on July 1, 2009, after 35 years [&h...
Child and autism advocates have urged parents with children under the autism spectrum to seek early medical intervention for their wards. Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical (ASCDC) expert, Aisha Brooke, said autism is not a death sentence: early intervention helps children within the spectrum live a healthier life, reports The Nation. Brooke, f...
•Armed Fulani herdsman The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Dr. Tony Ojukwu, SAN, today, condemned the death sentence imposed on one Sunday Jackson, who was found guilty of murdering a Fulani herdsman in Jos. Ojukwu, who made the condemnation while speaking during the presentation of the commission’s edition ...
•Edo State House of Assembly Edo State House of Assembly today passed the State Kidnapping Prohibition Law 2025 and approved death sentence for offenders. The majority leader, Charity Aiguobarueghian, had earlier moved the motion for the house to resolve into the committee of the whole to consider the bill clause-by-clause, reports NAN. The mo...
•Dr Ramon Adedoyin on death row The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder case of an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. According to the court’s judgment […]
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