•Death by hanging Court has sentenced one Apostle Ubong Bassey Etim to death by hanging for the murder of his 16-year-old daughter, Deborah Bassey. Etim falsely accused his daughter, who had Down Syndrome, of witchcraft, and killed her, reports Daily Trust. Justice Blessing Egwu of High Court No. 11 Calabar, delivered the judgment today, holdi...
A Kano High Court has sentenced two men to death by hanging for stabbing to death a lecturer with the state-owned university, Northwest University Kano, Buhari Imam. The duo of Aliyu Hussaini and Amir Zakariyya were convicted on a three-count charge of conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide, reports Vanguard. The trial judge, Justice ...
A 26-year-old man, David Isaiah, who kidnapped and killed a commercial sex worker, Comfort James, with herbicide, was today sentenced to death by hanging by an Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division. Isaiah was charged with conspiracy, kidnapping and murder alongside his friend, Saviour Daniel, who died during the pendency of the court tri...

