A High Court sitting in Anambra State and presided over by Justice Lauretta Oyeka has sentenced a commercial tricycle rider, Makua Ezike, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering one Jude Onwuegbuchunam, an indigene of Umuoji in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. According to the charge sheet obtained by [&helli...
The Akure Division of the Ondo State High Court has sentenced a lecturer at the College of Health Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Shittu Isiaka, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Omolara Adejumo delivered the judgment after finding the lecturer guilty of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed robbery, reports The Natio...
A Kano State High Court has sentenced two men to death by hanging for killing a groom during a late-night robbery attack in Kano state. The convicts, Aliyu Hussaini and Amir Zakariyya, residents of Sheka Sabuwar Abuja Quarters and Unguwar Malam Quarters in Kumbotso Local Government Area were found guilty of conspiracy, armed robbery and [&hell...
•Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State A farmer, Sunday Jackson, sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for killing a Fulani herdsman in self-defense, has been granted pardon by Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Fintiri. Recall that community leaders and the victim’s family have pleaded with the state governor to exercise his prerogative of m...
•Bangladesh’s ex- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina A Bangladesh court today sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered [&he...
•Tinubu and Sanda President Bola Tinubu has pardoned Maryam Sanda, who was convicted of killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, in Abuja. Bello was the son of former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Haliru Bello, reports Channels TV. Sanda was sentenced to death by hanging by Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory...
•Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State The Gaba Development Association in Lavun Local Council of Niger State has expressed strong dissatisfaction over the recent state pardon granted to eleven individuals sentenced to death by Justice Maimuna A. Abubakar of the Niger State High Court for the culpable homicide of seven unarmed members of the Gaba...
An Osun State High Court, sitting in Iwo, has sentenced an Islamic cleric, Kabiru Ibrahim, to death by hanging for the murder of his client, Lukman Adeleke. Ibrahim was charged with conspiracy, murder, and theft, contrary to Sections 324, 319(1), and 390 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 34, Laws of Osun State, reports The PUNCH. […]
An Upper Shari’a Court in Kano has sentenced Shafi’u Abubakar, a 38-year-old man, to death by hanging for setting a mosque on fire, killing 23 people. The court also ordered that Abubakar receive 150 strokes of cane for the same offense, reports Nigerian Tribune. The incident occurred on May 15, 2024, at Gadan Larabar Abasawa […]
Four persons have been sentenced to death by hanging by the Ebonyi State High Court, Ohaukwu Judicial Division after being found guilty of conspiracy and murder of 26- year-old Chinonso Elom. The murder of Elom popularly known as Oscar by the convicted persons occurred on February 5, 2023 in Ngbo community in the local government, […]
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