A Kano State High Court sitting on Miller Road and presided over by Justice Maryam Sabo has sentenced one Aminu Muhammad to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of a three-year-old girl, Rafi’atu Junaidu, in 2018. The judgment, delivered by Justice Sabo, brings to a close a protracted legal battle that began seven years […]
•Nwachukwu and late wife Osinachi Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has sentenced the husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, Peter Nwachukwu, to death by hanging. Justice Nwosu-Iheme found him guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the deceased on April 8, 2022,...
A Niger State High Court sitting in Minna has convicted a 32-year-old man, Abubakar Muhammad Buba, to life imprisonment for killing his biological father. He was arraigned on October 9, 2023 on four counts, including charges of criminal misappropriation and culpable homicide punishable under Sections 224 and 397 of the Penal Code Law, reports ...
•Gene Spector A Russian court today sentenced a US man to 15 years in a penal colony for “espionage”, Russian news agencies reported. Russia has detained and sentenced a number of US citizens and dual-nationals in recent years, some of whom have been freed in prisoner exchanges. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted [&hel...
•US President Joe Biden US President Joe Biden today commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during his first term. With less than a month left in office, Biden had faced growing calls from death […]
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State has convicted and sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odemuyiwa (a.k.a Kristein Uyanwanne) to a combined 16-year imprisonment for stealing N52 million. Justice Mojisola Dada sentenced the duo alongside one Temple International Church, reports Channels TV. Justice Dada also ...
•Faces of the 5 convicted armed robbers (seated) Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court has found the five suspects involved in the Offa robbery incidents guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide. According to the judge, the offences are punishable by death. The incident happened in April 20...
•Tyrese Haspil with prosecutors outside the court A 25-year-old American man, Tyrese Haspil, has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for the murder of his former boss, Fahim Saleh, 33, in New York City. Saleh was the founder and CEO of Nigerian transportation company, Gokada. •Co-founder/CEO of Gokada, Fahim Saleh, explains his [&hell...
•Herdsmen An Osun State High Court sitting in Ede today, Tuesday July 2, sentenced a middle-aged herdsman, Issa Ibrahim alongside others to death for kidnapping, killing, and dismembering the corpse of his father, Adamu Ibrahim over inheritance. The convicts; Lateef Bello, Abdulrahman Soliu, Bello Ibrahim, and Jolaanabi Saheed were arraigned o...
A court in Pakistan’s conservative Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has sentenced a man(name withheld) to life imprisonment for raping and kidnapping his underage wife, the victim’s lawyer said today. “This is the first decision of its kind in the province,” the lawyer, Mian Safeer, said. The decision was announced by a court that deals with cases ...
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