Tag: DEATH SENTENCE
Lagos to execute Rev. King, others
The Lagos State Government is set to execute death row inmates, including the General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, popularly known as...
Supreme Court upholds death sentence on man for killing neighbour
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence handed a man, Asuquo Okon Asuquo, for killing his neighbour, Andong Bassey Andong, over a...
Cynthia Osokogu’s killers to die by hanging, court rules
A Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has sentenced two men, Okwumo Nwabufo and Olisaeloka Ezike, to death by hanging for the killing of...
I want my daughter’s killer killed, says father of air force...
It is a mixture of pain, anger and regret for Tolani Oladipupo, whose daughter, Solape, was killed by her purported lover at the Nigerian...
Apo six: Court sentences two ex-policemen to death
Two former policemen, Ezekiel Achejene and Emmanuel Baba, were on Thursday sentenced to death by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama,...
Court sentences two brothers to death for armed robbery
An Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced two brothers, John Kuku, 45, and Fabu Kuku, 33, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
The accused...
Man sentenced to death for killing prostitute wife
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced a man, Sulaiman Olalekan, to death by hanging for the murder of his wife, Chika Egbo,...
Former Katsina district head’s son sentenced to death by hanging
A Katsina State High Court sitting in Funtua on Thursday sentenced Mu’ammar Tukur, son of former district head of Bakori, to death by hanging...
Singapore to execute Nigerian footballer for drug trafficking
A Nigerian, Chijioke Obioha, convicted in Singapore for possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking on December 30, 2008, will be executed on...
Drug trafficking: Families visit six Nigerians before execution in Indonesia
Families were granted last visits on Thursday as execution loomed for six Nigerians and eight others on death row for drug trafficking in Indonesia.
Ambulances...