Tag: DEATH SENTENCE
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...
Stepmother, two teachers to die by hanging for ritual killing of...
An Edo High Court on Monday sentenced three people to death by hanging over the murder of a three-year-old girl.
Stepmother, Betty Stephen; and the...
Eight babies, nine pregnant inmates reported at Kirikiri prison
Eight babies are currently living in Kirikiri Female Prisons, Lagos, with their mothers, while nine inmates are pregnant, an official said on Thursday.
Director, Directorate...
Rev King must die, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the judgment of a Lagos High Court which condemned General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo,...
Homicide: Court sentences policeman to death by hanging
Justice Jude Okeke of the FCT High Court on Tuesday sentenced a policeman, Samuel Tarkaa, to death for culpable homicide.
The convict was arraigned on...
Supreme Court affirms penalty on man sentenced to death in Lagos
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the judgment of a Lagos High Court sentencing a man, Nonso Okeke to death for the murder of...
Killers of former FUTA VC sentenced to death by hanging
An Akure High Court Wednesday sentenced two people to death by hanging for the murder of former vice chancellor of the Federal University of...
Nigerian military commutes death sentence of 66 soldiers to 10 years
The military announced a reprieve Saturday for 66 soldiers sentenced to death by firing squad for mutiny and trying to kill their commanding officer...
Death sentence: Supreme Court decides Rev King’s fate Feb 26
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday fixed February 26, 2016 for judgment in the appeal filed by the General Overseer of the...