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Death Penalty

NCoS blames govs as number of prisoners on death row rise to 3,298

THE Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said there are about 3,298 inmates on death row in Nigerian prisons. NCos public...

Death sentence on man who stole N57,000 – What does the law say?

THE decision of an Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada to sentence a 32-year-old vulcaniser,...
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Blasphemy: We have accepted Sharia Court verdict, death penalty would be signed in 30 days – Ganduje

ABDULLAHI Ganduje, the Governor of  Kano State said the State Government has accepted the death penalty on a Kano-based...

Blasphemy: Kano Muslim lawyers back death penalty on Kano musician, urges govt to comply

THE Muslim Lawyers’ Association (MULAN), Kano branch  says there was nothing wrong with the death penalty passed on Shariff...
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Abike Dabiri denies responsibility for Nigerian ‘innocently’ executed in Saudi

ABIKE Dabiri, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Relations and the Diaspora, has denied responsibility...

UN scribe calls for elimination of death penalty

THE United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has condemned the death penalty and urged UN Member states to...
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