Death Penalty
Gombe District Head sentenced to death by hanging
A Gombe State High Court has sentenced Sulei Yerima, the District Head of Bangunji, and his accomplice Shedrack Aliyu Kwan to death by...
Maryam Sanda’s presidential pardon nullified, Supreme Court affirms death by hanging
‎The Supreme Court has overturned the presidential pardon granted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Abuja-based housewife, Maryam Sanda, and affirmed the original...
Court sentences herdsman to death for homicide
A High Court in Maiduguri, Borno State, has sentenced an 18-year-old herdsman, Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging for the murder of a...
Nnamdi Kanu convicted of terrorism, prosecution demands death penalty
A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on all seven counts...
Ekiti man sentenced to death by hanging for killing his brother
‎A 34-year-old man, Stephen Adamu, has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Ekiti State High Court for the murder of his...
Kano court sentences two men to death by hanging for killing lecturer
Kano High Court has imposed the death penalty by hanging on two men for the 2016 murder of a university lecturer during an...
Calls for abolition of death penalty in Nigeria
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s justice sector, increases the call for the abolition of the death penalty, urging the government to replace capital punishment with life...
