Tag: DEATH SENTENCE
Kano schoolgirl Hanifa Abubakar’s killers move to overturn death sentence after...
Abdulmalik Tanko and Hashimu Isyaku, who were convicted of the kidnap and murder of a schoolgirl Hanifa Abubakar, have filed a notice of appeal...
Court sentences killer cop Drambi Vandi to death for killing pregnant...
The Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging a police officer Drambi Vandi...
Hotelier Ramon Adedoyin, workers appeal death sentence
Osun-based hotelier Ramon Adedoyin and two of his staff members convicted for the murder of Timothy Adegoke have filed an appeal against the verdict...
Pastor sentenced to death for killing choir mistress after impregnating her
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday sentenced the general overseer of Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly in Oyigbo Local Government Area Pastor Chidiebere Okoroafor to death for...
Blasphemy: Kano cleric Abduljabbar Kabara sentenced to death
A Kano Upper Shari’a Court at Kofar Kudu has sentenced an Islamic cleric Abduljabbar Kabara to death by hanging over alleged blasphemy.
The judge Ibrahim...
Killers of UNILORIN female student get death sentence
An Ilorin High Court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced the killers of Blessing Olajide, a 300-level student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) to...
Fasoranti’s daughter’s killers sentenced to death by hanging
Ondo State High Court on Friday sentenced the killers of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of Yoruba socio-political group Afenifere Pa Reuben Fasoranti,...
Ali Baba reacts to death sentence on two Nigerians in Ghana
Comedian Ali Baba has reacted to the death sentence passed on two Nigerians for killing four girls in Ghana.
The comedian shared screenshots of a...
Court nullifies Kano singer’s death sentence, orders fresh trial
A Kano State High Court on Thursday nullified the judgement of an Upper Sharia Court sentencing singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu to death for blaspheming against...
Appeal Court upholds death sentence for Maryam Sanda
A Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by Maryam Sanda against the death sentence handed her for killing her...