Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, is seeking a pardon for a young man who was sentenced to death by hanging in 2010 for allegedly stealing a fowl and eggs. In a statement on X.com on Tuesday, Adeleke instructed the state’s…
Adegoke killing: Court reserves judgement on Adedoyin’s appeal
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Chief Ramon Adedoyin against the death sentence passed on him by an Osun State High Court. Chief Adedoyin was found guilty…
Court sentences 2 ex-vigilante members to death for alleged kidnap, murder
An Abia State High Court sitting in Ukwa, has sentenced to death, two former members of Abia Vigilante group popularly known as Bakassi Boys, for alleged kidnap and murder. The duo – Ugochukwu Amaugo, and Udo Ogah, are to die…
Extrajudicial killing: 5 vigilante group members to die by hanging
A Kano State High Court presided over by the Chief Judge, Justice Dije Aboki, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced five members of a vigilance group to death by hanging, over the extra-judicial killing of a 17-year-old male, Ahmed Musa. The…
Killer Cop Drambi Vandi sentenced to death for Bolanle Raheem’s murder
The Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square annex, Igbosere, Lagos island has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, a suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi for the murder of Lagos-based lawyer Mrs Omobolanle…
3 sentenced to death over rape, murder of UNILORIN Student
Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of Kwara State High Court has sentenced three persons to death by hanging over the rape and murder of a 300-level undergraduate of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Omowumi Olajide. Two other accused persons were sentenced to…
Iran protests: Tehran court sentences 1st person to death over unrest
A court in Iran has issued the first death sentence to a person arrested for taking part in the protests that have engulfed the country, state media say. A Revolutionary Court in Tehran found the defendant, who was not named,…