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Man sentenced to death by hanging in Zamfara for killing friend over N100

The Zamfara State High Court of Justice has handed down a death sentence by hanging to one person and life imprisonment to another person for culpable homicide and attempted armed robbery.

Nigerian woman rescued from killing herself in Iraq is sentenced to death

She was, however, rescued and sentenced to death.

Court sentences five vigilante members to death by hanging for extra-judicial killing of 17-year-old boy in Kano

"I hereby sentence the five defendants to death by hanging," he ruled.

'It is not a death sentence, we will all be fine' - Atiku Abubakar says about the coronavirus pandemic

He also stated that the virus was not a death sentence while also praising Governors El Rufai and Bala Mohammed for publicly stating their positive test results.

Alabama murderer, Kenneth Eugene Smith becomes first inmate in US to be executed with nitrogen gas

According to Alabama's death penalty protocol for nitrogen hypoxia, prisoners are to be put to death with a fitted mask and breathing tube to control gas, slowly depriving them of oxygen.

Iniubong Umoren: Court sentences Uduak Akpan to death by hanging

(Legit) Uduak Akpan, the first accused in the murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniubong Umoren, has been sentenced to death by hanging.Akpan was handed a death sentence by the trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at

Man Bags Death Sentence Over Stealing N3,420 In 2009

The Osun state Court sitted in Osogbo has pronounced a man the judgement of death sentence by hanging for stealing a sum of three thousand, four hundred and twenty naira.

Iranian rapper sentenced to death for supporting anti-hijab protests

Raisian said the rapper "will certainly appeal against the sentence."

Ruggedman calls for death sentence on any police officer that kills innocent Nigerians

Singer, Ruggedman, has called on the government to pronounce death sentence on any police officer that kills innocent Nigerians.

Woman bags life sentence for beating daughter to death over bad blood with father

Tradezsha Trenay Bibbs, a 29-year-old American woman bags a life sentence for causing the death of her own 4-month-old daughter, Brielle Robinson.

Traditional ruler, Chief Newton Agbofodo sentenced to death.

Chief Newton Agbofodo, the embattled community head of Ekpan, Uvwie Council Area of Delta State, has been sentenced to death. He's one of the highest ranking chiefs of Uvwie Kingdom.

Ghana sentences six to death for coup attempt

Last year lawmakers voted to abolish the death penalty for ordinary crimes, replacing it with a life sentence. Last year, the events in Niger and Gabon showed that military coups are once again becoming a common trend in African politics.

Iran sentences police officer to death for killing protester

In mid-January, the judiciary's Mizan Online website said the Supreme Court had annulled a death sentence and referred the case to another court.

Billionaire businesswoman sentenced to death for embezzling $12 billion

A member of her family told Reuters before the verdict was announced that Lan would appeal against the sentence.

UNIPORT Student, Accomplice Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Murder

Justice Adolphus Enebeli, who has been presiding over the case, handed down the sentence to Maxwell-Dike and Nwamiro without the option of fine.

Man sentenced to death attacks his attorney in courtroom (Video)

In a dramatic courtroom scene, a 61-year-old man convicted of a heinous murder 33 years ago attacked his own attorney after a judge upheld his death sentence.

26-year-old man sentenced to death in Ondo for killing his girlfriend

A 26-year-old man, Saliu Oladayo has been handed a death sentence by an Ondo High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State on the 3rd of September, after he was found guilty of taking the life of his 19-year-old girlfriend, Confidence Ebere.