Three men, including a septuagenarian have been sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic Sharia Court in Ningi, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, for homosexuality.
An Akure High Court in Ondo State has sentenced an Evangelist, Adewale Adelu, and five others to death by hanging over their roles and involvement in armed robberies in the state.
The three men, however, had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonments because Kenya's ban on carrying out executions means the trio will spend the rest of their lives in jail.
A High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo state has sentenced to death the killer boyfriend Chukwudi Onweniwe of an HND student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo, Nifemi Adeyeoye to death by hanging.
A rare bee - the osmia avosetta species - that arrived in the UK from Turkey in someone's luggage, has escaped after sentenced to death and it's now wanted.
Justice Ibironke Harrison of a Lagos High Court has sentenced a police officer, Darambi Vandi, to death by hanging for shooting a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem to death last Christmas.
A British woman, Ramandeep Kaur Mann has been sentenced to d£ath by hanging in India over the death of her husband. According to Mirror UK, Kaur Mann was sentenced by a court in India for the murder of Sukhjeet Singh.
To prove his case, the prosecutor, Kunle-Shina Adeyemo, called five witnesses and tendered the defendant's statements, pictures of the deceased and medical report of the cause of death as exhibits.
The court presided over by Justice Sunusi Maaji, delivered a resounding verdict, condemning Quarong to death by hanging for the culpable homicide of his former partner.
A court in Kano, Northern Nigeria, has sentenced a musician to death for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. The Kano Upper Shari'a Court sitting at Hausawa Filin Hockey sentenced 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif to death by hanging.
A high court in Rivers state has sentenced three persons to death for lynching 4 students in Aluu community in 2012. The Court presided over by Justice Nyordee has also discharged and acquitted the remaining 4.