Father cries out for justice over two sons wrongly sentenced to death

“It is said that the judiciary is the last hope of a common man, but what happens when a common man cannot get justice? The purpose of seeking justice is forfeited.” An Oshogbo High Court judge sentenced two brothers from Cotonou to death for armed robbery and murder. The judge admitted the confessional statement as […]

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Three women sentenced to death for kidnapping and selling children in Nigeria

A High Court, sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria presided over by Justice Gabriel Ette, has on Friday, June 2, sentenced three women to death for specialising in kidnapping and selling of children in the state. The women identified as Enobong Nsikak Sunday (38), Gertrude Thompson Akpan (48), and Mary Okon James (49) were […]

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Three sentenced to death in Ekiti for stealing phones, chargers, laptops, sandals and power banks

A High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Monday, May 15, sentenced three persons to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. The defendants: Omotayo Deji, 23, Chidiebere Ifeanyi, 25, and Bolaji Usman, 28, were arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotoso on January 21, 2020, on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and […]

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Man who dismembered eight year-old-girl in Rivers state in 2017, sentenced to death (Graphic photo)

A Rivers State High Court has sentenced 21-year-old Ifeanyi Maxwell Dike, to death by hanging, for raping, killing, and dismembering an eight-year-old girl named, Chikamso Victory Nmezurumba, in August 2017. Dike who is said to be related to the deceased, raped Chikamso at Messiah Close, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, killed her, and then removed her tongue, breasts, […]

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Pakistan’s ex-president, Pervez Musharraf, sentenced to death

A Pakistani special court trying the high treason case against former president General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, December 17, handed the former ruler a death sentence. A three-member bench of the special court headed by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice, Waqar Ahmad announced the decision, in a split judgment. The court, in its short order […]

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For killing his girlfriend, 26-year-old man sentenced to death in Nigeria (Photos)

26-year-old Saliu Oladayo was handed a death sentence by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure on Tuesday September 3, after he was found guilty of killing his 19-year-old girlfriend, Confidence Ebere. The convict was arrested by the police after stabbing Ebere to death during an argument in May 2018 at Oshinle Quarters in Akure […]

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Pastor killed NNPC engineer after impregnating his wife, sentenced to death (Photos)

Details of how a pastor killed an engineer working with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Benin, Edo State have been revealed by the court. The details emerged after the Edo State High Court sentenced Pastor Udoka Ukachukwu and his mistress Eniobong Isonguyo, a mother of three, to death for the murder of her […]

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