RECENTLY, the Edo State governor, Mr Monday Okpebholo, declared that kidnappers caught in the state would face the death penalty,…
THERE is no doubt that killings and acts of killings have become the order of the day in Nigeria. Apart…
The Edo House of Assembly has passed the State Kidnapping Prohibition Law 2025 and approved the death sentence for offenders.
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu on Thursday, said that the decision to abolish the practice…
The justice ecosystem has, since the moratorium on death penalty, been weighing the benefits or otherwise of reintroducing the capital…
No fewer than 901 people were executed in Iran in 2024, including about 40 in a single week in December,…
United States President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to reinstate the death penalty for violent offenders, including rapists and murderers,…
THE current severe economic crisis suffered by millions of Nigerians caused by increased petrol prices and the fall in the…
European Union and Council of Europe have reiterated their steadfast opposition to capital punishment, deeming it a cruel and inhumane…
The Supreme Court on Friday discharged and acquitted a Nigerian Army Sergeant, Akawu Bala, from the death sentence imposed on…
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