Death sentence

Five sentenced to death for armed robbery, murder in Ekiti

An Ekiti State High Court has sentenced five men to death by hanging for…

China executes man for killing Japanese schoolboy

A Chinese man who stabbed a 10-year-old Japanese boy to death in Shenzhen has…

Kaduna rape suspects bag death sentence, life imprisonment

The Kaduna State Government has secured three major rape convictions, with two offenders sentenced…

Court sentences two to death for rape, murder in Delta

A Delta State High Court in Ibusa has handed down death sentences to two…

China executes couple for throwing toddlers out of apartment window

China on Wednesday executed a couple for the heinous crime of throwing two children…

Soldier sentenced to death for killing Yobe islamic scholar

The Yobe State High Court in Potiskum has pronounced the judgment in the case…

Egypt sentences 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death

Agency Report An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death…

Court sets aside death sentence on Kano singer over blasphemy

The appeal division of the Kano State High Court has set aside the death…

Japanese ‘Twitter killer’ Takahiro Shiraishi sentenced to death

A man dubbed Japan's 'Twitter killer' has been sentenced to death for murdering and…

Iran upholds death sentence against France-based journalist

Iran Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a death sentence against a high-profile dissident journalist…

Two receive death sentences for deadly 2012 Pakistani factory fire

A 2012 blaze that destroyed a Pakistani factory complex, killing about 260 labourers, was…

UNICEF urges FG to reverse prison sentence on 13-year-old boy

  Lagos, Sept. 16, 2020 (NAN) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged…

Insecurity: Tambuwal Seeks death sentence for unlawful possession of arms

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has urged the National Assembly (NASS) to produce…

Man gets death sentence for killing six people, injuring 20

A court in northeast China’s Liaoning Province on Tuesday sentenced a man to death…

36-year-old woman gets death sentence for killing neighbour in Ajegunle

A 36-year-old woman, Stella Gilbert, was sentenced to death for stabbing her neighbour, Mrs…