Justice Helen Ogunwumiju delivered judgment in an appeal filled at the Supreme Court on March 16, 2017 by Bala.
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Ajibola is a former Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ilesa branch and he is representing Oriade Constituency.
Avocats Sans Frontières France – Lawyers without Borders France – said at least seven Nigerians have been executed between 2007 and 2016.
Maharaj ji made the call on Thursday at a press conference in Ibadan to mark the 40th anniversary of Maharaj ji group and 27 years of his declaration of “No war in Nigeria”.
Tallen made her stand public during the Flag-off of the National Cooking Gas and Tree Planting project held in Girei town, headquarter of Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State, on Friday.
In a tweet on Sunday, Trump said that hardly had anyone deserved the death penalty than Tsarnaev.
Dr. Aisha Lemu, North Central Coordinator and the State Chairperson of the group, made the call when she led other members on a peaceful protest to the Government House in Minna on Thursday.
The House stated this during a motion on matter of urgent public importance at the plenary on the rampant cases of rape and other sexual assault against women and children across the country.
Bello, who is also the Chairperson of the Wives of Northern Governors Forum, made the call during the one-week campaign against rape and gender-based violence organised by the National Human Rights Commission and other Civil Society Organisations in Minna.
The Senate has proposed death by hanging for anybody found guilty of Hate Speech in the country in a reintroduced Bill.
International Federation of Women Lawyers has called on Kaduna state government to change the punishment for rape and defilement from 14 years to death penalty by hanging.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday added his voice to the call to end death sentences in the country.
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu, made the call on Wednesday in Abuja in commemoration of the 2018 World Day against Death Penalty.
Guterres said at an event at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday that the death penalty had done little to deter crimes
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, says death penalty has no place in the 21st century. Ki-Moon called on all…
Each country, Maku added, is expected to profile human rights situation and what governments and communities are doing to promote the enforcement of universal human rights across the world
Speaking at a one-day seminar on the Role of the Public Complaints Commission in a Democratic Government in Nigeria, Oshiomhole said Nigeria, as a sovereign nation, has a right to define its own national values