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The Kano State High Court, presided over by Justice Nasir Saminu, on Wednesday sentenced one Abdurrahman Yakubu to death by hanging for armed robbery.     Yakubu of Bele Local Government Area in Nassarawa State was found guilty of multiple counts of armed robbery with dangerous weapons.     His victims included a woman identified as Barrister Hajara Lawal Ahmad, …

A Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Akwanga has sentenced one Gambo Adamu to d3ath by hanging for murder.     The presiding judge of the Court, Justice Mustapha Ramat, delivered the judgement on Tuesday, December 31, 2024.      Justice Ramat found the convict guilty of causing the d3ath of one Hassan Ahmed by harvesting his organs in Akwanga …

US President, Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal de@th row inmates, changing their punishment to life imprisonment without parole. The decision comes after campaigners warned that the president-elect, Donald Trump, backs the death penalty and restarted federal executions during his first term after a 17-year hiatus.   “Make no mistake: I condemn these műrderers, grieve for the …

A High Court sitting in Ibusa, Delta State has sentenced three men to d3ath by hanging for the m3rder of Obi Edward Akaeze Ofulue III, the traditional ruler of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom.   Obi Ofulue was abducted by gunmen along the Ubulu-Uku-Obior Road in January 2016 and later k!lled by his captors.    His then 15-year-old son, Chukwuka Noah Akaeze I, …

A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced a man, Bamidele Folorunsho, to 10 years imprisonment for indecent treatment and sexual assault of a minor by rubbing her a.n*s and caressing her br3asts with his hands.   Justice Rahman Oshodi who handed down the verdict on Wednesday, December 11, convicted Folorunsho of two …

Chief Magistrate Caroline Oghuma of the Oredo Magisterial District has sentenced Paul Okugbowa, the candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, in the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State, to six months imprisonment for calling a married woman, Mrs Blessing Aigbudu a prostitute.     Okugbowa, 39, the proprietor of Calvary Crown Academy, Benin City, was sentenced with an …

A Jigawa State High Court, presided over by Justice Ado Yusuf Birnin-Kudu, has convicted and sentenced a wife, her husband, her brother and her sister to d3ath by hanging over a case of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.   The convicts were arrested in 2019 after being investigated and prosecuted before the court in connection with the offences of criminal …

A Lagos State High sitting in Ikeja, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, convicted and sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odemuyiwa (a.k.a Kristein Uyanwanne) along with Temple International Church, for stealing N52 million.    Justice Mojisola Dada handed down the verdict after finding them guilty of the offences preferred against them.    The judge also ordered that the third defendant …

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Kristen Uyanwanne, to 10 years imprisonment for using a church to steal N52 million.   The court also ordered that the Church, Temple International Church, be deregistered and closed down   The couple and the church were charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on …

The National Assembly has amended the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, prescribing life imprisonment for drug offenders and traffickers.  This comes following the adoption of the harmonised report by the Senate and House of Representatives on the NDLEA Act amendment.  Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Senate Conference Committee, Senator Tahir Monguno, said the amendment is to deter …