The Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, said on Saturday he would sign the death warrant of anyone convicted for volunteering information to bandits in the state....
A secondary school student in the North Atlantic Ocean African country of Mauritius could be sentenced to death after she was arrested for allegedly insulting Prophet...
Zambia President, Hakainde Hichilema, has fulfilled one of his campaign promises by abolishing the death penalty in the country as well as repealing a defamation act...
The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has signed into law a new penal code abolishing the death penalty. The tiny oil-rich Central African...
Malaysia has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty in the country which is currently in use in a number of offences including murder, drug trafficking...
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Saturday cautioned herdsmen on cattle rustling and banditry as both come with dire consequences. Ganduje, who spoke at the...
The Jigawa State government has approved the death penalty for the rape of any child under the age of 10 years in the state. The state’s...
A 24-year-old man, Sola Jegede, has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, after he was found...
A Pakistani court has overturned the death sentence handed to a Christian couple for alleged blasphemy of Prophet Mohammad and Islam, acquitting them for lack of...
The Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru, has signed into law the state Violence Against Person Prohibition bill which prescribes death penalty for rapists and kidnappers...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has advocated for the death penalty for rape and related offences, while also calling for stiffer penalty for other...
The Clans Club International, an Abuja-based non-profit organisation has added its voice to growing calls for stringent punishment against those found guilty of r*pe in the...
The World Coalition Against Death Penalty and the Human Rights Law Service have called on countries all over the world to impose a moratorium on the...
Chad passed a new anti-terrorism law Tuesday that abolishes the death penalty for terrorism and other allied crimes in the country. The new law, according to...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has ordered the immediate amendment of the penal code to death penalty for kidnappers in the state. The governor gave...
Amnesty International on Friday urged Nigerian Government to abolish the death penalty. The group and urged the government to put an end to torture as a...
A Nigerian, Adili Ejike has narrowly escaped a death sentence issued by Singapore’s Supreme Court after being convicted for alleged possession of illicit drugs. The convict...
Three policemen were on Tuesday sentenced to death for kidnapping by an Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo. The court presided over by Justice Joy Unwana,...
Authorities in India have approved the death penalty for any individual who is found guilty of raping girls under the age of 12. Reports say the...
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, Tuesday called for an end to the “barbaric practice” of death penalty, stating that it had “no place in the 21st...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to reinstate the death penalty as he seeks to maintain a firm grip on his government following growing calls...
Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa says that the “death penalty is globally no longer fashionable as it breaches human right to life and torture”. He also...
The Senate said on Wednesday, that it would begin the process of enacting a law that would prescribe capital punishment for kidnappers. It also called on...
