Nigeria 2002
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News on Nigeria in 2002
- JANUARY 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer for an 18-year-old Muslim who could face...
The lawyer for an 18-year-old Muslim who could face death if she is convicted of adultery in northern Nigeria said she is being held in jail with her newborn daughter
- JANUARY 14, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Husseini is to appeal her sentence of death today
Safiya Husseini is to appeal her sentence of death today
- JANUARY 14, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria postponed an appeal...
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria postponed an appeal hearing on behalf of a woman sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of adultery
- JANUARY 14, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The judges of Sharia Court of Appeal, Sokoto, were...
The judges of Sharia Court of Appeal, Sokoto, were called upon to disregard the sentence to death by stoning passed on Malama Safiya Hussaini by the Upper Sharia Court, Gwadabawa, for it's failure to abide by Islamic law
- JANUARY 14, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini won a temporary reprieve from death...
Safiya Hussaini won a temporary reprieve from death by stoning for adultery under Islamic sharia law
- JANUARY 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A group of European parliamentarians sent an urgent...
A group of European parliamentarians sent an urgent appeal to safe Safiya Hussaini, the woman who risks stoning in Nigeria
- JANUARY 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's embassy in Athens told a protest delegation...
Nigeria's embassy in Athens told a protest delegation that a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning in the African country would be spared, Soula Panaretou, a member of the Coalition of the Left and Progress, said
- JANUARY 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other...
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other MEPs wrote to the Nigerian Ambassador to the EU, Mr Akunwafor, demanding that the execution of Safiya Husaini Tungar-Tudu by stoning, for having committed adultery, is not carried out
- JANUARY 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Vandalising the abandoned Shell oil pipelines in Nigeria...
Vandalising the abandoned Shell oil pipelines in Nigeria carries the death penalty
- JANUARY 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain adhered to the demonstration for Safiya...
Hands Off Cain adhered to the demonstration for Safiya Husseini, a Nigerian woman condemned to death by stoning for adultery by an Islamic court, organised by the Rai Radio programme Zapping, presented by Aldo Forbice
- JANUARY 7, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Prison officials in Nigeria's Katsina state remained...
Prison officials in Nigeria's Katsina state remained tight lipped about why Sani Yakubu Rodi was executed by hanging instead of by machete as his sentence stipulated
- JANUARY 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was hanged in northern Nigeria...
A convicted murderer was hanged in northern Nigeria in the country's first execution under Muslim sharia law, which has sparked riots in the West African country
- JANUARY 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Chief Imam of Badagry, Lagos, Alhaji Imam Muslim...
The Chief Imam of Badagry, Lagos, Alhaji Imam Muslim Olayide Huthman, speaking on the death sentence passed on Safiya Hussaini for adultery [October 2001], advised the Sokoto state government to drop the charge if they cannot get the second person
- JANUARY 1, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Code...
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Code and the legislation on civil disturbances for armed robbery, murder, treason, and offenses against the State
- JANUARY 1, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"We want Sharia, the best of all the laws"
"We want Sharia, the best of all the laws" is scrawled in brown letters along the walls of the building where our meeting with the state authorities was held