Nigeria 2007
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News on Nigeria in 2007
- DECEMBER 28, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH BY HANGING
the Kano state High Court in Nigeria sentenced three suspected murderers to death by hanging for conspiracy, robbery and the murder of a man named Manu Mariri.
- DECEMBER 27, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN STATE REFUTES AI'S SECRET EXECUTION CHARGE
authorities in the northern Nigerian state of Kano rejected Amnesty International's recent accusation
- DECEMBER 20, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: STOP EXECUTIONS, ADOPT A MORATORIUM
Nigerian NGOs and Amnesty International express serious concerns about reports of the executions of several prisoners on death row in Nigerian prisons and call for an immediate moratorium.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Nigeria voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- DECEMBER 17, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. GOVERNMENT MISLEADS WORLD ABOUT DEATH PENALTY RECORD
Amnesty International revealed that secret executions have been taking
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. FOUR NIGERIANS EXECUTED
according to a Nigerian recently deported from Libya, who wished to remain
- OCTOBER 12, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: RIGHTS LAWYER LOBBIES AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Olawale Fapohunda, a leading human rights lawyer in Nigeria, called for a formal moratorium on executions and a speedy end to capital punishment in Nigeria.
- OCTOBER 5, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TWO DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
a full panel of the Supreme Court in Abuja, Nigeria, upheld the death by hanging
- OCTOBER 2, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. EBONYI, KATSINA, SOKOTO PARDON 86 PRISONERS
three states in Nigeria- Ebonyi, Katsina and Sokoto - released a total of 86
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: NGO COALITION ASKS ASSEMBLY TO PASS DEATH PENALTY BILL INTO LAW
a coalition of local and international non governmental organisations called on the Nigerian National Assembly to immediately pass into law the draft Death Penalty Moratorium Bill, submitted to it by the Human Rights Law Service in order to stop execution
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN CATHOLIC SEEKS ASYLUM IN ITALY TO ESCAPE DEATH SENTENCE
a Nigerian Catholic man who fled his native land to escape execution has appealed to the Italian government to allow him to remain there, the AKI news service reports.
- AUGUST 30, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA HANDS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE TO NIGERIAN
a Chinese court has handed a Nigerian man a suspended death sentence, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Nigerian Obi Chinedu was arrested last year in the Central Asian border region of Xinjiang after he aroused suspicion when he dashed to the toilet
- AUGUST 9, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TRAFFICKER'S DEATH SENTENCE REINSTATED
a petty trader from Nigeria was devastated when the Federal Court, in Malaysia...
- AUGUST 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling.
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling.
- JULY 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: NIGERIAN EXECUTED IN JEDDA FOR SMUGGLING COCAINE
the Saudi Arabian news agency SPA website carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that the Court of Cassation has upheld the death sentence against Saghiru Kayudi Ijbaji, a Nigerian national who was convicted of the crime of smuggling cocaine i
- JULY 2, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
the Sokoto State High Court in Nigeria sentenced Malam Usman Maigari, a 50 year old former Police Sergeant from Musawa town in Katsina state, to death for murder.
- JUNE 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International reported that a Nigerian national was sentenced...
Amnesty International reported that a Nigerian national was sentenced...
- JUNE 19, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN GOVERNOR URGED TO APPROVE DEATH SENTENCES
the Sharia Commission in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi...
- MAY 17, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
SHARIA STONING FOR NIGERIAN MAN
A Sharia court in Nigeria's north-eastern Bauchi State has sentenced a man to death for raping two teenage
- MAY 16, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA FREES ELDERLY PRISONERS BEFORE POWER SHIFT
Nigeria has granted an amnesty to all prisoners over 70 and to those over 60 who have been on death row
- MAY 14, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA COURT SENTENCES HOUSEWIFE TO DEATH BY HANGING
a Bauchi High Court sentenced Hussaina Muhammad, 23, a housewife, to death by hanging for killing her two year old step son Tajuddeen Muhammad.
- MAY 11, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT ANNULS TWO DEATH VERDICTS
the Nigerian Supreme Court unanimously annulled the death sentence of police officer Simon Edibo...
- MAY 11, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. FOUR EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistani men and a Nigerian by the sword after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- APRIL 16, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
the Presidential Commission on the Administrative Reform...
the Presidential Commission on the Administrative Reform...
- MARCH 21, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH ROWS OVERFLOW IN NIGERIA
about 600 people are now crammed into Nigeria's disease-infested death rows.
- MARCH 12, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS STUDENTS' DEATH SENTENCE
the Nigerian Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence passed on three students of Oko Polytechnic, Anambra State, for robbing a woman of N4,000 at gunpoint.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
the Nigerian Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence by hanging of John Ogbu and Linus Eze, found guilty of murdering Basil Ezian on October 12, 1986, over a minor disagreement caused by excessive drinking.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. NIGERIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted Nigerian cocaine smuggler, the second Nigerian drug trafficker to be put
- FEBRUARY 18, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. NIGERIAN BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Nigerian man was executed by sword in the Saudi city of Jeddah. The man, identified as Omar, was
- JANUARY 26, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE EXECUTES MEN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Singapore has executed two African men for drug smuggling after rejecting appeals for clemency by Nigeria's president, the UN and rights groups. Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, 21, of Nigeria, and 35-year-old Okeke Nelson Malachy, a stateless African, were hanged