Nigeria 2008
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Nigeria in 2008
- JUNE 1, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: FG APPEALS TO INDONESIA OVER TWO NIGERIANS ON DEATH ROW
the Nigerian Federal Government pleaded to Indonesia Authorities to spare the lives of two Nigerians awaiting execution in Indonesia for drug trafficking.
- JUNE 1, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. REPS SEEK END TO DEATH PENALTY
capital punishment may soon be expunged from Nigeria's statutes book if members
- MAY 1, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: REV KING'S APPEAL SUFFERS SETBACK
attempts by the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly (CPA), Isolo, Lagos, Emeka Ezeugo, alias Dr Rev King, to introduce additional grounds of appeal in the appeal he filed before the Court of Appeal in Lagos suffered serious setback as the c
- APRIL 30, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: ‘DRUG PEDDLERS SHOULD BE EXECUTED’
Muhammed JubrilAlhaji Muhammad Jibril, the commander of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Nigeria, said that he preferred the death penalty for drug trafficking to a jail sentence.
- APRIL 25, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE
the Supreme Court in Lagos, Nigeria, confirmed the death sentence of Abdullahi Ada, who, eight years ago,
- APRIL 21, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MURDER CONVICT TO DIE BY HANGING AFTER 18 YRS
a panel of five justices of the Lagos Supreme Court in Nigeria okayed death by hanging for Basil Akpa for slitting the throat of his guest, Ikechukwu Njoku, 18 years ago, in his shop located at Jibia in Katsina State before dismembering him in order to ma
- APRIL 13, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
two Nigerians convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded by the sword in Saudi
two Nigerians convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded by the sword in Saudi
- MARCH 6, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
there are 784 inmates held in "tiny, dark and filthy" cells on death row in Nigeria,
there are 784 inmates held in "tiny, dark and filthy" cells on death row in Nigeria,
- FEBRUARY 28, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
a Sokoto High court in Nigeria sentenced Mohammed Ladan to death by hanging
a Sokoto High court in Nigeria sentenced Mohammed Ladan to death by hanging
- FEBRUARY 23, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING IN KATSINA STATE
An upper Sharia Court in Dutsin-ma in Katsina State in northern
- FEBRUARY 15, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. SIX SHARIAH CONVICTS AWAIT STONING DEATH IN BAUCHI
six people convicted by Islamic Shariah courts in a
- JANUARY 29, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. NIGERIAN WOMAN AND PAKISTANI BEHEADED
a Nigerian woman and a Pakistani man were executed in the Muslim holy city of
- JANUARY 1, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Constitution states at Part II...
The Nigerian Constitution states at Part II...