Tag: crime
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The Weight of the Oath: Examining Governors’ Reluctance to Sign Death Sentences in Nigeria
By Fẹ́mi Akínṣọlá In Nigeria, the death penalty remains a deeply contentious issue as the nation wrestles with escalating crime rates and the essence of justice. Article 1 of Nigeria’s Constitution charges the government with protecting and promoting the welfare of its citizens. However, this mandate is frequently undermined by the hesitance of state governors…
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UniPort student gets death sentence for murder of girlfriend
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a 400-level Petrochemical Engineering student of the University of Port Harcourt, Damian Okoligwe, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Justina Otuene. Justina was a 300-level Biochemistry student at the same institution. Okoligwe was found guilty of killing her in October…
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Nurse gets life in jail for murdering 10 people to reduce workload
A care nurse in Germany has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of murdering 10 patients and the attempted murder of 27 others. The prosecutors alleged that the man, who has not been publicly named, injected his mostly elderly patients with painkillers or sedatives in an effort to ease his workload…
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Nigerian student in UK jailed for rape, faces deportation
A Nigerian postgraduate student living in the United Kingdom, identified as Chiemka Okoronta, is set to be deported after serving a 10-year prison sentence for raping a teenage girl in West Yorkshire. A BBC report detailed that the 29-year-old committed the offence after the teenager became stranded on a night bus in Morley, Leeds, while…
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Abuja teacher bags life jail for raping male pupil
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has sentenced a 19-year-old teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, to life imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old pupil. This was disclosed in a statement shared with Sunday PUNCH by the Press Officer of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Vincent Adekoye. According to Adekoye, the judgment…
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Access Bank staff arrested for filming naked female colleagues, sells 400 videos
Since the initial newsbreak, more damning revelations have been made in the case a now former employee of the Access Bank, Stephen Ifeanyichukwu Ejezie, by the Police after being found culpable of a serious crime. It has been learned that Ejezie, a quality assurance specialist at the bank’s contact centre in the Oniru area of…
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