Ajoke John, an 89-year-old woman, and her daughter Oreoluwa were killed in Lagos State by the domestic worker Joseph Ogbu, who was sentenced to death by hanging by an Ikeja High Court.According to NAN, Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay ruled on Monday that the prosecution's case against the convicted person on the three-count charge bordering on murder and armed robbery was sufficiently established.Since the defendant admitted to living with the deceased and being the only...

Earlier today the Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada, the Judge sentenced a 32-year-old vulcaniser who is also a cult member, Chidozie Onyinchiz to death by hanging on Tuesday for robbing a nurse of N57,000.Justice Dada held that the prosecution had proved the three-count-charge of conspiracy, armed robbery and membership of an unlawful society against Onyinchiz.Dada said the convict’s attempt to wriggle out of the charges was futile...

After fifteen months of being prosecuted, a Kano Shari’a Court has sentenced a popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara, to death by hanging over blasphemy.Kabara, who commands a large followership in Kano, was found guilty of making blasphemous statements against the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (SAW).The cleric was arrested last year on July 16 and he has been facing trial since until he got sentenced to death earlier today.The cleric has the right to...