Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode signed the anti-kidnapping bill recently passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly into law.

A High Court in Abeokuta sentenced Kola Akanji, to death by hanging for armed robbery.

Mark Christeson, 37, White, was executed. He was convicted of the February 1, 1998 murders of Susan Brouk, 36, White, and her 2 children, Adria, 12, and Kyle, 9, and sentenced to death on October 14, 1999.

Jordanian Court of Cassation, highest judicial committee in Jordan, upheld December’s State Security

Iraq’s judiciary sentenced a Syrian national to death, finding him guilty of financing Islamic State militants.

A Barguna court awarded death sentence to two accused in a case filed over the murder of two fishermen by drowning in the district. The court also gave life imprisonment to 12 others.

Two cousins who violently robbed an armed police officer of Sh300 will face the death penalty after the

A court in Chuadanga sentenced a man to death for killing a woman and her daughter in Railpara area of the district town in 2009.

Two employees of Afghan defense ministry who were charged with various crimes, were sentenced to death, officials said.

Kirkuk criminal court judge sentenced two ISIL militants to death, Brig. Sarhad Qadir, Kirkuk Suburban Police Chief, told Millet Press.

A man was sent to the gallows by the High Court in Ipoh after he was found guilty of trafficking in drugs.

Terry Edwards, 43, Black, was executed.