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Nigeria:
Death Row - Oshiomhole Under Pressure to Rescind Execution Warrant
Vanguard, 23 October 2012
INTENSE pressure has been brought to bear on the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to spare the lives of two death row prisoners, whose warrants he recently appended… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Amnesty Asks Edo to Halt Prisoners' Execution
Daily Trust, 23 October 2012
Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian Government to halt the planned execution of two prison inmates in Edo state whose death warrants were signed by Governor Adams… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Rights Commission, Lawyers Ask Oshiomhole to Halt Execution
Daily Trust, 20 October 2012
The National Human Rights Commission has requested Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State to suspend the planned execution of two inmates on the death row in the state. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Prisoners Face Execution Soon
AI London, 19 October 2012
Two prisoners on death row in Benin prison are in imminent danger of being hanged after the governor of Nigeria's Edo State signed their death warrants, prompting Amnesty… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NHRC Asks Oshiomhole to Halt Execution of Two Inmates
Vanguard, 18 October 2012
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has asked Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State to suspend the planned execution of two inmates on death row in the state. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Review Death Penalty, NGOs Urge FG
Vanguard, 15 October 2012
As the world marks the World Day Against Death Penalty, human rights groups, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, and Nigeria Death Penalty Group, NDEPELG, have called on… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Court Sentences Student to Death by Hanging
Leadership, 14 October 2012
The Delta State High Court sitting in Warri on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging aNational Diploma (ND II) student of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko after being found guilty of… Read more »