Inside Nigeria's Senate, grief, rage and fear are driving a hard choice, as lawmakers confront a chilling question from the Justice Sector and Rights groups wondering whether hanging kidnappers will ...

Key justice and human rights stakeholders on Thursday opposed a Senate proposal seeking to prescribe the death penalty for kidnapping under a proposed amendment to the Terrorism (Prevention and ...

The Senate on Wednesday took a firm stance against the country’s worsening insecurity, declaring kidnapping a form of terrorism and recommending the death penalty for offenders, without the option of ...

Pope Francis called Wednesday for categoric opposition to capital punishment to be written into an update of the most important guide to Catholic teaching. His comments, which will be controversial ...