Why Death Penalty No Longer Deters Criminals, Kidnappers in Nigeria

As the agitation and armed struggle in the region grew, the vice, originally intended to draw the attention of the world on the environmental degradation by the oil multinationals in the creeks of the region were hijacked by criminal elements.

House of Assembly Propose Death Sentence For Kidnapping in Lagos State, South-West Nigeria

Guardian newspaper reports that in a bid to rein in incessant cases of kidnapping in Lagos State, a private member bill sponsored by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, seeks death penalty for kidnappers.