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UNITED NATIONS--Egypt and Nigeria
accounted for well over 1,000 of the death
sentences announced last year, more than
a third of the world's total, Amnesty
International has announced in its latest
annual report on the death penalty.

The London-based human-rights group
April 1 expressed alarm at the 28-percent
jump in death sentences, with 2,466
people in 55 countries condemned to
death in 2014 and at least 607 people
executed in 22 countries.

Neither of those numbers is complete, as
North Korea's isolationist stance means
that no estimate is available from
Pyongyang. Amnesty International also
doesn't report numbers for China, where
such information is considered a state
secret. The Dui Hua Foundation, a U.S.-based prison-research group, has
estimated 2,400 executions were carried
out in China in 2014.

Amnesty International also said it was
unable to confirm whether judicial
executions took place last year in Syria,
where civil war has raged for four years.

The countries with the most recorded
executions last year were Iran with at
least 289, Saudi Arabia with at least 90,
Iraq with at least 61 and the United States
with at least 35, the rights group said. In
Iran, hundreds more executions were
"not officially acknowledged" and the
total could be as high as 743, the
organization said.

Once again, the United States was the only
country in the Americas to execute people
in 2014, the report said. Texas and
Missouri each carried out 10 executions.
Other U.S. states that put people to death
were Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Ohio and
Oklahoma.

The overall number of global executions
last year dropped almost 22 percent from
2013.

"The numbers speak for themselves: The
death penalty is becoming a thing of the
past," said Amnesty International
Secretary-General Salil Shetty.

But Shetty condemned the use of death
sentences as a way to fight crime or
"terrorism."

Nigeria announced 659 death sentences,
mostly for murder and armed robbery,
but a military court in December
sentenced to death 54 soldiers who had
been accused of refusing to join
operations against the extremist group
Boko Haram. The soldiers testified that
they had not been properly equipped to
go after Boko Haram, which has since
pledged allegiance to the Islamic State
group.

Nigeria's higher number of death
sentences, up from 141 the year before,
was also a result of more complete data
offered by authorities.

Egypt announced at least 509 death
sentences last year, many of them in the
mass trials that have been held since the
ouster of Islamist President Mohammed
Morsi in 2013. The practice has brought
international criticism. In one case in
December, 188 people were sentenced to
death in the killing of 11 police officers.

In the United States, at least 72 death
sentences were announced last year.

Amnesty International also expressed
concern about countries that resumed the
practice of executions, including Pakistan,
which reinstated the death penalty in
December after a Pakistani Taliban attack
on a school killed 150 people, most of
them children.

"An alarming number of countries that
used the death penalty in 2014 did so in
response to real or perceived threats to
state security and public safety posed by
terrorism, crime or internal stability," the
new report said....

ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201504030015

But why the sudden interest from the superpowers, is that a sign that nigeria start to experiance the change?

Just started feeling proud of Nigeria.
thank you lord..

The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angela Merkel, has officially invited Nigeria’s president-elect Gen. Muhamadu Buhari to Germany.

In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday, Merkel said that she is confident that her country will continue to intensify the close and amicable cooperation between both countries.

She however congratulated Buhari Nigeria’s President-elect for his victory at the just concluded presidential election, describing it as a clear signal for the further democratisation of the country she further called on him to face the challenge that lies ahead.

The statement reads in part, “Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on your election victory. With this election, the Nigerian people have sent a clear signal for the further democratisation of their country. Ahead of you lies responsibility for further consolidating democratic change with the combined forces of all political camps and for fostering Nigeria’s economic development. Allow me to encourage you to pursue this path.

“I am confident that we will continue and intensify the close and amicable cooperation between our two countries. I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to visit Germany. “I wish you strength and success for the tasks that lie ahead of you.’’



http://leadership.ng/news/422829/merkel-invites-buhari-to-germany

But Jonathan said if Buhari wins,
foreign investors will run. Like most of
his actions, he got that one wrong too.
Foreign investors are the ones calling. I love Nigeria.

Thank God Nigeria on world stage
once again

thank God...goodnews

NEW YORK (MarketWatch)—Nigerian stocks surged Wednesday,
as investors cheered that country’s recent election results.

The Global X MSCI Nigeria ETF NGE, +16.26% was up 16% at
last check. It’s gained 27% over the past month, as shown in the
chart below, though the exchange-traded fund is coming off a
slump of 43% last year.
Investors are betting that president-elect Muhammadu Buhari,
who defeated incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, will
deliver improvements to Africa’s largest economy, which has
been hammered by crude oil’s crash and other factors.
Economic growth may be limited in 2015, writes Barron’s
Dimitra DeFotis, citing Simon Freemantle, economist at
Standard Bank.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-nigerian-stocks-are-surging-16-after-a-historic-election-2015-04-01

FINAL RESULT



Katsina state: APC: 1,345,441 PDP: 98,937

JIGAWA PDP: 142,897 APC: 885,988

Kwankwasiya amana :

Kano Senate seat APC 3 PDP 0
Reps seat APC 24 PDP 0
Salute, kwankwaso deserve this"


SAI GENERAL

GOOD/QUALITY EDUCATION
FREE UNIVERSITIES
N100/1GB or [mtn pack go south africa]
NEPA BACK TO NIGERIANS
NO USING OUR MONEY PAY FOR PILGRIMS[saudi/jerussalem]
NEW REFINERIES
WICKED POLICE FORCE WILL NOW BE UNDER NASS
NIGERIAN AIRWAYS BACK
SUPER EAGLES BACK TO WINNING
FUEL PRICE REDUCE
FREE HEALTH...

SAI GENERAL..
SAI BABA..

ADD WHAT YOU HOPE
AND CLICK LIKE TO RISE THIER BLOOD PRESSURE

.

Tarauni


Presidential APC 70,755 PDP 2,887
Senate APC 57,655 PDP 15,050
Reps APC 55,185 PDP 13900

Garun Malam LG of Kano State

Presidential APC 27,818 PDP 5604
Senate 24,750 PDP 8,497
Reps 24,379 PDP 8292.

Minjibir LG of Kano State

Presidential APC 34,082 PDP 3461
Senate 27,132 PDP 9551
Reps 25,874PDP 10,597

kaduna state, MAKARFI LGA,

PresidentIal; APC=44241, PDP=3500

kaduna state, SABON GARI LGA,

PresidentIAL; APC=71022, PDP=10805

check this kd result..........

Kaduna South LG presidential.
APC: 132,514. PDP: 31,820.
Senate: 131,448. PDP: 32,082.
Reps: APC 128,908. PDP: 31,684.

[size=20pt]lies where did you get the report[/size]

keep it on brother..
these people are dangerous....

how they stand ................

[size=20pt]Few can accept happiness if it means change.[/size]

[size=20pt]If you want to make enemies, try to change something.[/size]



SAI BABA

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