The explosion, which killed 20 people including a Singaporean, occurred at the Erawan Shrine in the centre of Bangkok, an area popular with foreign tourists.

Chidozie Obinna, the first defendant, was convicted and sentenced in absentia after he allegedly absconded while on bail during the trial.

A Minna High Court has convicted and sentenced five persons to death by hanging for armed robbery. The judgment was delivered by Justice Mohammed Adishetu

A High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced seven men to death by hanging after finding them guilty of the kidnapping and murder of

Trial judge Justice Lauretta Oyeka, in her judgment, convicted Ezike of the murder of Jude Onwuegbuchunam, an indigene of Umuoji in Anambra.