Senate approves death penalty for terrorists!

Considering a report on “a Bill for an Act to amend the Terrorism (prevention) Act, 2012,” brought forward by its Conference Committee during plenary, the Senate in a unanimous resolution, held that there was no alternative to punishing terrorism offenders than…

Dickson Approves Death Penalty For Kidnappers In Bayelsa

The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson on Wednesday affirmed his position on the prescription of death sentence for kidnappers by signing into law the Bayelsa State kidnapping and Allied offences bill 2013. Assenting to the bill passed by the legislative arm of government, the governor said that he would not hesitate to sign the death warrant of any person or group…

Google settles FTC privacy case for $22.5 million, agency’s largest penalty

Google and the Federal Trade Commission Thursday announced the company has agreed to a $ 22.5 million settlement — the agency’s largest penalty ever — on charges that Google misrepresented its actions to users of Apple’s Safari browser.

The FTC charged that Google had placed tracking cookies on users’ computers, in some cases working around the privacy settings of Apple’s browser. This, the agency said, violated a settlement Google…

Cristiano Ronaldo: I was going to take the next penalty

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed that he was the next in line in the penalty shoot-out in his side’s Euro 2012 semi-final defeat to Spain.

The Seleccao lost the match in the penalty shoot-out, as Joao Moutinho and Bruno Alves both missed from the spot, with Ronaldo – who usually takes the Seleccao‘s penalties – not having had the chance to…

Marchisio: Napoli penalty changed the game

Claudio Marchisio believes that the referee’s decision not to award Juventus a spot-kick in Sunday’s 2-0 Coppa Italia final loss against Napoli was a wrong call, and eventually cost the Old Lady cup glory after their opponents were awarded a penalty themselves.The Italy international went to ground in the Napoli area after a challenge from…

Robben rues ‘terrible’ missed penalty against Chelsea

Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben has spoken of his regret at having missed a vital penalty in the Champions League final defeat to Chelsea on Saturday.The Germans were handed a massive opportunity to regain control of the match in extra time after Didier Drogba had fouled Franck Ribery in the box, but Robben’s spot-kick was weak…

Besart Berisha, Jacob Burns disagree on contentious penalty decision

The two adversaries unsurprisingly had conflicting opinions on the match’s crucial penalty decision, but the Albanian remains sure referee Jarred Gillett was correct