An Islamic appeals court in northern Nigeria was today deciding the fate of a single mother facing death by stoning for adultery in a case that has drawn international outrage.

SINGLE mother Amina Lawal has launched an appeal against an adultery conviction that could see her become the first Nigerian to be stoned to death since the return of Islamic law.

An Islamic court in northern Nigeria today postponed the appeal of a woman condemned to death by stoning for sex outside marriage, because enough judges did not turn up.