Nigeria
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES24
- GOVERNMENT
- federal presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- a new constitution was adopted in 1999
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law, Islamic law (in 12 northern states), and tribal norms
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges appointed by the Provisional Government Council); Federal Court of Appeal (judges appointed by the federal government on the recommendation of the Advisory Judicial Committee)
RELIGIONS
50% Muslims, 40% Christians, 10% local beliefs
From the country
- JANUARY 12, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Moves by the Nigerian Federal Government to abolish...
Moves by the Nigerian Federal Government to abolish capital punishment were described as a plan to contain the Sharia legal system and to reduce the stem of its spread in the country
- JANUARY 12, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian nationals Michael Titus Igweh and Hillary K
Nigerian nationals Michael Titus Igweh and Hillary K
- JANUARY 6, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Upper Sharia Court in the Alkalere district of...
The Upper Sharia Court in the Alkalere district of the northern state of Bauchi, Nigeria, sentenced Umar Tori, 45, to death by stoning for having sex with his 15-year-old stepdaughter