Nigeria
2026
- 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
MAY 22, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR DURING FIGHT IN AJEGUNLE
An Ikeja high court on 7 May 2019 sentenced a 36-year-old woman, Stella Gilbert, to death for stabbing her neighbour, Mrs Stella Godwin, to death during a fight at their residence in Ajegunle, Lagos.
MAY 22, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: CAMEROONIAN COOK SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
A Lagos High Court in Igbosere has sentenced a Cameroonian cook, Leudjou Koyemen Joel, to death for the 20 December 2016 murder of Dayo Adeleke, AltAfrica reported on 21 May 2019.
- MAY 17, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: PASTOR, MISTRESS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING NNPC SENIOR STAFF
A housewife and her lover have been sentenced to death by a Benin High Court for the murder of senior staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Benin city, Engineer Victor Gabriel Isonguyo.
MAY 14, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN BAGS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING BROTHER IN LAGOS
An Ikeja High Court on 13 May 2019 sentenced to death a 33-year-old man, Abiodun Allen, for killing his immediate younger brother, Wale, with a broken bottle.
MAY 9, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 5 PRISONERS TO BE STONED TO DEATH IN BAUCHI
Five condemned persons who have been convicted to be stoned to death while another 10 whose legs and hands are to be amputated are said to be languishing in Bauchi prison presently.
APRIL 29, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 20 CONDEMNED CONVICTS ESCAPE DEATH AS AMBODE COMMUTES SENTENCES
No fewer than 20 condemned prisoners in Lagos were saved from the hangman when the state government commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment just as it freed 14 inmates who had spent 20 years in prison, This Day reported on 27 April 2019.
APRIL 18, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: THREE POLICEMEN, FOUR OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
An Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, presided by Justice Joy Unwana has handed down death sentence to seven people, including three policemen for kidnapping, the Nation reported on 16 April 2019.
APRIL 4, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ONDO STATE GOVERNOR AKEREDOLU WILL SIGN DEATH WARRANT OF CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Ondo State Governor Mr Rotimi Akeredolu will soon sign the death warrant of convicts sentenced to death by different courts in the southwestern state.
APRIL 4, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS WIFE A MONTH AFTER THEIR WEDDING
The Federal High court in Yenogoa, Bayelsa state, on 22 March 2019 sentenced 42 year old Ogho-Oghene Stephen Akpata to death by hanging for stabbing his wife of just one month, Oyinye Faustina Eze, to death at their home in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa in
APRIL 1, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO DEATH BY HANGING IN DELTA
A four-man syndicate that specialised in robbing, kidnapping and snatching exotic cars in Asaba and its environs have been sentenced to death by hanging by a High Court in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
MARCH 27, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: RTEAN MEMBER TO DIE FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE OVER ‘LOADING’
An Ekiti State High Court on 26 March 2019 sentenced a member of the Road Transport Employer Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) Abednego Ajibola, to death for killing his colleague over scuffle on loading arrangement.
MARCH 26, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES BOYFRIEND TO DEATH
An Akure High Court has sentenced a middle-aged man, Chukwudi Onweniwe, to death by hanging, for killing his girlfriend, Nifemi Adeyeye, an HND student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO).