Nigeria
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Code...
- News items in the archive
- 1,104
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Nigeria is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 1,104 news items on Nigeria, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
JULY 16, 2014MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: NIGERIAN STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Nigerian private college student was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia, after he was
JULY 15, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, presided over by Justice Ebenezer Adebanjo has sentenced to
JULY 15, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: OGWUCHE, NYANYAN BLAST MASTERMIND, EXTRADITED FROM SUDAN
Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche the co-mastermind of the Nyanya Motor Park bombing, in which scores of citizens
JUNE 18, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ECOWAS COURT UPHOLDS RIGHTS OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS ON DEATH ROW
in a landmark verdict, the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS
JUNE 9, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PASTOR, EVANGELIST, 2 OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ROBBERY
Nine years after participating in a bank robbery, a pastor, Adeniyi Matthew, an Evangelist, Akeem
- JUNE 6, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: NYSC MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY IN AKWA IBOM
The supreme court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, re-affirmed the death sentence passed on a National Youth
- MAY 29, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
the Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, pardoned 15 inmates in prisons across the state to
the Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, pardoned 15 inmates in prisons across the state to
MAY 29, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: POLICEMAN TO HANG OVER MURDER
Justice Abdulkareem Abdulrazak of an Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa has sentenced a police
MAY 6, 2014MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: NIGERIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Nigerian national has been sentenced to death by a Malaysian court for trafficking
APRIL 23, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SHARIA COURT SENTENCES MAN TO BE STONED FOR RAPING AND INFECTING A MINOR
an Islamic court in Kano State sentenced a man to be stoned to death for raping a 12-year-old student,
- APRIL 15, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER, MUTILATION
A 25-year-old woman, Hauwa Ayuba, has been sentenced to death by hanging in Borno State, Nigeria, for
APRIL 11, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KOGI INDIGENE GETS STATE PARDON AFTER 18 YEARS IN DEATH ROW
Kogi governor, Captain Idris Wada, has granted amnesty to Mr Lasisi Yusuf, a 67-year-old convict who
- MARCH 26, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria - Emeka Nweke, 31, sentenced to death for armed robbery
Nigeria - Emeka Nweke, 31, sentenced to death for armed robbery
- MARCH 26, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria - Ndubuisi Obiora, 26, sentenced to death for robbery
Nigeria - Ndubuisi Obiora, 26, sentenced to death for robbery
- MARCH 20, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES THREE MEN TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING, KILLING INFANT
An Akure High Court sentenced three men to death by hanging over the alleged kidnapping and murder of
MARCH 13, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES 3 TO DEATH IN EKITI FOR ROBBERY, MURDER, RAPE
An Ado-Ekiti High Court in Ado-Ekiti sentenced three accused persons to death by hanging for robbery,
MARCH 6, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 4 MEN PUBLICLY WHIPPED FOR GAY SEX
Four men were publicly whipped in northern Nigeria after being convicted of having gay sex by an Islamic
FEBRUARY 24, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SERGEANT GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, sentenced a police sergeant, Clement Indyel, to death for
FEBRUARY 21, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: AKOLADE AROWOLO SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Three years after he was accused of killing Titilayo, his banker wife, Akolade Arowolo was sentenced to
- FEBRUARY 12, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DEFILING TEENAGE GIRL TO DEATH
In Nigeria, an Osogbo (Osun State) High Court sentenced two young men to death by hanging for raping a
- FEBRUARY 5, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
WEST AFRICA: ECOWAS COURT HALTS EXECUTION OF EDO DEATH ROW INMATE
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice has ordered
- FEBRUARY 5, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria - Mayowa Omolaye, 30, sentenced to death for murder
Nigeria - Mayowa Omolaye, 30, sentenced to death for murder
- JANUARY 22, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A BOY
The State High Court, Nembe Division, Bayelsa State, has sentenced a former police officer, Mr. Matthew
JANUARY 22, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 23-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING RIVAL
In Nigeria, a Jos High Court sentenced a 23-year-old man, Harisu Abdullahi, to death by hanging for
- JANUARY 16, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
MAN LASHED 20 TIMES FOR SODOMY IN NIGERIAN COURT
A young man convicted of sodomy was whipped 20 times in a northern Nigerian Shariah court.
JANUARY 14, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 38 GAYS FACE DEATH PENALTY IN BAUCHI STATE
Human rights activists said Police arrested 38 gay men and were looking for 168 others in
- JANUARY 7, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: JUDGE SENTENCES BOY TO DEATH BY HANGING IN KANO
In Nigeria, Kano High Court 4 at Audu Bako secretariat presided over by Justice Nura Sagir has sentenced
- JANUARY 1, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are mandatory for murder but also non lethal offences
Death sentences are mandatory for murder but also non lethal offences
- DECEMBER 27, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria - A Katsina State High Court sitting in Malumfashi sentenced Aminu Ibrahim to death
Nigeria - A Katsina State High Court sitting in Malumfashi sentenced Aminu Ibrahim to death
- DECEMBER 12, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria - Three Men Sentenced To Death For Robbery by an Ogwashi-Uku High Court
Nigeria - Three Men Sentenced To Death For Robbery by an Ogwashi-Uku High Court