Nigeria’s penal code and various state criminal laws still prescribe the death penalty for capital offences such as armed robbery, murder, and, in some states, kidnapping or terrorism-related crimes.

Inside Nigeria's Senate, grief, rage and fear are driving a hard choice, as lawmakers confront a chilling question from the Justice Sector and Rights groups wondering whether hanging kidnappers will ...

With hundreds of inmates languishing on death row and governors increasingly reluctant to sign execution warrants, Nigeria finds itself caught between legal duty and moral conscience. Although capital ...

The growing number of inmates on death row in Nigeria, currently standing at 3,833, has drawn renewed attention to a complex and deeply sensitive issue: the persistent reluctance of many state ...

The recent judicial pronouncement sentencing Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer Osinachi, to death by hanging has reignited the perennial debate surrounding capital punishment in ...

AGF Lateef Fagbemi argued at a Senate public hearing that capital punishment could create safe havens for terrorism suspects abroad, fuel extremist martyrdom narratives, and leave no room for ...