•Freed Sunday Jackson and Supreme Court A death row inmate, Mr Sunday Jackson, who was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Nigeria for self-defense earlier this year, is set to regain his freedom today after Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri granted him a pardon on Tuesday. The Commissioner for Justice, Afraimu Jingi, told […...
•Death by Hanging Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) France, an international rights organisation, says no fewer than 82 female Nigerians are currently on death row in various correctional centres across Nigeria. Angela Uzoma-Iwuchukwu, the Country Director, ASF France in Nigeria, stated this today at a Capacity-building Session on Mainstreaming Ge...
•British national Lindsay Sandiford sentenced to death in 2013 over drug trafficking in Indonesia Indonesia signed an agreement today to repatriate two British nationals, including a seriously ill grandmother on death row for more than a decade on drug charges, a minister said. Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, but has move...
•Prison A newly released study has revealed that women on death row in Nigeria face deep-rooted gender discrimination, with the majority suffering from poverty, limited education, and systemic injustice throughout the legal process. The research, presented yesterday at a stakeholder validation meeting in Abuja, was conducted by Hope Behind Bar...
•Prisons officials on parade The Nigerian Correctional Service (Prisons) has acknowledged significant challenges in managing the country’s 3,845 death row inmates, describing the current system as flawed and unsustainable. Assistant Controller General Cyrus Lekatile presented these concerns today during the third public hearing of the Independ...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed that Ogun and Rivers states currently top the list of inmates on death row, with 568 and 504 cases respectively, out of a national total of 3,833 death row inmates. This was disclosed by Deputy Controller of Corrections and Service Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Umar, during an intervie...
•Prisoners The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) yesterday revealed that the numÂber of prisoners on death row had risen from 3,590 in September 2024 to 3,688 in March 2025, representing a 2.73 percent increase or 98 prisoners within six months, saying that state governors have refused to execute inÂmates on the death row. The NCoS also [&h...
•Prison In commemoration of the World Day Against Death Penalty, the Advocates Sans Frontiers, ASF, France, otherwise known as Lawyers Without Borders, yesterday, expressed its concern over the swelling number of inmates awaiting execution in various prisons across the country. The organisation, through its Country Director, Ms. Angela Uzoma-I...
•Prisoners No fewer than 3,590 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed. NCoS Public Relations Officer, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Abubakar Umar made this known while speaking to our correspondent today in Abuja. Umar said that the total number of inm...
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