Death Row

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…
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A condemned inmate, Abba Hassan, has escaped from the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Potiskum, Yobe State, in the early hours of Friday, October 31, 2025. The spokesperson of the Yobe State Police Command, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, said in…
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Outgoing Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has granted pardon to a 77-year-old man and 15 others on death row in the Nigerian Correctional Service as his administration winds down. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Benin, by Mr…
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 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…
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One hundred and forty inmates on death row are awaiting execution in Kano State. Spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Kano State Command, Mr Musbahu Kofar-Nassarawa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Kano…
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No fewer than 3,298 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Umar, who disclosed this to the News Agency of…
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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed that not less than 3,167 inmates across the custodial centres in the country are on death row. Spokesperson of NCoS, Mr Abubakar Umar who made this known at  a media parley on Thursday…
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The Lagos State Controller of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr Adewale Adebisi, says 352 inmates are on death row at the Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre. Adebisi made the disclosure on Wednesday while delivering his…
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Amnesty International has identified 119 Nigerians among a total of 1,281 persons sentenced to death in Malaysia. AI gave the figure in its report titled, “Fatally flawed: Why Malaysia must abolish the death penalty.” It said the…
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By Abdullateef Jos About 23 Nigerians are on the death row in Saudi Arabia for “drug-related offences”. Citing a document, the Nation newspaper said the Nigerians were convicted for contravening the narcotic and psychotropic…
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