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Nigeria: African Union Asks Govt to Stop Executions
Independent (Lagos), 7 July 2010
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) - an organ of the African Union (AU) - headquartered in Banjul, The Gambia, has urged Abuja to stay the execution of more… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Halts Executions
Daily Champion, 7 July 2010
Federal Government must have heeded to the order by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), an agency of the African Union (AU) to stay action on the impending… Read more »
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Nigeria: Civil Society Groups Call on State Governments Not to Resume the Execution of Prisoners
HRW, 25 June 2010
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Nigerian Bar Association Human Rights Institute and other Nigerian human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are deeply… Read more »
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Nigeria: The Politics of Tackling Prison Congestion
Vanguard, 29 April 2010
In the past, the task of predicting prison populations appeared easy. The assumption was that as crime increases, more offenders would get arrested and as more offenders were… Read more »
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Nigeria: Justice Minister Gives Ultimatum to Decongest Prison
Vanguard, 28 April 2010
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke, SAN, has set a time-limit within which the Prison Decongestion Committee, which he set up about… Read more »
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Nigeria: Prisons Reform Law Underway
Daily Trust, 23 April 2010
A new law seeking to reform administration of prisons yesterday passed second reading on the floor of the Senate.This follows the reported cases of congestion and attempted jail… Read more »
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Nigeria: Governor 'Threatens to Execute Inmates to Ease Prison Congestion
AI London, 22 April 2010
Amnesty International has condemned a reported move by Nigerian state governors to execute death row inmates to ease overcrowding and urged the authorities to instead address the… Read more »
