Haƙƙin ɗan adam a Nijeriya an kiyaye a ƙarƙashin kundin tsarin mulki na yanzu na shekara ta 1999. Duk da yake Najeriya ta samu cigaba sosai game da ƴancin ɗan adam a ƙarƙashin wannan kundin tsarin mulki, Rahoton Yancin Dan Adam na Amurka na Shekara ta 2012 ya lura da wurare da yawa da ake buƙatar ƙarin haɓaka, wanda ya haɗa da: cin zarafin da Boko Haram, kashe-kashe daga sojojin gwamnati, rashin daidaito tsakanin jama'a da batutuwa tare da 'yancin faɗar albarkacin baki. Rahoton Kungiyar Kare Hakkin Dan-Adam ta Duniya na Shekara ta 2015 ya nuna cewa tsananin tashin hankali daga kungiyar Boko Haram, takaita hakkokin LGBTIQ da cin hanci da rashawa na gwamnati na ci gaba da lalata matsayin 'yancin dan adam a Najeriya. A tsakanin Ƴancin ta a shekara ta 1960 da dawowar mulkin dimokiraɗiyya a Shekara ta 1999, Nijeriya ta sami zaɓaɓɓun Shugabannin ƙasashe biyu, ɗayan da aka nada, magajin soja ɗaya da juyin mulki sau 7 watau mulkin soja.