Nigeria
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- a new constitution was adopted in 1999
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law, Islamic law (in 12 northern states), and tribal norms
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges appointed by the Provisional Government Council); Federal Court of Appeal (judges appointed by the federal government on the recommendation of the Advisory Judicial Committee)
RELIGIONS
50% Muslims, 40% Christians, 10% local beliefs
From the country
- JANUARY 16, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
MAN LASHED 20 TIMES FOR SODOMY IN NIGERIAN COURT
A young man convicted of sodomy was whipped 20 times in a northern Nigerian Shariah court.
JANUARY 14, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 38 GAYS FACE DEATH PENALTY IN BAUCHI STATE
Human rights activists said Police arrested 38 gay men and were looking for 168 others in
JANUARY 7, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: JUDGE SENTENCES BOY TO DEATH BY HANGING IN KANO
In Nigeria, Kano High Court 4 at Audu Bako secretariat presided over by Justice Nura Sagir has sentenced
- JANUARY 1, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are mandatory for murder but also non lethal offences
Death sentences are mandatory for murder but also non lethal offences
- DECEMBER 27, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria - A Katsina State High Court sitting in Malumfashi sentenced Aminu Ibrahim to death
Nigeria - A Katsina State High Court sitting in Malumfashi sentenced Aminu Ibrahim to death
- DECEMBER 12, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria - Three Men Sentenced To Death For Robbery by an Ogwashi-Uku High Court
Nigeria - Three Men Sentenced To Death For Robbery by an Ogwashi-Uku High Court
DECEMBER 6, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SWITZERLAND URGES FG TO REVIEW DEATH PENALTY
The Government of Switzerland has urged the Nigerian Federal Government to address the
- NOVEMBER 22, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
a 30-year-old man was sentenced by an Upper Sharia court in Bauchi...
a 30-year-old man was sentenced by an Upper Sharia court in Bauchi...
- NOVEMBER 20, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING RECHARGE CARDS
A High Court in Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria, has sentenced a 24-year-old secondary school
- NOVEMBER 19, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES ARMED ROBBER TO DEATH BY HANGING
In Nigeria, a Zamfara High Court in Gusau sentenced Babangida Bello, 28, to death
- OCTOBER 25, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
a Nigerian has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Vietnam
a Nigerian has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Vietnam
OCTOBER 17, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE SIGNS LAW PRESCRIBING DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS IN EDO
In Nigeria, Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole signed into law the “Kidnapping Prohibition