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
- FEBRUARY 27, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: I WON’T SIGN DEATH WARRANTS – UDUAGHAN
In Nigeria, Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, said he would not sign the
- FEBRUARY 5, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has confirmed to newspaper...
the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has confirmed to newspaper...
- JANUARY 31, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
the Federal High Court, Gudu, Abuja, Nigeria...
the Federal High Court, Gudu, Abuja, Nigeria...
- JANUARY 30, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
a judge in Nigeria has sentenced a former dictator's right-hand man to death
a judge in Nigeria has sentenced a former dictator's right-hand man to death
JANUARY 26, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: OGUN STATE GOVERNOR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF 2 PRISONERS
Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has granted amnesty to seven prisoners who
JANUARY 20, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Justice Lateefat Okunnu of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, Nigeria, sentenced a young man,
- JANUARY 1, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Constitution states at Part II, Chapter IV on Fundamental Rights
The Nigerian Constitution states at Part II, Chapter IV on Fundamental Rights
- DECEMBER 7, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN KANO
a Kano High Court in Nigeria, presided over by Justice Nurudeen Sagir Umar, sentenced Miko Umaru to death by hanging for beheading Hauwa Uwani Alasan with two other accused on February 23, 1992, near Kademi Village in the Gaya Local Government Area of Kan
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: ONION SELLER TO HANG FOR ROBBERY IN DELTA
presiding Justice T. Diai of the Ogwashi-Uku High Court in Nigeria's Delta State sentenced onion seller Danjuma Friday to death by hanging for robbing a lady at gunpoint on Asaba-Benin highway on June 6, 2008.
NOVEMBER 11, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 924 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW –LEDAP
A non-governmental organization, Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP)
- AUGUST 21, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: SHEMA PARDONS 8 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
in Nigeria, Katsina State Governor Ibrahim Shema commuted the death sentence passed on eight prisoners
- JULY 20, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: DEATH PENALTY STAYS - LAGOS BAR ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN
the newly elected Chairman of the Lagos State Branch of Nigerian Bar Association...