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
- MAY 12, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: DEATH SENTENCE - HAUSA ACTRESS KNOWS FATE JULY 8
the Nigerian Supreme Court fixed July 8, 2011, to rule on the appeal of popular Hausa film actress, Ms Rabi Ismail, who is challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal Kano Division that sentenced her to death by hanging.
APRIL 21, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced Nigerian man Nnaji David Ete, 33, to
APRIL 15, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FARMER CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BROTHER
a Katsina State High Court, sitting in Malumfashi, Nigeria, sentenced farmer Nura Malam
- MARCH 29, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: THREE TO DIE BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Kingsely Akhabue, Fabian Matthew and Ismaila Fatoki, were sentenced to death by hanging by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos High Court in Nigeria for armed robbery, carried out between March 22 and 23, 2008, at Igando area of Lagos State.
- MARCH 27, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 3 DEATH ROW INMATES APPEAL TO ORJI FOR CLEMENCY
in Nigeria, three inmates of Enugu Prisons, Raphael Udeh...
- MARCH 23, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: COURT GIVES NIGERIAN DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has sentenced a Nigerian man to death for drug smuggling
MARCH 23, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGS
Nigerian national Michael Ikenna Nduanya, 34, was sentenced to death in Ho Chi Minh
- MARCH 6, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: DEATH SENTENCE ON POLICEMAN
in Nigeria, police cpl. Obanla Julius was sentenced to death by Abuja High Court Justice Abubakar Talba for killing Shagari Haruna on May 2, 2002, at the Federal Housing Authority junction in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
- MARCH 4, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING LOVER
Justice Pindar Haruna Nggada of the Maiduguri High Court in Nigeria sentenced firewood seller Idris Lima, 42, to death by hanging for strangling his lover, Hauwa Ibrahim, in a farm at Maiva village in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SLAUGHTERING FRIEND
Chief Justice Ibrahim Umar of the High Court in Birnin kebbi, in Kebbi State, Nigeria, sentenced Yusuf Hussaini to death by hanging.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COP TO DIE BY HANGING
Justice Abubakar Talba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja...
- JANUARY 25, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: REPS SET TO ADOPT DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM
the Nigerian House of Representatives is set to pass into law the anti-terrorism bill that recommends death penalty for terrorism.