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 28, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster,...
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster, handed in a letter to Dublin's Nigerian Ambassador appealing for help in the case of Mrs Amina Lawal Kurami, sentenced to death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- JANUARY 28, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Dr Olubunmi Okogie, commended...
Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Dr Olubunmi Okogie, commended the judiciary for concluding the infamous Otokoto murder case
- JANUARY 27, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Sharia court postponed the appeal of a man...
A Nigerian Sharia court postponed the appeal of a man who has been sentenced to death by stoning until after the season for Muslim pilgrimages to Mecca, the Hajj, which runs from 10-13 February
- JANUARY 24, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain noted that the date for the appeal of...
Hands Off Cain noted that the date for the appeal of Amina Lawal's case has been set for March 25
- JANUARY 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian High Court at Owerri condemned to death...
A Nigerian High Court at Owerri condemned to death by hanging seven men standing trial before it in connection with the beheading of an 11 year-old boy, Ikechukwu Okonkwo, at the Otokoto Hotel near Owerri in 1996
- JANUARY 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic court ruled that Amina Lawal, the...
A Nigerian Islamic court ruled that Amina Lawal, the Nigerian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for bearing a child out of wedlock, will begin her latest appeal on March 25
- JANUARY 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Grand Khadi Aminu Ibrahim Katsina, the chief judge...
Grand Khadi Aminu Ibrahim Katsina, the chief judge presiding over the case of Amina Lawal, a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, said of fornication that ''The best deterrent is the death sentence, for people to see what happens to a fornica
- JANUARY 21, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed...
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed on a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of murdering a Libyan, Nigerian officials said
- JANUARY 15, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences...
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences of a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of a 1995 murder, a foreign ministry statement said
- JANUARY 1, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Code...
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Code and the legislation on civil disturbances for armed robbery, murder, treason, and offenses against the State
- JANUARY 1, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Constitution states at Part II, Chapter...
The Nigerian Constitution states at Part II, Chapter IV on Fundamental Rights, Art