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
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
It is not a "good look" for Miss New Zealand to attend...
It is not a "good look" for Miss New Zealand to attend the Miss World pageant in Nigeria while a woman there faces death by stoning, Prime Minister Helen Clark said
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Governor Ahmed Sani of Nigeria's northern state of...
Governor Ahmed Sani of Nigeria's northern state of Zamfara, who pioneered the introduction of the Sharia Islamic legal code in the country, downplayed Italy's recent honour of a Nigerian woman who was sentenced to death for adultery
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The New Zealand YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association]...
The New Zealand YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association] called for 17-year-old Miss New Zealand Rachel Heujich to join five other countries in boycotting the Miss World pageant in Nigeria because a woman was sentenced to death by stoning there in Augus
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
President Olusegun Obasanjo was called upon by Catholic...
President Olusegun Obasanjo was called upon by Catholic Bishops in the country in a communiqué signed by Most Rev
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the...
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the Nigerian Government not to carry out the death sentence of Amina Lawal, a single mother condemned to stoning
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian government pledged that no woman would...
The Nigerian government pledged that no woman would be sentenced to death by stoning under the country's laws
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the...
Organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant asked the Nigerian Government not to carry out the death sentence of Amina Lawal, a single mother condemned to stoning
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative...
Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) appealed the death sentence passed on Amina Lawal by a Katsina Sharia Court, for having a child out of wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Miss World organisers asked Nigeria for an assurance...
The Miss World organisers asked Nigeria for an assurance that a woman sentenced to death by stoning for having sex outside marriage will be spared
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities...
The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities of the European Parliament today called for Miss World contestants to withdraw from the pageant in protest of the Sharia death sentence passed by host country Nigeria on a woman convicted of adultery
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The EU Parliament committee on women's rights voted...
The EU Parliament committee on women's rights voted unanimously in favor of the boycott of Miss World pageant to protest a death sentence given to a woman there for having sex outside of marriage
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian Foreign Minister Sule Lamido has added to...
Nigerian Foreign Minister Sule Lamido has added to the controversy over the Islamic legal code, Sharia, being practised in parts of the country by describing the law as "competent and right"