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 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On Amina Lawal's acquittal, Secretary of Hands Off...
On Amina Lawal's acquittal, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, Sergio D'Elia declared: "Amina Lawal was acquitted, according to the judges, due to the conviction being void as she was already pregnant when Islamic law came into effect in her state, as reported
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Governments in Europe and Africa as well as rights...
Governments in Europe and Africa as well as rights groups and Islamic scholars on welcomed a decision by a Nigerian court to acquit Amina Lawal
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Jibrin Babaji, a 43 year old Nigerian man, was sentenced...
Jibrin Babaji, a 43 year old Nigerian man, was sentenced to death by stoning by a Sharia court in the northern Bauchi State for sleeping with three boys
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court in Abuja, Nigeria, upheld a death...
The Supreme Court in Abuja, Nigeria, upheld a death sentence passed on Andrew Nwachukwu in November 1999
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Sheik Isa Waziri, renowned Islamic scholar and chairman...
Sheik Isa Waziri, renowned Islamic scholar and chairman of the Kano State Sharia Implementation Advisory Committee, said that the provision of capital punishment would reduce the tendency for committing crimes in the society
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Lagos states Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, worried by...
Lagos states Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, worried by the incessant cultist clashes in the state's tertiary institutions, particularly Lagos State University, disclosed the introduction of capital punishment to any student cultist apprehended
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Muslim Right Congress warned that the proposed...
The Muslim Right Congress warned that the proposed abolition of death penalty was aimed at allowing the killers of the former Attorney - General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige to escape the hangman's noose
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"The subject of capital punishment is controversial...
"The subject of capital punishment is controversial and emotional," wrote Gabriel Osu in the Vanguard, "it is no longer considered as an appropriate form of punishment for murder or other serious crimes because it continues the cycle of violence; it is no
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian Abdul Hafid Ouari, convicted of smuggling...
Nigerian Abdul Hafid Ouari, convicted of smuggling cocaine into Saudi Arabia, was publicly beheaded in the Saudi city of Jeddah
- AUGUST 27, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic court said it would wait another...
A Nigerian Islamic court said it would wait another four weeks to pass judgement in the case of Amina Lawal, a single mother sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery
- AUGUST 19, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic appeal court quashed the conviction...
A Nigerian Islamic appeal court quashed the conviction of Had Sarimu Mohammed, a 55-year-old peasant farmer who had been sentenced to be stoned to death for the rape of a nine-year-old girl
- AUGUST 13, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Mustapha Haruna Jokolo,...
The Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Mustapha Haruna Jokolo, said that any Muslim supporting the removal of capital punishment from the Nigerian constitution should regard himself as an infidel