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
- APRIL 22, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared:...
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared: "Obasanjo's re-election is today the best guarantee in Nigeria for the life of Amina Lawal and others who risk being sentenced to death by the political use of Sharia law as applied by the twelve north
- APRIL 22, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has...
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential elections
- APRIL 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain refutes the news that Amina Lawal has...
Hands Off Cain refutes the news that Amina Lawal has been condemned to death by the Supreme Court of her State of Katsina and that her stoning is now imminent
- MARCH 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic court postponed the start of Amina...
A Nigerian Islamic court postponed the start of Amina Lawal's appeal against being stoned to death after the chief trial judge failed to turn up
- MARCH 18, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Ten thousand Muslim fundamentalists marched in protest...
Ten thousand Muslim fundamentalists marched in protest through the northern Nigerian city of Kano to urge authorities to apply strict Islamic law, including stonings and other punishments
- MARCH 13, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The EP adopted a resolution on the case of Amina Lawal,...
The EP adopted a resolution on the case of Amina Lawal, sentenced to death by stoning in Nigeria for committing adultery, pushing the Nigerian government to suspend all executions and to put an end to the use of the death penalty
- MARCH 6, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Sani Yerima, started...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Sani Yerima, started his election campaign for a second term in Kaura Namoda, headquarters of Kaura Namoda Local Council, vowing to carry out the death penalty passed on anyone by a sharia court in the state
- 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