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
- MARCH 21, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH ROWS OVERFLOW IN NIGERIA
about 600 people are now crammed into Nigeria's disease-infested death rows.
- MARCH 12, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS STUDENTS' DEATH SENTENCE
the Nigerian Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence passed on three students of Oko Polytechnic, Anambra State, for robbing a woman of N4,000 at gunpoint.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
the Nigerian Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence by hanging of John Ogbu and Linus Eze, found guilty of murdering Basil Ezian on October 12, 1986, over a minor disagreement caused by excessive drinking.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. NIGERIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted Nigerian cocaine smuggler, the second Nigerian drug trafficker to be put
- FEBRUARY 18, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. NIGERIAN BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Nigerian man was executed by sword in the Saudi city of Jeddah. The man, identified as Omar, was
- JANUARY 26, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE EXECUTES MEN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Singapore has executed two African men for drug smuggling after rejecting appeals for clemency by Nigeria's president, the UN and rights groups. Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, 21, of Nigeria, and 35-year-old Okeke Nelson Malachy, a stateless African, were hanged
- JANUARY 26, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT ACQUITS MAN OF DEATH SENTENCE AFTER 15 YEARS
15 years after he was sentenced to death for murder, a police corporal, Mr. Sunday Udosen has been set
- JANUARY 16, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN COURT SENTENCES SIX TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY
a northern Nigerian court has sentenced six people to death after they were found guilty of armed robbery, the official News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported.
- JANUARY 16, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court in Nigeria confirmed the death penalty of Adegboye Ibikunle...
the Supreme Court in Nigeria confirmed the death penalty of Adegboye Ibikunle...
- JANUARY 11, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
PREACHER TO HANG IN NIGERIA FOR BURNING FOLLOWERS
a Nigerian court sentenced a Nigerian evangelical preacher to death by hanging after finding him guilty of dousing seven members of his congregation with petrol and setting them ablaze, killing one.
- JANUARY 1, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Constitution states at Part II...
The Nigerian Constitution states at Part II...