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 22, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. COP TO HANG IN LAGOS
Inspector John Onwe, a Lagos policeman, was sentenced to hang for the killing of Ndudiri Onyekwere.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN WITH 86 WIVES APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Alhaji Bello Masaba, the Nigerian man with 86 wives...
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: 10 NIGERIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Indonesian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed on 10 Nigerians for drug-related offences.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. MAN CONDEMNED FOR HAVING 86 WIVES VOWS TO MARRY YET MORE
An 84-year-old Nigerian Muslim preacher with 86 wives intends to marry more women
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. 20 NIGERIANS FACE EXECUTION
Twenty Nigerian citizens are currently awaiting the hangman’s nose in Indonesia
- AUGUST 23, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN WITH 80 WIVES SENTENCED TO DEATH
an Islamic body in Nigeria issued a death sentence on a man who married 80 women when Islam allows a maximum of four, the Guardian newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 7, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: EDO HOUSE MOVES AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
in Nigeria, the former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly and member representing Esan South and Esan North at the House of Representatives, Abuja, Hon. Friday ltulah pledged to introduce the capital punishment amendment bill on the floor of the H
- AUGUST 4, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
29 NIGERIANS ESCAPE DEATH SENTENCE IN THAILAND, AFGHANISTAN
twenty-nine Nigerians, condemned to death in Thailand and Afghanistan for drug-related offences, had their sentences commuted to prison terms.
- AUGUST 4, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
TWO NIGERIANS TO HANG IN MALAYSIA FOR MURDER
the appeal by two Nigerians against the death sentences was dismissed by the Malaysian Federal Court.
- JULY 30, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: DIKIBO’S KILLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Onyeka Emordi and Solomon Igbinedion were sentenced to death by hanging for the alleged killing of the Nigerian Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Chief A.K. Dikibo, on February 6, 2004.
- JULY 23, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. NIGERIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a convicted Nigerian drug trafficker was beheaded by the sword in the holy city of Mecca, in western Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
- JULY 15, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. AMNESTY INT'L WANTS YAR’ADUA TO END CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Amnesty International asked Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to suspend the execution of hundreds of convicts presently on death row pending the abrogation of the death penalty from the nation’s statute book.