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
- AUGUST 13, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN SAYS "ONLY 14 NIGERIANS" ON DEATH ROW IN LIBYA
the Nigerian Presidency said that there were only 14 Nigerians on death row in Libya and they were convicted of offences such as murder, drugs and armed robbery.
- AUGUST 2, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES NIGERIAN FOR MURDER
Nigerian national Qorbi bin Musa Adam was beheaded by the sword in Jeddah, Saudi
- AUGUST 1, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: KIDNAPPERS DESERVE DEATH IN DELTA – CHIEF WHIP OWHEFERE
Honourable Tim Owhefere, the Chief Whip of the Delta State House of Assembly in Nigeria...
- JULY 30, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: BABA FUGU MOHAMMED SUMMARILY EXCUTED
in Nigeria, Boko Haram Leader Mohammed Yusuf's 72 year old father-in-law, Baba Fugu Mohammed, was also killed in police custody.
- JULY 30, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: BOKO HARAM LEADER, YUSUF, KILLED
Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of the Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram, was killed in custody just hours after police said they captured him in the city of Maiduguri.
- JULY 21, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: NBA AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPERS
the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) advised states proposing death sentence as penalty for kidnapping offences to drop the idea in the interest of the country.
- JUNE 23, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: NIGERIAN GETS DEATH IN SOUTH CHINA
four people convicted of drug trafficking were sentenced to death by the Dongguan Intermediate People's Court in south China's Guangdong Province
- JUNE 18, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS CAN'T WORK - NHRC
the Nigerian Human Rights Commission asked governors from the South East and South geopolitical zones to reconsider their position on the laws, which impose the death penalty on kidnappers.
- JUNE 16, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: KIDNAPPERS DESERVE DEATH PENALTY -IZUOGU
worried by the ceaseless cases kidnapping in the South East Geo-political Zone, notable politician and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Dr Ezekiel Izuogu, called for capital punishment for kidnappers
- JUNE 7, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: DEATH SENTENCE AWAITS KIDNAPPERS - OBI
determined to curb the rising cases of kidnapping in the South-East zone of Nigeria...
- JUNE 3, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: SHARIA COUNCIL CONDEMNS MOVE ON DEATH PENALTY
the Jigawa State chapter of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah in Nigeria condemned the current move by the House of Representatives to abolish capital punishment.
- JUNE 3, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: ASSEMBLY OKAYS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPERS
the Nigerian Delta State House of Assembly passed a law prescribing the death sentence for anyone who kidnaps another person with arms and life imprisonment for whoever commits the crime without arms.