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
- NOVEMBER 25, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT PASSES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF THREE YEAR OLD
presiding judge, Justice Ahmed Isa of the High Court sitting in the Ringim Local Government
- NOVEMBER 22, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT ORDERS MAN HANGED
at a High Court in Aba in Nigeria's Abia State, Presiding Judge, Justice Theresa Uzokwe sentenced Loveday Ahuchaogu, 30, from Umuawa, to death by hanging for kidnapping and murdering Francis Ajayi on July 28, 2008, at Umudike in Ikwuano, near Umuahia.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: TWO TO HANG OVER MURDER OF POLITICIAN IN IMO
Justice Goddy Anunihu of the Owerri High Court in Nigeria sentenced Bakassi...
- OCTOBER 31, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES POLICE CORPORAL TO DEATH
Justice Ishaq Bello of the Abuja high court sitting in Maitama...
- OCTOBER 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: NIGERIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Nigerian footballer Danny Phiri, 25, was sentenced to death by Justice Datuk Abdul Alim Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court, for trafficking in 530.14 grammes of heroin in Puchong on May 15, 2009.
- OCTOBER 4, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN OWERRI
Justice Goody Anunihu of the Owerri high court in Nigeria sentenced Jude Nwokoye and Amachi Anunobi, from Imo State, to death by hanging.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PRISONERS AWAIT EXECUTION IN JOS
over 123 prison inmates including 39 indigenes of Benue State who are sentenced to death
- AUGUST 18, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: EX-POLICE OFFICER TO DIE FOR KILLING VARSITY STUDENT
Justice Obande Ogbuinya of the Abakaliki High Court in Nigeria sentenced Police Assistant Superintendent Bernard Alifi to death by hanging for the unprovoked murder of 23 year old student Micha at a polling booth for local government elections in Anambra
- JULY 26, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING FATHER
Justice Yakubu Dakwak of the Jos High Court in Nigeria sentenced Ibrahim Jafiya, 23, to death by hanging for fatally shooting his father Aliyu Ishaku Jafiya on November 14, 2003 over a disagreement
JULY 26, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Edo State, Nigeria, Justice Cromwell Idahosa sentenced Chief Priest Felix Osadolor, alias Afro
- JULY 21, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: RISK OF DEATH SENTENCE AFTER REPATRIATION FROM ITALY
a Nigerian girl risks being sentenced to death in her country after being repatriated
- JULY 12, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE FOR STEALING N1,750
in Abuja, Nigeria, Supreme Court Justice Mahmud Mohammed upheld the death sentence of Olayinka Afolalu for robbing a woman of N1,750 at gun point in Ekiti State on April 27, 2002.