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
JULY 7, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: BUTCHER TO HANG FOR KILLING FRIEND OVER N700
presiding judge Abdullahi Sanya Yerima of the Maiduguri High Court in
- JUNE 29, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
presiding judge Justice Bode Vivors of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal...
presiding judge Justice Bode Vivors of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal...
- JUNE 22, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
MAURITANIA HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES IN CRIME CRACKDOWN
a court in Nouakchott, Mauritania, handed down ten death sentences for
- JUNE 16, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDER
presiding Justice O.D.Afolabi of the High court in Osogbo, Osun state capital, in Nigeria, sentenced Hammed Owonikoko to death by hanging for his role in the murder of Tunde Ojewale on November 11, 2007, at Oba-Oke, in Olorunda local council of Osun state
- JUNE 15, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN, 28, TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE, 14, OVER SEX
presiding judge Justice Abdullahi Sanya Yerima of the Maiduguri High Court in Nigeria sentenced Abubakar Goni, 28, to death by hanging for killing his 14-year old wife, Amsa Usman Abdu, for refusing him sex. He allegedly stabbed her with a kitchen knife o
JUNE 15, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: GOVERNORS BACK EXECUTION OF CONVICTED PRISONERS
The Nigerian government decided to resume the execution of prison inmates to ease prison
MAY 30, 2010ChadDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: 18 PEOPLE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
eighteen people including nationals of Nigeria, Chad and Egypt were executed in Libya after being convicted of premeditated murder, Libya's online Qurina news website reported.
- MAY 24, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: PRISONERS FACING DEATH SENTENCE SUE GOVERNORS TO STOP EXECUTION
the 820 prisoners on death row in prisons across Nigeria sued the 36 state governors and the Comptroller-General of Prisons before a Federal High Court, seeking an order to stop their planned execution.
- MAY 11, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
a Shari’ah court in Alkaleri, Bauchi State in northern Nigeria...
a Shari’ah court in Alkaleri, Bauchi State in northern Nigeria...
- APRIL 26, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 2 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING STUDENT
in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Justice Boma Diepreyi sentenced police corporal Wafal Aminu and taxi driver Victor Fabiyi to death for killing student Nnamdi Ajikere, 20.
- APRIL 26, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR
in Nigeria, Gboko high court Justice James Okume sentenced a middle age man to death by hanging for murdering his neigbour, Aoundona Gaji, over an alleged land dispute at Tse-Agbu village in Vandeikya LGA of Benue State.
- APRIL 20, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN GOVERNORS APPROVE EXECUTION OF CONVICTED PRISONERS
Nigeria's state governors backed the execution of more than 300 prisoners