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 6, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: DEATH SENTENCE ON POLICEMAN
in Nigeria, police cpl. Obanla Julius was sentenced to death by Abuja High Court Justice Abubakar Talba for killing Shagari Haruna on May 2, 2002, at the Federal Housing Authority junction in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
- MARCH 4, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING LOVER
Justice Pindar Haruna Nggada of the Maiduguri High Court in Nigeria sentenced firewood seller Idris Lima, 42, to death by hanging for strangling his lover, Hauwa Ibrahim, in a farm at Maiva village in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SLAUGHTERING FRIEND
Chief Justice Ibrahim Umar of the High Court in Birnin kebbi, in Kebbi State, Nigeria, sentenced Yusuf Hussaini to death by hanging.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COP TO DIE BY HANGING
Justice Abubakar Talba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja...
- JANUARY 25, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: REPS SET TO ADOPT DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM
the Nigerian House of Representatives is set to pass into law the anti-terrorism bill that recommends death penalty for terrorism.
- JANUARY 10, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 137 CONVICTS AWAITING DEATH AT KIRIKIRI
137 inmates in Kirikiri Maximum prison in Lagos, Nigeria, have been condemned to death, the Daily Sun reported after visiting the prison.
- JANUARY 1, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Nigerian Constitution states at Part II, Chapter IV on Fundamental Rights
The Nigerian Constitution states at Part II, Chapter IV on Fundamental Rights