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
- JUNE 3, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan signed the Terrorism (Prevention) Bill...
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan signed the Terrorism (Prevention) Bill...
- MAY 29, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MIMIKO COMMUTES 3 DEATH SENTENCES, PARDONS 14 PRISONERS
in Nigeria, Ondo State Governor Dr Olusegun Mimiko commuted the death sentences passed on three people to life imprisonment to mark the 2011 Democracy Day.
- MAY 25, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: A FARMER TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDER IN BORNO
at a Maiduguri high court in Nigeria, Justice Patum Ngadda sentenced farmer Abdullahi Buba, 25...
- MAY 23, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: POLICE SERGEANT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Nigeria, Benin High Court Justice Roland Amaize sentenced police sergeant Kalejaiye Ola to death by hanging for murdering Paul Erimafa on June 23, 2003.
- MAY 13, 2011Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER RIGHTS SITUATION IN AFRICA
Amnesty International addressed the African commission on human and people’s rights on the state of the situation of human rights in Africa.
- MAY 12, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: DEATH SENTENCE - HAUSA ACTRESS KNOWS FATE JULY 8
the Nigerian Supreme Court fixed July 8, 2011, to rule on the appeal of popular Hausa film actress, Ms Rabi Ismail, who is challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal Kano Division that sentenced her to death by hanging.
APRIL 21, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced Nigerian man Nnaji David Ete, 33, to
APRIL 15, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FARMER CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BROTHER
a Katsina State High Court, sitting in Malumfashi, Nigeria, sentenced farmer Nura Malam
- MARCH 29, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: THREE TO DIE BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Kingsely Akhabue, Fabian Matthew and Ismaila Fatoki, were sentenced to death by hanging by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos High Court in Nigeria for armed robbery, carried out between March 22 and 23, 2008, at Igando area of Lagos State.
- MARCH 27, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 3 DEATH ROW INMATES APPEAL TO ORJI FOR CLEMENCY
in Nigeria, three inmates of Enugu Prisons, Raphael Udeh...
- MARCH 23, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: COURT GIVES NIGERIAN DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has sentenced a Nigerian man to death for drug smuggling
MARCH 23, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGS
Nigerian national Michael Ikenna Nduanya, 34, was sentenced to death in Ho Chi Minh