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
- OCTOBER 28, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Abia State governor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu may grant...
The Abia State governor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu may grant the prerogative of mercy to four condemned persons by commuting their convicts to prison terms
- OCTOBER 25, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amina Lawal, the Nigerian mother condemned to death...
Amina Lawal, the Nigerian mother condemned to death by stoning said she wants Miss World contestants to go to Nigeria for the beauty pageant due to be held in Abuja
- OCTOBER 22, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Former Mexican beauty queen Lupita Jones confirmed...
Former Mexican beauty queen Lupita Jones confirmed her country's participation in the Miss World 2002 beauty pageant, to be held in Nigeria
- OCTOBER 22, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian couple convicted of adultery and sentenced...
A Nigerian couple convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning has been freed on bail by a Sharia court
- OCTOBER 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed full...
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed full support for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty in a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation in Abuja
- OCTOBER 17, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NTC met with authorities of Katsina, the Nigerian state...
NTC met with authorities of Katsina, the Nigerian state that in the year 2000 introduced a "strict" Islamic code and sentenced Amina to death
- OCTOBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
HOC also met several Senators who expressed different...
HOC also met several Senators who expressed different stands with regard the death penalty
- OCTOBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain met at the Italian Embassy in Abuja,...
Hands off Cain met at the Italian Embassy in Abuja, Amina Lawal with her dauther Wasila Amina is thirty years old and has two children from her two marriages
- OCTOBER 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
President Obasanjo said that he was committed to fighting...
President Obasanjo said that he was committed to fighting to save lives and would continue the campaign "here in our country and internationally
- OCTOBER 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A 54-year-old man sentenced to death by an Islamic...
A 54-year-old man sentenced to death by an Islamic court in northern Nigeria denied his confessional statement, saying he gave it under duress
- OCTOBER 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The delegations also met with Archbishop of Abuja J
The delegations also met with Archbishop of Abuja J
- OCTOBER 15, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain met with First Lady Stella Obasanjo,...
Hands off Cain met with First Lady Stella Obasanjo, who said boycotting Miss World represents a damage for a new democracy as Nigeria is