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Nigeria
Federal Republic of Nigeria

Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources

Constitution

  • International Constitutional Law: Nigeria Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only
  • Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (International Centre for Nigerian Law)
  • Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)

Executive

  • Government of Nigeria (Embassy of Nigeria, Washington D.C.)

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Judicial

  • COURTS: Supreme Court; Federal Court of Appeal
  • Nigeria Law (International Centre for Nigerian Law , with the Chambers of E.C.M. Obata Barristers & Solicitors)

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Legislative

  • PARLIAMENT: National Assembly includes Senate and House of Representatives
  • Nigeria Law: Law of the Federation of Nigeria
  • NATLEX - Nigeria (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

  • Global Legal Information Catalog: Nigeria (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • Global Legal Monitor: Nigeria (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • FindLaw: Nigeria
  • ForIntLaw: Nigeria (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Islamic Family Law: Nigeria (Emory University Law School)
  • JURIST: Nigeria (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
  • Nigeria Law (International Centre for Nigerian Law , with the Chambers of E.C.M. Obata Barristers & Solicitors)
  • Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (Jane Williams, via GlobaLex)
  • UPDATE: Guide to Nigerian Legal Information (Yemisi Dina, John Akintayo, & Funke Ekundayo via GlobaLex)
  • World Legal Information Institute: Nigeria (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Africa: Nigeria (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Nigeria (Library of Congress) June 1991
  • Background Note: Nigeria (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Nigeria (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Nigeria (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Nigeria (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Economic Briefing: Nigeria (The Economist)
  • Embassy of Nigeria, Washington
  • Human Rights in Nigeria (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Reports: Nigeria (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NEWS: BBC World Africa; BBC Hausa
  • U.S. Embassy, Abuja (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Bank: Nigeria
  • World Factbook: Nigeria (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • World Health Organization: Nigeria
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Nigeria (Stanford University); Nigeria (Yahoo); WWW-VL African Studies: Nigeria (Columbia University)

For more information on Nigeria see:

  • Global Legal Monitor: Nigeria

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