Nigerias who is who list

Absence of witnesses stalls Baba Ijesha trial. Absence of the prosecution witnesses in an ongoing trial of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James a. Brazil qualifies for World Cup, Wales gets playoff ticket. Brazil became the first South American nation to qualify for the World Cup with a home win over Colombia.

Soludo: Waiting for sunrise. Chukwuma Soludo. His victory is a loud shout over the walls. Distributable pool account. Allocation of other revenues. Federal grants-in-aid of State revenue. Cost of collection of certain duties. Sums charged on consolidated Revenue Fund. Provisions with regard to payments. D - The Public Service of the Federation. Establishment of civil service of the Federation.

Federal Civil service Commission: power to delegate functions. Presidential appointments. Code of Conduct. Protection of pension rights. Public persecutions. Prerogative of mercy. State Executive. A - The Governor of a State. Establishment of office of Governor. Qualification for election as Governor.

Election of Governor: general. Election: single candidate and two or more candidates. Tenure of office of Governor. Governor: disqualification from other jobs. Determination of certain questions relating to elections. Declaration of assets and liabilities; oaths of office of Governor. Establishment of the office of the Deputy Governor.

Nomination and election of the Deputy Governor. Removal of Governor or Deputy Governor from office. Permanent incapacity of Governor or Deputy Governor.

Acting governor during temporary absence of Governor. Discharge of functions of Governor. Commissioners of State Government. Executive responsibilities of Deputy Governor and Commissioners.

Declaration of assets and liabilities; oaths of Commissioners. Attorney-General of a State. State Commissioners. Tenure of office of the members. Powers and procedure.

C - The Public Service of State. Establishment of State Civil Service. State Civil Service Commission: Power of delegation. Appointments by Governor. Public prosecutions. National Population census. B - Nigeria Police Force. Establishment of Nigeria Police Force. Delegation of powers to the Inspector-General of Police. C - Armed Forces of the Federation. Establishment and composition of the armed force of the Federation. Command and operational use. Establishment of body to ensure federal character of armed forces.

Compulsory military service. D - Political Parties. Prohibition of political activities by certain associations. Restrictions on formation of political parties.

Constitution and rules of political parties. Aims and objectives. Finances of political parties. Annual reports on finances. Prohibition of quasi-military organisations. Powers of the national assembly with respect to political parties. Chapter VII. The Judicature. Federal Courts. A - The Supreme Court of Nigeria. Establishment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Appointment of Chief justices of Nigeria and justices of the Supreme Court. Original jurisdiction. Appellate jurisdiction. Finality of determinations. Practice and procedure. B - The Court of Appeal. Establishment of Court of Appeal. Appointment of President and Justices of the Court of Appeal. Appeals as of rights from the Federal high Court or a High Court.

Appeals with leave. Exercise of the rights of appeal from the Federal High Court of a High Court in civil and criminal matters. Appeals from Sharia court of Appeal. Appeals from customary court of appeal. Appeal from Code of Conduct Tribunal and other courts and tribunals.

C - The Federal High Court. Establishment of the Federal High Court. Appointment of Chief Judge and Judges of the federal high Court.

Practice and Procedure. State Courts. A - High Court of a State. Establishment of a High Court for each State. B - Sharia Court of Appeal of a State. Establishment of Sharia Court of Appeal. C - Customary Court of Appeal of a State.

Establishment of a Customary Court of Appeal. Part III. Election Tribunals. Establishment and jurisdiction of election tribunals. Part IV. Jurisdiction of state courts in respect of federal causes. Enforcement of decisions. Appointment of persons leaned in Islamic personal law and Customary law. Disqualification of certain legal practitioners. Declaration of assets and liabilities: oaths of judicial officers.

Tenure of office and pension rights of judicial officers. Removal of other judicial officers from office. Determination of causes and matters. Chapter VIII. Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Federal Capital territory, Abuja: ownership of lands. Capital of the federation. Application of Constitution. Representation in the National Assembly. Adaptation of certain references. Minister of Federal Capital territory, Abuja.

Administration of the Federal Capital territory, Abuja. Miscellaneous Provisions. Procedure for proclamation of state of emergency. Restriction on certain citizens. Restrictions on legal proceedings. Transitional Provisions and Savings. Special provisions in respect of first election. System of revenue allocation. Existing law. Existing offices, courts and authorities. Succession to property, rights, liabilities and obligations. Interpretation, Citation and Commencement.

First Schedule. States of the Federation. Second Schedule. Exclusive Legislative List. Concurrent Legislative List. Supplemental and Interpretation. Third Schedule. Federal Executive Bodies. Code of Conduct Bureau. Council of State. Federal Character Commission.

Federal Civil Service Commission. Federal Judicial Service Commission. Independent National Electoral Commission. National Defence Council. National Economic Council. National Judicial Council. National Population Commission. National Security Council. Nigeria Police Council. Police Service Commission. Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission. State Executive Bodies. State Civil Service Commission. State Independent Electoral Commission. State Judicial Service Commission.

Fourth Schedule. Functions of a Local Council. Fifth Schedule. Code of Conduct for Public officers. Code of Conduct Tribunal. Public Officers for the Purposes of the Code of Conduct.

Sixth Schedule. National Assembly Election Tribunal. Governorship and Legislative Houses Election tribunal. Seventh Schedule. Oaths of Allegiance. Oath of Office of President. Oath of Office of Governor of a State.

Judicial Oath. We the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Having firmly and solemnly resolve, to live in unity and harmony as one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign nation under God, dedicated to the promotion of inter-African solidarity, world peace, international co-operation and understanding. And to provide for a Constitution for the purpose of promoting the good government and welfare of all persons in our country, on the principles of freedom, equality and justice, and for the purpose of consolidating the unity of our people.

Do hereby make, enact and give to ourselves the following Constitution Back to Page One. Provided that the President shall, within seven days of actual combat engagement, seek the consent of the Senate and the Senate shall thereafter give or refuse the said consent within 14 days.

Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as conferring on the National Assembly power to remove the Governor or the Deputy Governor of the State from office. It shall be the duty and responsibility of all organs of government, and of all authorities and persons, exercising legislative, executive or judicial powers, to conform to, observe and apply the provisions of this Chapter of this Constitution. The foreign policy objectives shall be -.

The State shall protect and improve the environment and safeguard the water, air and land, forest and wild life of Nigeria. The State shall -. The press, radio, television and other agencies of the mass media shall at all times be free to uphold the fundamental objectives contained in this Chapter and uphold the responsibility and accountability of the Government to the people. It shall be the duty of every citizen to -. Provided that a person shall not become a citizen of Nigeria by virtue of this section if neither of his parents nor any of his grandparents was born in Nigeria.

For the purposes of this Chapter, a parent or grandparent of a person shall be deemed to be a citizen of Nigeria if at the time of the birth of that person such parent or grandparent would have possessed that status by birth if he had been alive on the date of independence; and in this section, "the date of independence" has the meaning assigned to it in section 25 2 of this Constitution.

Provided that a person who is charged with an offence and who has been detained in lawful custody awaiting trial shall not continue to be kept in such detention for a period longer than the maximum period of imprisonment prescribed for the offence. Provided that -. Provided that nothing in this section shall invalidate any law by reason only that the law imposes upon any such person the burden of proving particular facts.

The privacy of citizens, their homes, correspondence, telephone conversations and telegraphic communications is hereby guaranteed and protected. Provided that no person, other than the Government of the Federation or of a State or any other person or body authorised by the President on the fulfilment of conditions laid down by an Act of the National Assembly, shall own, establish or operate a television or wireless broadcasting station for, any purpose whatsoever.

Every person shall be entitled to assemble freely and associate with other persons, and in particular he may form or belong to any political party, trade union or any other association for the protection of his interests:. Provided that the provisions of this section shall not derogate from the powers conferred by this Constitution on the Independent National Electoral Commission with respect to political parties to which that Commission does not accord recognition.

Provided that there is reciprocal agreement between Nigeria and such other country in relation to such matter. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, every citizen of Nigeria shall have the right to acquire and own immovable property anywhere in Nigeria. Provided that nothing in this section shall authorise any derogation from the provisions of section 33 of this Constitution, except in respect of death resulting from acts of war or authorise any derogation from the provisions of section 36 8 of this Constitution.

A - Composition an d Staff of National Assembly. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the House of Representatives shall consist of three hundred and sixty members representing constituencies of nearly equal population as far as possible, provided that no constituency shall fall within more than one State.

There shall be a Clerk to the National Assembly and such other staff as may be prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly, and the method of appointment of the Clerk and other staff of the National Assembly shall be as prescribed by that tab.

The business of the National Assembly shall be conducted in English, and in Hausa, Ibo and Yoruba when adequate arrangements have been made therefor.

Any person who sits or votes in the Senate or the House of Representatives knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he is not entitled to do so commits an offence and is liable on conviction to such punishment as shall be prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Senate or the House of Representatives shall have power to regulate its own procedure, including the procedure for summoning and recess of the House.

The Senate or the House of Representatives may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership, and the presence or participation of any person not entitled to be present at or to participate in the proceedings of the House shall not invalidate those proceedings.

The Senate and the House of Representatives shall each sit for a period of not less than one hundred and eighty-one days in a year.

Provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored; or.

A member of the Senate or of the House Representatives may be recalled as such a member if -. A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall receive such salary and other allowances as Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission may determine.

D - Elections to Na tional Assembly. Subject to the provisions of section 72 of this Constitution, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall -.

No Senatorial district or Federal constituency shall fall within more than one State, and the boundaries of each district or constituency shall be as contiguous as possible and be such that the number of inhabitants thereof is as nearly equal to the population quota as is reasonably practicable.

Where the boundaries of any Senatorial district or Federal constituency established under section 71 of this Constitution are altered in accordance with the provisions section 73 hereof, the alteration shall come into effect after it has been approved by each House of the National Assembly and after the current life of the Senate in the case of an alteration to the boundaries of a Senatorial district or the House of s in the case of an alteration to the boundaries of a Federal constituency.

For the purposes of section 72 of this Constitution, the number of inhabitants of Nigeria or any part thereof shall be ascertained by reference to the census of the population of Nigeria or the latest census held in pursuance of an Act of the National Assembly after the coming into force of the provisions of this Part of this Chapter of this Constitution.

The registration of voters and the conduct of elections shall be subject to the direction and supervision of Independent National Electoral Commission. The National Assembly shall make provisions in respects -. If the Appropriation Bill in respect of any financial year has not been passed into law by the beginning of the financial year, the President may authorise the withdrawal of moneys in the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation for the purpose of meeting expenditure necessary to carry on the services of the Government of the Federation for a period not exceeding months or until the coming into operation of the Appropriate Act, whichever is the earlier:.

Provided that the withdrawal in respect of any such period shall not exceed the amount authorised to be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation under the provisions of the Appropriation Act passed by the National Assembly for the corresponding period in the immediately preceding financial year, being an amount proportionate to the total amount so authorised for the immediately preceding financial year.

Provided that such a person was not removed from office by the process of impeachment or for breach of any provisions of this Constitution. There shall be a House of Assembly for each of the States of the Federation. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a House of Assembly of a State shall consist of three or four times the number of seats which that State has in the House of Representatives divided in a way to reflect, as far as possible nearly equal population:.

Provided that a House of Assembly of a State shall consist of not less than twenty-four and not more than forty members. There shall be a Clerk to a House of Assembly and such other staff as may be prescribed by a Law enacted by the House of Assembly, and the method of appointment of the Clerk and other staff of the House shall be as prescribed by that Law.

The business of a House of Assembly shall be conducted in English, but the House may in addition to English conduct the business of the House in one or more other languages spoken in the State as the House may by resolution approve.

Any person who sits or votes in a House of Assembly of a State knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he is not entitled to do so commits an offence and is liable on conviction to such punishment as shall be prescribed by a Law of the House of Assembly. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a House of Assembly shall have power to regulate its own procedure, including the procedure for summoning and recess of the House.

A House of Assembly may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership, and the presence or participation of any person not entitled to be present at or to participate in the proceedings of the House shall not invalidate such proceedings. A House of Assembly shall sit for a period of not less than one hundred and eighty-one days in a year.

Subject to the provisions of section of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified for election as a member of a House of Assembly if -. A member of the House of Assembly may be recalled as such a member if -. A member of the House of Assembly shall receive such salary and other allowances as the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission may determine. D - Elections to a Ho use of Assembly. Subject to the provisions of sections 91 and of this Constitution, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall divide every state in the federation into such number of state constituencies as is equal to three or four times the number of Federal constituencies within that state.

The boundaries of each State constituency shall be such that the number of inhabitants thereof is as nearly equal to the population quota as is reasonably practicable. Travellers should note that there are concerns about the safety and reliability of some airline companies operating domestic flights within Nigeria. Irish citizens should carefully evaluate the implications for their security and safety before deciding to undertake domestic air travel. Also, domestic flights are frequently cancelled at short notice and travellers should consider direct international flights in to Nigeria rather than transiting domestically.

There are often lengthy flight delays, particularly flights later in the day. Remember, the local laws apply to you as a visitor and it is your responsibility to follow them. Be sensitive to local customs, traditions and practices as your behaviour may be seen as improper, hostile or may even be illegal.

Nigeria is a federal republic divided into 36 states and a Federal Capital Territory. The Federal Government exercises jurisdiction throughout the country on certain issues while State Governments exercises jurisdiction on other issues.

The Nigerian Police Force is a federal, national police force. In recent years, some southern states have set up official law enforcement bodies but they are not officially recognised by the Federal Government.

Conditions in Nigerian prisons and detention facilities fall below the standards that would be observed in Ireland and can be extremely unpleasant.

The public display of a same sex relationship is illegal under federal law. Prosecutions can result in custodial sentences of up to 14 years imprisonment. It is illegal to export African artefacts and antiques from Nigeria without written authorisation from the Department of Antiquities. A number of northern Nigerian states which are predominantly Muslim have adopted Sharia Law. Sharia Law is an Islamic body of law and moral code.

Penalties for Muslims convicted under Sharia Law in northern Nigeria can be very severe, particularly for offences such as theft and adultery. Where travellers have essential business in these states, they should dress conservatively and women are advised to cover their legs, head and arms.

Nigeria is a deeply religious society and travellers to all parts of Nigeria should respect local religious traditions and avoid offending local sensitivities. The Department of Foreign Affairs strongly recommends that you obtain comprehensive travel insurance which will cover all overseas medical costs, including medical evacuation, before travelling to Nigeria.

You should check any exclusions, and that your policy covers you for the activities you want to undertake. Travellers should note that the Irish Government does not provide funds for emergency medical repatriation or for repatriation of remains. In most parts of Nigeria, medical facilities are very basic and even in major population centres the level of available medical care is quite limited, and payment must usually be made up-front.

Accordingly, medical evacuation to Europe or South Africa is frequently required for anything more than a minor accident or illness. We advise travellers to Nigeria to consult a GP and take medical advice before travelling. Medical practitioners advise travellers to receive a large number of vaccinations which would not normally be required in Ireland. Malaria is a major public health problem in Nigeria, and can be fatal without medical attention. You should consult your GP about malaria prophylaxis prior to travel.

Polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria, but is not yet considered eradicated. There are regular outbreaks of cholera, measles, lassa fever, and meningitis throughout the country. Nigeria experiences heavy rainfall during the rainy season June - September , during which time there is an increased risk of water-borne diseases like cholera, and flash flooding can occur.

You are advised to maintain a supply of clean bottled water at all times and to avoid purchasing sachets of water on the street. There is currently no known outbreak of Zika Virus a dengue-like mosquito-borne disease in Nigeria. However, there have been cases in the recent past and it is present in the wider region. For this reason Irish Citizens, especially those with a weakened immune system or women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, are advised to follow guidance available on the website of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre HPSC.

Irish nationals require a visa to travel to Nigeria. Nigeria is a largely cash based economy. There is limited acceptance of credit cards and debit cards in major cities and rare acceptance in the rest of the country.

The security of ATMs in Nigeria cannot be guaranteed. You will be unable to obtain the local currency Nigerian naira until you have arrived in Nigeria. Notes have been widely circulated and are often in very poor condition. You are advised to make regular use of hand sanitisers when handling cash to avoid illness.

Travellers should bring sufficient cash to cover expenses while in Nigeria. Your airline will normally give you a customs declaration form and an immigration arrival form before you land. US dollars are the most widely accepted foreign currency but Euros can also be exchanged locally.

Nigeria's climate is tropical, varying from the humid beaches in the south to the hot desert in the north. Elevated areas of the country such as the Jos plateau are cooler and wetter. Given the high temperatures, travellers in Nigeria frequently become dehydrated and we advise that travellers maintain a supply of drinking water.