Country name:
conventional long form:
Federal Republic of Nigeria
conventional short form:
Nigeria
Data code: NI
Government type: republic.
Capital: Abuja
note:
on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially moved from Lagos to Abuja; many government offices remain in Lagos pending completion of facilities in Abuja
Administrative divisions:
36 states and 1 territory*; Federal Captial Territory (Abuja)*, Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi , Bayelsa , Benue, Borno , Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi , Edo , Ekiti, Enugu , Gombe, Imo, Jigawa , Kaduna , Kano , Katsina , Kebbi , Kogi, Kwara , Lagos, Nassarawa , Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun , Oyo , Plateau, Rivers , Sokoto , Taraba , Yobe , Zamfara
Independence: 1 October 1960 (from UK)
National holiday: Independence Day, 1 October (1960)
Constitution: NA 1999 new constitution adopted
Legal system: based on English common law, Islamic law, and tribal law
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state and head of government:
President Olusegun Obasanjo (since 29 May 1999); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet:
Federal Executive Council
elections:
president is elected by popular vote for no more than two four-year terms; election last held 2003
election results:
Legislative branch:
bicameral National Assembly consists of Senate (109 seats, three from each state and one from the Federal Capital Territory; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and House of Representatives (360 seats, members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections:
- Senate - last held 2003
- People’s Democratic Party (PDP): 53.7%; 73 seats
- All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP): 27.9%; 28 seats
- Alliance for Democracy (AD): 9.7%; 6 seats
- APGA : 1.5%; 0 seats
- Other parties: 7.2%; 0 seats
- Vacant: 2 seats
- House of Representatives - last held 2003
- PDP: 54.5%; 213 seats
- ANPP: 27.4%; 95 seats
- AD: 9.3%; 31 seats
- APGA: 1.4%; 2 seats
- Other parties: 7.4%; 5 seats
- Vacant: 14 seats
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court, judges appointed by the Provisional Ruling Council; Federal Court of Appeal, judges are appointed by the federal government on the advice of the Advisory Judicial Committee
Political parties and leaders:
All Nigeria People’s Party or ANPP Alhaji Yusuf Ali ; Alliance for Democracy or AD Yusuf Mamman ; People’s Democratic Party or PDP Barnabas Gemade
International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, C, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-15 , G-19 , G-24 , G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNMOT , UNU, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Flag description: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green
- See also: Nigeria, List of Presidents of Nigeria
