Nigerian law encompasses the country's courts, offences, and range of legal sources. Nigeria has operated under its current constitution since it was established on 29 May 1999, and that constitution is the supreme law of the country. Four distinct legal systems operate within Nigeria: English law inherited from the colonial period, common law developed since independence, customary law, and Sharia law.
Facts
Example JurisdictionsLagos State, Oyo State, Kwara State, Ogun State, Osun State 2Tradition: Sharia law Primary Source of LawConstitution of Nigeria, the supreme law of the country 2 Classification
Legal Family Law of Nigeria
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In Legal Family
Entity-backed identity for the legal family value this legal-system already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a legal-system entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
In Legal System
Family classification carried over from this entity's own recorded SubLabel (Mixed and Hybrid Legal Systems), assigned under the section-legal-systems structure wave (ruling 761) using the CIA World Factbook / JuriGlobe comparative-law family classification (system.Atlas.DataBrief, law). This edge materializes that existing classification as a connective fact; it is not a new independent research finding.
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Source Adedokun Abolarin (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Akinola Aguda
Source Aloma Mariam Mukhtar (Wikipedia)
Source Bola Ajibola (Wikipedia)
Source Charles Onyeama (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Chile Eboe-Osuji
Source Dahiru Musdapher (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Faruk Imam Muhammad
Source Folake Solanke (Wikipedia)
Source John Inyang Okoro (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
Source Wikidata: Louis Mbanefo
Source Olukayode Ariwoola (Wikipedia)
Source Rivers State High Court of Justice (Wikipedia)
Source Tanko Muhammad (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Taslim Elias
Source Uwani Musa Abba-Aji, Wikipedia
Source Walter Onnoghen (Wikipedia)
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Nigeria, found in there.
Sources
1. Law of Nigeria (Wikipedia)
There are four distinct legal systems in Nigeria: English law, Common law, Customary law, and Sharia LawView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Law of Nigeria
Introduction, third sentence
The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the country.
Introduction, eighth sentence
It is also being used in Lagos State, Oyo State, Kwara State, Ogun State, and Osun State by Muslims.
View the SourceWikidata: Chile Eboe-Osuji
Includes: Chile Eboe-Osuji, Chile Eboe-Osuji (born 2 September 1962) is a Nigerian jurist.View the Source Wikidata: Taslim Elias
Includes: Taslim Elias, Taslim Olawale Elias (11 November 1914-14 August 1991) was a Nigerian jurist who served as minister of Justice and attorney-general of Nigeria from 1960 to 1966, Chief Justice of Nigeria from...View the Source List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
In Group: Common Law and Sharia Law Hybrid Systems, Common law and sharia law table: Nigeria rowView the Source John Inyang Okoro (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: John Inyang Okoro, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: John Inyang Okoro, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court
Uwani Musa Abba-Aji, Wikipedia
Includes: Uwani Musa Abba-Aji, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Uwani Musa Abba-Aji, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Nigerian judge who has served as Justice of the
Bola Ajibola (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Bola Ajibola, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Bola Ajibola, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Nigerian jurist
Folake Solanke (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Folake Solanke, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Folake Solanke, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Nigerian lawyer
Charles Onyeama (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Charles Onyeama, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Charles Onyeama, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the first Nigerian judge at the International Court of Jus
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Nigerian jurist and former Chief Justice of Nige
Walter Onnoghen (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Walter Onnoghen, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Walter Onnoghen, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Nigerian jurist who served as Chief Justice of N
Tanko Muhammad (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Tanko Muhammad, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Tanko Muhammad, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Nigerian jurist
Olukayode Ariwoola (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Olukayode Ariwoola, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Olukayode Ariwoola, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Nigerian jurist and justice of the Supreme Court
Dahiru Musdapher (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Dahiru Musdapher, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Dahiru Musdapher, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Nigerian jurist who served as the
Adedokun Abolarin (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Adedokun Abolarin, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Adedokun Abolarin, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Nigerian traditional ruler and a philanthropist
Rivers State High Court of Justice (Wikipedia)
Includes: Rivers State High Court of Justice, Wikipedia lead paragraphQuote, Includes: Rivers State High Court of Justice, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Court of Justice is the highest court of Rivers State, Nigeria. It is composed of the Chief Judge of Rivers Stat
Wikidata: Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
Includes: Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, Wikipedia category: Nigerian women juristsView the Source Wikidata: Akinola Aguda
Includes: Akinola Aguda, Wikipedia category: Nigerian judgesView the Source Wikidata: Louis Mbanefo
Includes: Louis Mbanefo, Wikipedia category: Nigerian judgesView the Source Wikidata: Faruk Imam Muhammad
Includes: Faruk Imam Muhammad, Wikipedia category: 21st-century Nigerian judgesView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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