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  2. Politics of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    The federal government of Nigeria is composed of three distinct branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial, whose powers are vested and bestowed upon them by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the National Assembly, the president, and lastly the federal courts, which includes the Supreme Court which is regarded as the highest court in Nigeria.

  3. Constitution of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The 1999 constitution created the Fourth Nigerian Republic, a federation with democratic rule. It remains in force today. The 1999 constitution identifies the national capital, 36 states and their capitals, and 774 local government areas within Nigeria.

  4. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    This article lists forms of government and political systems, which are not mutually exclusive, and often have much overlap.. According to Yale professor Juan José Linz there are three main types of political systems today: democracies, totalitarian regimes and, sitting between these two, authoritarian regimes with hybrid regimes.

  5. First Nigerian Republic - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The First Republic was the republican government of Nigeria between 1963 and 1966 governed by the first republican constitution. The country's government was based on a federal form of the Westminster system. The period between 1 October 1960, when the country gained its independence and 15 January 1966, when the first military coup d ...

  6. List of current state governors in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    State, I will discharge my duty to the best of my ability, faithfully and in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the law, and always in the interest of the sovereignty, integrity, solidarity, well-being and prosperity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that I will strive to preserve the Fundamental ...

  7. Fourth Nigerian Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Fourth Republic is the current republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999, it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Second Republic, which was in place between 1979 and 1983 and suffers many of the same problems, such as multiple ministries which made policy planning ...

  8. National Assembly (Nigeria) - Wikipedia

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    Politics of Nigeria. The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature established under section 4 of the Nigerian Constitution. It consists of a Senate with 109 members [1] and a 360-member [2] House of Representatives.

  9. Cabinet of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff. The Federal Executive Council (FEC), also simply known as The Cabinet is the cabinet of ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and is part of the executive branch of the Government of Nigeria. The council's role, as written in the Ministers' Statutory Powers and Duties Act, [1] is to serve as an advisory ...