Au Nigéria, la nationalité est régie par le chapitre III de la Constitution de 1999. Aucune législation n’a été mise en œuvre depuis l’abrogation en 1974 des codes de la nationalité de 1960 et 1961.
La loi ne fait pas de discrimination à l’égard des femmes concernant leur capacité à transmettre leur nationalité à leurs enfants, mais limite leur capacité à transmettre leur nationalité à leur non conjoints étrangers. La loi ne contient pas de clause de sauvegarde pour garantir l’accès à la nationalité pour les enfants de parents inconnus nés au Nigéria ou les enfants nés au Nigéria qui, autrement, seraient apatrides. En ce qui concerne ceux qui sont devenus des ressortissants à l’indépendance, la Constitution dispose que ceux qui sont nés au Nigéria acquièrent la nationalité à condition que l’un des parents ou grands-parents appartiennent à « une communauté autochtone au Nigéria », sans donner une définition au mot «autochtone».
La question de l’appartenance à une «communauté autochtone» a également une importance pour des droits plus larges de participation et les droits des Nigérians dans les différents Etats de la fédération. Les règles concernant les nominations à des fonctions publiques imposent le respect du « caractère fédéral » du Nigéria, en référence à l’Etat dont une personne est « autochtone » (indigenous). Être étiqueté un non-autochtone peut entraîner des coûts plus élevés pour l’éducation, l’incapacité d’accéder à des emplois au sein de la fonction publique et d’autres formes de discrimination.
La décision de la Cour internationale de Justice de transférer la souveraineté de la péninsule de Bakassi du Nigéria au Cameroun a laissé un grand nombre de personnes en situation de risque d’apatridie, y compris les anciens résidents de la péninsule qui se sont réimplantés au Nigéria.
By Adeyemi Adepetun A banker, who simply identified herself as Bukola Adegbaju, was seen at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, recently. Her mission was to correct an error on her National Identification Number (NIN) […]
Rhoda Egbe, a 37-year-old mother of 5 children was seen making frantic efforts to ensure her 4 months old son is registered and certified at Federal Medical Centre National Population Commission (NPC) registration centre Makurdi. My parents did not register […]
FCT, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has admitted before the presidential election petition tribunal of having dual citizenship of Nigeria and Guinea. As reported by the Nigerian Tribune, President Tinubu admitted to this allegation through his lawyer Wole Olanipekun […]
By Adeyemi Adepetun The number of National Identification Numbers (NINs) issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has reached 101 million. According to the latest data from the NIMC, the issued NINs are now 101,013,279. The data show that […]
Extracts relevant to Africa: Action 1: Resolve existing major situations of statelessness The Government of Kenya formally recognized the Pemba as an ethnic community and therefore citizens of Kenya through a Gazette Notice on 30 January. It instructs authorities to […]
A civil society organisation (CSO), Save Nigeria Movement (SNM) has asserted that the eligibility conditions and process for granting permanent residency status or Nigerian citizenship to a foreigner can only be reviewed through a constitution amendment. The group therefore urged […]
Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Federal Government has introduced the ‘Brown Card’, a new legal instrument for permanent residency for eligible foreign nationals. This was as it conferred Nigerian Citizenship on 385 deserving adult foreign nationals from different countries. In his […]
A total of 385 nationals of other countries on Saturday became Nigerians citizens by Registration and Naturalization to 385 Foreign Nationals at a ceremony held at the Nigerian Correctional Service Headquarters in Abuja. Among the 385 recipients of the 2023 […]
The group pleaded with the court for a speedy hearing and determination of its suit seeking the probe and prosecution of Mr Tinubu over his alleged Guinean citizenship. By Ameh Ejekwonyilo A civil society organisation has asked the Federal High […]
By Claire Mom The federal government says 160 women claiming to be Nigerians in war-torn Sudan have no passports to fly back to the country. In a press briefing on Sunday, Mustapha Ahmed, director general of the National Emergency Management […]
BAUCHI –The United Nations Children Fund(UNICEF) has stressed the need for parents to register their children at birth, saying that birth registration protects them from exploitation and abuse as Children without birth certificates are more vulnerable to child labor, child […]
The AU official told Daily Sun that Tinubu got his Guinean citizenship because the former President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, saw him as a special envoy. Ousmane Yara, the African Union Ambassador, has claimed that Nigerian “President-elect”, Bola Tinubu got […]