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Nigeria Image File history File links Nigeria_coa. ... Politics of Nigeria take place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Nigeria (Umaru Musa YAR’ADUA) is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ...

• President
  • Umaru Yar'Adua
• Vice-president
  • Goodluck Jonathan
• Federal ministries
• Federal Parastatals
• National Assembly
  • Senate
  • House of Representatives
• Supreme Court
• States
  • State governors
  • Local Government Areas (LGAs)
• Elections:
  • 2007 general
• Political parties
• Foreign relations
• Human rights

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Other countries  view • talk • edit  Seal of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Flag of the President of Nigeria The President of Nigeria is the elected head of government and head of state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. ... Umaru Musa YarAdua (born July 9, 1951 in Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria) is the 2nd President of Nigerias Fourth Republic. ... A Vice-President of Nigeria is the second-in-command to the President of Nigeria. ... Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (b. ... // National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) State Security Service (SSS) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) National Council on Privatisation (NCP) Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) Nigerian Communications... [1]Politics of Nigeria}} The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature established under section 4 of the Nigerian Constitution and comprises a 109-member Senate and a 360-member House of Representatives. ... The Senate is the upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria. ... The House of Representatives of Nigeria is the lower house of the countrys bicameral National Assembly. ... The Supreme Court of Nigeria is the highest court in Nigeria, and is located in the Central District, Abuja, in what is known as the Three Arms Zone, so called due to the close proximity of the offices of the Presidential Complex, the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court. ... Nigeria is currently divided into 36 states and one federal capital territory. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias state governors. ... Nigeria has 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs). ... Politics of Nigeria Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Nigeria ... The Nigerian general elections of 2007 were held on 14 April and 21 April 2007. ... Political parties in Nigeria lists political parties in Nigeria. ... Since independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterized by a focus on Africa and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence; peaceful settlement of disputes; nonalignment and nonintentional interference in... In its 2005 report on human rights practices around the world, the U.S. Department of State found that Nigerias human rights record was poor. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ...