Nigeria Law

CFRN 1999·Ch. III · Citizenship

§25

Citizenship by birth

By birth

The Text

The following persons are citizens of Nigeria by birth: every person born in Nigeria before the date of independence, either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents belongs or belonged to a community indigenous to Nigeria; every person born in Nigeria after the date of independence either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents is a citizen of Nigeria; and every person born outside Nigeria either of whose parents is a citizen of Nigeria.

Source · Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended · §25

All sections in Chapter IIICitizenship

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

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