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Federal Republic of Nigeria
Citizenship and Country Documents
US Government Reports
- State Department - Country Documents
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA100148.E - Exit and re-entry regulations; maximum length of stay to which a non-Nigerian citizen would be entitled and whether such an individual would be allowed to work - Aug. 2005
Foreign Government Reports
- UK Home Office
- Country Information and Guidance - Nigeria: Background Information - August 2016
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200341.E - Birth and death certificates, including appearance and security features; requirements and procedures to obtain them from within the country or from abroad; prevalence of fraudulent documents – Nov. 2020
- NGA103787.E - Requirements and procedures an adult must fulfill to obtain a birth certificate, including for those who apply from within the country and from abroad - Aug. 2011
- NGA103690.FE - The birth registration rate; whether a birth certificate is required to enroll in an elementary or secondary school; other identity documents that can be used to enroll in school or to obtain travel documents; the appearance of an affidavit that accompanies the Certificate of Origin and the information in it - Feb. 2011
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200341.E - Birth and death certificates, including appearance and security features; requirements and procedures to obtain them from within the country or from abroad; prevalence of fraudulent documents – Nov. 2020
- NGA103704.E - Process to obtain a death certificate from the National Population Commission (NPC), including persons entitled to obtain one, the documents that must be submitted, the cost, and the time required to issue the certificate - Mar. 2011
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200798.E - Requirements and procedures to obtain an International Driving Permit (IDP); content, appearance and security features of the permit; prevalence of fraudulent IDPs; sample - Nov. 2021
- NGA106380.E - Requirements and procedures to obtain a driver's license; appearance of driver's licenses - Nov. 2019
- NGA103954.E - Nigeria: Federal driver's license authority; requirements and procedures to obtain and renew a federal driver's license in the old and new license systems; differences in obtaining and renewing a driver's license between 2007 and January 2012; appearance of the driver's license; Lagos state procedures to obtain a driver's license - Mar. 2012
- NGA103811.E - Sample of the Nigerian International Driving Permit (IDP) - Aug. 2011
- NGA103700.FE - Whether Nigeria issues international driver's licenses; if so, information on the issuing authority and the procedure for obtaining one (2008-2011) - Feb. 2011
- NGA100146.E - Issuance procedures for driver's licenses - June 2005
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200372.E - Marriage certificates, including their appearance and security features; requirements and procedure to obtain them from within the country or from abroad; prevalence of fraudulent documents – Nov. 2020
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA201199.E - Nigeria: Ability to track individuals nationwide through the Bank Verification Number (BVN), ability of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to track individuals across the country (2020–November 2022) - Nov. 2022
- NGA106187.E - Implementation of the National Identity Card (NIC), including roll-out of the National Identification Number (NIN); requirements and procedures to obtain a NIN and NIC; appearance and security features; prevalence of fraudulent NICs - Nov. 2018
- NGA103689.FE - The number of National Identity Cards (NIC) issued to date and their usage (2005-January 2011) - Feb. 2011
- NGA103633.E - Whether the Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa verifies identity documents against a database or contacts the issuing authority when issuing an emergency Certificate for Identification; information on how affidavits are verified for authenticity - Nov. 2010
- NGA103601.E - Information on how the Nigerian Consulate in Ottawa verifies a person's identity when issuing an emergency certificate for identification; circumstances under which an emergency certificate for identification would be issued rather than a passport. - Oct. 2010
- NGA43281.E - Information on the various identity documents in Nigeria and the names of the agencies that issue them - Jan. 2005
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA103904.FE - Nigeria: Whether there is a national registry of the names and address of all health professionals, including nurses, who were or who currently are working; if so, whether this registry is updated when a health professional (who was or who currently is working) changes address; people who have access to this registry - June 2012
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200337.E - Update to NGA106383 on requirements and procedures to obtain an E-Passport within the country and from abroad, including collection and verification of biometrics; appearance and security features; prevalence of fraudulent passports - Nov. 2020
- NGA106383.E - Update to NGA106186 on requirements and procedures to obtain an ePassport within the country and from abroad, including collection and verification of biometrics; appearance and security features; prevalence of fraudulent passports – Nov. 2019
- NGA106186.E - Requirements and procedures to obtain an ePassport within the country and from abroad, including collection and verification of biometrics; appearance and security features; prevalence of fraudulent passports - Nov. 2018
- NGA42971.E - Whether a person can apply for, renew or replace a Nigerian passport while residing in a foreign country and, if so, the procedure and documents required; details regarding the passport photo; whether a woman's married or maiden name appears on the passport; whether the passport indicates that it is new, a replacement or a renewal; whether Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) passports are issued in Nigeria and, if so, since when - Feb. 2005
US Government Reports
- US Department of Labor - Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
- Congressional Research Service - Child Soldiers Prevention Act: Security Assistance Restrictions - May 2022, Mar 2020
- UK Border Agency Country of Origin Information (COI) Report
- Country Information and Guidance - Islamist extremist groups in North East Nigeria - July 2021
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200339.E - Requirements and procedures for a child to leave the country with one parent – Oct. 2020
- NGA200143.E - Family laws in Nigeria, including whether a spouse or former spouse can use family laws to track the location of their minor child if the other spouse relocates with the child to a different area of Nigeria – Apr. 2020
International Government Organization Reports
- European Union Agency for Asylum
- COI Query - Nigeria - Sexual exploitation and forced prostitution, including in Imo state - June 2024
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International Reports
- “Help Us Build Our Lives”: Girl Survivors of Boko Haram and Military Abuses in North-East Nigeria - June 2024
- Report on executions of persons who were children at the rime of the offence (covering 1990 - 2022) - May 2023
- Open letter on addressing the toll of Northeast Nigeria’s conflict on children - Sept. 2020
- "We dried our tears”: Addressing the toll on children of Northeast Nigeria’s conflict - May 2020
- Coalition to Stop the use of Child Soldiers - Child Soldiers Global Report - 2008
- Human Rights Watch
- Ireland Refugee Documentation Center
- Information regarding the death of infant males after circumcision in Nigeria, in particular young males who are circumcised a few years after birth rather than soon after birth. - Nov. 2010
- Norwegian Refugee Council
- Unprecedented school closures jeopardise the future of millions in West and Central Africa - Mar. 2023
- Amnesty International
- Time to end impunity: Torture and other human rights violations by special anti-robbery squad (SARS) - June 2020
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200993.E - Mental health services available; treatment of persons with mental illness by society and by the authorities; state protection, including recourse and complaints mechanisms available in cases of abuse; public health care availability particularly in Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt (2018–November 2022) - Nov. 2022
- NGA200342.E - Mental health services available; treatment of persons with mental illness by society and by the authorities; state protection, including recourse and complaints mechanisms available in cases of abuse – Nov. 2020
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies: Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Article 11: Day of general discussion 2023 - Mar. 2023
- Ireland Refugee Documentation Center
- Any information on existence or treatment of "Ogbanje"; Any information on ill-treatment or otherwise of children with learning disabilities and/or autism, and the availability of professional treatment for same. - Mar. 2010
US Government Reports
- Congressional Research Service - Nigeria: Current Issues and U.S. Policy - Feb. 2019
- Election Guide - Recent Elections
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- Politics as War: Human Rights Impact and Causes of the Post-Election Violence in Rivers State, Nigeria - Mar. 2008
- Human Rights Abuse and Threats to Free and Fair Election in Nigeria - Apr. 2007
- Testing Democracy: Political Violence in Nigeria - Apr. 2003
- Transition or Travesty: Nigeria's Endless Process of Return to Civilian Rule - 1997
- International Crisis Group
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA106308.E - The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), including objectives, structure, activities, relations with other Biafran independence groups and treatment by authorities - June 2019
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- "They Do Not Own This Place" Government Discrimination Against "Non-Indigenes" in Nigeria - Apr. 2006
- Minority Rights Group International - State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - 2016
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200613.E - Nigeria: Osu caste, including areas where the Osu caste system is practised, whether there are Osu villages in Imo State, and whether there are all-Osu villages in Nigeria; implications of being born or declared Osu, including the possibility of abuse, blood sacrifices, or issues related to marriage and children (2020-November 2022) - Nov. 2022
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Minority Rights Group International - Igbo
Non-Government Organization Reports
- International Crisis Group
- Fuelling the Niger Delta Crisis - The Ijaw-Itsekiri crisis -September 2006
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200613.E - Nigeria: Osu caste, including areas where the Osu caste system is practised, whether there are Osu villages in Imo State, and whether there are all-Osu villages in Nigeria; implications of being born or declared Osu, including the possibility of abuse, blood sacrifices, or issues related to marriage and children (2020-November 2022) - Nov. 2022
- NGA200982.E - Nigeria: Treatment of people who enter interfaith marriages in Lagos State, including a Christian woman who marries a Muslim man, who subsequently converts to Christianity; cases of couples who were traced through word of mouth within the Muslim community when they resettled in cities such as Port Harcourt or Ibadan (2015–March 2022) - May 2022
- NGA200797.E - Situation and treatment of single women and of women who head their own households, including their ability to live on their own and access housing, income, education, health care, and support services, particularly in Port Harcourt, Abuja, Ibadan and Lagos; impact of COVID-19 - Nov. 2021
- NGA200790.E - Nigeria: Update to NGA200625 on prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), including ethnic groups in which FGM/C is prevalent; ability of parents to refuse FGM/C for their daughter; consequences for refusal; state protection and support services (2019–October 2021) - Oct. 2021
- NGA106360.E - Domestic violence, including legislation; protection and support services offered to victims - Nov. 2019
- NGA106371.E - Forced marriage, including child marriage; prevalence, related legislation, state protection, support services and the ability to refuse a forced marriage - Nov. 2019
- Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre (Landinfo)
- Consolidating Gains – Displaced Women’s Housing Land and Property Rights in Africa – May 2021
International Government Organization Reports
- European Union Agency for Asylum
- COI Query - Nigeria - Situation of single Muslim women, particularly Yoruba, without family or support network in Lagos, including availability of support services and ability to access housing and employment - July 2024
- COI Query - Nigeria - Sexual exploitation and forced prostitution, including in Imo state - June 2024
- Nigeria - Treatment of persons accused of incest in the Lagos State, Nigeria - July 202
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- “Help Us Build Our Lives”: Girl Survivors of Boko Haram and Military Abuses in North-East Nigeria - June 2024
- Nigeria. Accountability for human rights violations remains elusive: Amnesty International submission to the 45th session of the UPR working group (January-February 2024) - July 2023
- A harrowing journey: Access to justice for women and girls survivors of rape in Nigeria - Nov. 2021
- "They Took Our Husbands And Forced Us To Be Their Girlfriends" Women In North-East Nigeria Starved And Raped By Those Claiming To Rescue Them - Nov. 2018
- Nigeria: “They betrayed us” : Women who survived boko haram raped, starved and detained in Nigeria - May 2018
- Shadow Report to the African Commission on Human And Peoples Rights - Apr. 2018
- International Crisis Group
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- “You Pray for Death” Trafficking of Women and Girls in Nigeria - Aug. 2019
US Government Reports
- State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA201705.E - Role of indigeneship in obtaining employment, housing, and social services; how indigeneship is established and identified; obstacles faced by non-indigenes when relocating to Abuja, Lagos, or Port Harcourt; assistance available to those who relocate (2021–November 2023) - Nov. 2023
- NGA200990.E - The socio-economic situation, including demographics, employment rates, economic sectors, and crime rates, as well as access to education, health care and housing, particularly for the cities of Port Harcourt, Abuja, and Kano (2020–May 2022) - June 2022
- NGA200338.E - The socio-economic situation, including demographics, employment rates, economic sectors, and crime rates, as well as access to education, health care and housing, particularly for the cities of Lagos, Ibadan and Benin City - Nov. 2020
- NGA106375.E - Whether the police in Nigeria detain family members of wanted persons, including sexual and gender minorities; the manner in which these persons are treated; legal recourse available to them - Nov. 2019
- NGA106361.E - Role of indigeneship in obtaining employment, housing and social services; how indigeneship is established and identified; ability of non-indigenes to relocate to Abuja, Lagos or Port Harcourt; assistance available to those who relocate - Nov. 2019
International Government Organization Reports
- European Union Agency for Asylum
- COI Query - Nigeria - Situation of single Muslim women, particularly Yoruba, without family or support network in Lagos, including availability of support services and ability to access housing and employment - July 2024
- COI Query - Nigeria - Sexual exploitation and forced prostitution, including in Imo state - June 2024
- Nigeria - Treatment of persons accused of incest in the Lagos State, Nigeria - July 202
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International - 2021/2022
- Amnesty International Reports
- The Time for Justice is Now - Dec. 2023
- Nigeria. Accountability for human rights violations remains elusive: Amnesty International submission to the 45th session of the UPR working group (January-February 2024) - July 2023
- Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights - Mar. 2023
- “My heart is in pain” - Older people’s experience of conflict, displacement, and detention in northeast Nigeria - Dec. 2020
- The State of African Regional Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms 2019-2020 - Oct. 2020
- No Clean-Up, No Justice: An evaluation of the implementation of UNEP’s environmental assessment of Ogoniland, nine years on - June 2020
- Time to end impunity: Torture and other human rights violations by special anti-robbery squad (SARS) - June 2020
- A Criminal Enterprise? Shell's Involvement in Human Rights Violations in Nigeria in the 1990s - Nov. 2017
- The Human Cost of a Megacity: Forced Evictions of the Urban Poor In Lagos, Nigeria - Nov. 2017
- Torture in Nigeria: In summary - May 2014
- Forced Eviction of Abonnema Wharf Waterfront: "Pack and Go!" - July 2012
- Freedom House - 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
- Human Rights Watch
- World Report Events of: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
- “Those Who Returned Are Suffering” Impact of Camp Shutdowns on People Displaced by Boko Haram Conflict in Nigeria - Nov. 2022
- “Between Hunger and the Virus” The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on People Living in Poverty in Lagos, Nigeria – July 2021
- “They Do Not Own This Place” Government Discrimination Against “Non-Indigenes” in Nigeria – Apr. 2006
- The Price of Oil: Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights Violations in Nigeria's Oil Producing Communities - 1999
- World Report Events of: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
- Norwegian Refugee Council
- Targeted protection and livelihoods support to most vulnerable IDP and host communities in Borno State of Nigeria (Final Report) - Mar. 2020
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200444.E - Requirements and procedures for the issuance of affidavits; variations of Oaths Acts among states; availability of fraudulent affidavits - Nov. 2021
- NGA200340.E – Documents issued by the police during criminal investigations or in response to a complaint, including their appearance and security features; procedure to obtain a copy; the nature and extent of communications between police stations in the country, including the computer networks available to them and the information they share - Nov. 2020
- NGA106010.E - Warrants of arrest, including those issued by the High Court of the Delta State; issuance procedures, methods of delivery, description of the document and the information it contains; prevalence of fraudulent warrants of arrest – Nov. 2017 (PDF)
- NGA106000.E - Information on a national police computer network for information sharing; nature and extent of communication between police offices across the country; whether police offices in different states are obligated to report to each other regarding persons of interest who are suspected of having relocated; whether a link to a police computer network is available at international airports - Nov. 2017 (PDF)
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200344.E - Lawyers, including their bar association and the means of attesting their registration with the bar association, in particular seals and registration numbers, as well as the means of attesting their place of practice – Nov. 2020 (PDF)
- NGA103958.E - Treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation, state protection, and support services; the safety of sexual minorities living in Lagos and Abuja - Feb. 2012
US Government Reports
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Current Issues and U.S. Policy - HIV/AIDS, Education, and Population Growth - Apr. 2013 (PDF)
- Library of Congress - Country Profile: Nigeria - Health - July 2008
- UK Home Office Country Policy and Information Note Medical and Healthcare issues - Jan. 2022
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200993.E - Mental health services available; treatment of persons with mental illness by society and by the authorities; state protection, including recourse and complaints mechanisms available in cases of abuse; public health care availability particularly in Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt (2018–November 2022) - Nov. 2022
- NGA200342.E - Mental health services available; treatment of persons with mental illness by society and by the authorities; state protection, including recourse and complaints mechanisms available in cases of abuse – Nov. 2020
- World Health Organization Page
- Ireland Refugee Documentation Center
- Information regarding access to medical help in Nigeria for diabetes, to include sufferers who are impecunious - Apr. 2010
US Government Reports
- Library of Congress - Country Profile: Nigeria - Government and Politics - May 2008
- RIC Report
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200796.E - The situation and treatment of political opponents, including the People's Democratic Party (PDP), by the authorities and society; state protection - Nov. 2021
- NGA106245.E - Requirements and procedures to obtain a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and to open a bank account; extent to which SIM card and banking information is available to third parties, including authorities and elected politicians - Feb. 2019
- NGA104232.E - Whether each state has a ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs - Nov. 2012
- International Crisis Group
- Ireland Refugee Documentation Center
- Treatment of Action Congress Party personnel by other political parties - Sept. 2010
- Information on membership and treatment of members of the PDP Party. - May 2009
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- ZZZ200991.E - Nigeria and Canada: The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), including objectives, structure, activities, and relations with other Biafran independence groups; treatment by the authorities and state protection; the ability for the government to monitor IPOB organizations abroad, particularly in Canada (2020–May 2022) - June 2022
- Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
- The world's most neglected displacement crises in 2021 - June 2022
- UK Home Office Country Policy and Information Note
- Country Information and Guidance - Islamist extremist groups in North East Nigeria - July 2021
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- “Those Who Returned Are Suffering” Impact of Camp Shutdowns on People Displaced by Boko Haram Conflict in Nigeria - Nov. 2022
- "They Forced Us Onto Trucks Like Animals" - Cameroon's Mass Forced Return and Abuse of Nigerian Refugees - Sept. 2017
- Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
- International Crisis Group
- Rethinking Resettlement and Return in Nigeria’s North East - Jan. 2023
- Norwegian Refugee Council
- Staying in Harmony” Promoting secure shelter for IDPs and resolving disputes – Mar. 2018
US Government Reports
- State Department International Religious Freedom Report - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
- Religious Freedom Conditions in Nigeria - Aug. 2024
- Freedom of Religion or Belief in the Sahel Region of Africa - Nov. 2023
- Religious Freedom Concerns for Followers of African Traditional and Indigenous Religions - Apr. 2023
- Blasphemy Laws in Nigeria - Oct. 2022
- Violence Impacting Religious Freedom in Nigeria - Sept. 2022
- Highlights Impact of Financial Restrictions on Civil Society - Mar. 2021
- Shari’a and LGBTI Persons - Mar. 2021
- Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in Nigeria in 2020 - Dec. 2020
- Central Nigeria: Overcoming Dangerous Speech and Endemic Religious Divides - Feb. 2019
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) report
- InFocus - Interfaith Relations and Religious Freedom in Nigeria - Oct. 2022
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA201704.E - Treatment of Christians who relocate from northern parts of Nigeria by society in Port Harcourt, Rivers State; their linguistic, economic and social situation (2021–November 2023) - Nov. 2023
- NGA201703.E - Situation of Christians, including those living in northern cities, in Lagos, and in Abuja; state protection (2021–November 2023) - Nov. 2023
- NGA200613.E - Osu caste, including areas where the Osu caste system is practised, whether there are Osu villages in Imo State, and whether there are all-Osu villages in Nigeria; implications of being born or declared Osu, including the possibility of abuse, blood sacrifices, or issues related to marriage and children (2020-November 2022) - Nov. 2022
- NGA104211.E - Treatment of Christians who convert to Islam; treatment of Muslims who convert to Christianity; information on state protection for mistreated religious converts - Nov. 2012
- NGA104214.E - Whether mosques communicate with each other, particularly regarding fatwas; if so, the formal and informal means of communication - Oct. 2012
- NGA103858.E - Whether the Calvary Church of Yahweh located on Osato Street in Sabongida-Ora city was burned down in December 2010 - Oct. 2011
International Government Organization Reports
- European Union Agency for Asylum
- COI Query - Nigeria - Situation of single Muslim women, particularly Yoruba, without family or support network in Lagos, including availability of support services and ability to access housing and employment - July 2024
- COI Query - Nigeria - Security situation in Imo state - Sept.2023
- 2. Incidents of targeting of Christians by non-state actors, including Boko Haram.
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- Revenge in the Name of Religions: The Cycle of Violence in Plateau and Kano States - May 2005
- Ireland Refugee Documentation Center
- Information on recent ethno-religious rioting in Plateau State in March 2010. - June 2010
Foreign Government Reports
- UK Home Office Country Information and Guidance - Nigeria: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression - Feb. 2022
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA201198.E - Treatment of individuals with diverse sexual orientation and gender identity and expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and their family members by society and authorities, including legislation, state protection and support services; the risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) - Nov. 2022
- NGA200343.E - Anti-LGBTQ vigilante groups, including their objectives, structure, activities, and areas of influence; response of the authorities and state protection – Oct. 2020
- NGA103958.E - Treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation, state protection, and support services; the safety of sexual minorities living in Lagos and Abuja - Feb. 2012
International Government Organization Reports
- European Union Agency for Asylum
- COI Query - Nigeria - Gender-based violence (GBV) in Lagos - July 2024
Non-Government Reports
- Amnesty International
- Nigeria. Accountability for human rights violations remains elusive: Amnesty International submission to the 45th session of the UPR working group (January-February 2024) - July 2023
- Human Rights Watch
- "Tell Me Where I Can Be Safe" - The Impact of Nigeria's Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act - Oct. 2016
US Government Reports
- The Law Library of Congress - Congressional Research Service
- The Islamic State – May 2021
International Government Organization Reports
- European Union Agency for Asylum
- COI Query - Nigeria - Security situation in Imo state - Sept.2023
- Security incidents in Imo state, particularly in Owerri
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Armed Conflicts Report - Nigeria First combat deaths - Feb. 2009
- Amnesty International
- Nigeria. Accountability for human rights violations remains elusive: Amnesty International submission to the 45th session of the UPR working group (January-February 2024) - July 2023
- Anti-Corruption Fight in Peril – Crackdown on Anti-Corruption Human Rights Defenders in West and Central Africa - July 2023
- Willingly unable: ICC preliminary examination and Nigeria's failure to address impunity for international crimes - Dec. 2018
- ‘Bullets were raining everywhere’: Deadly repression of pro-Biafra activists - Nov. 2016
- Trapped in the cycle of violence - Nov. 2012
- Human Rights Watch
- “They Didn’t Know if I Was Alive or Dead” Military Detention of Children for Suspected Boko Haram Involvement in Northeast Nigeria - Sept. 2019
- “They Set the Classrooms on Fire” Attacks on Education in Northeast Nigeria – Apr. 2016
- "Leave Everything to God" - Accountability for Inter-Communal Violence in Plateau and Kaduna States - Dec. 2013
- The Warri Crisis: Fueling Violence - Nov. 2003
- Military Revenge in Benue: A Population Under Attack - Apr. 2002
- The Ogoni Crisis: A Case-Study of Military Repression In Southeastern Nigeria - July 1995
- International Crisis Group
- Managing Vigilantism in Nigeria: A Near-term Necessity - April 2022
- Ending Nigeria’s Herder-Farmer Crisis: The Livestock Reform Plan – May 2021
- Violence in Nigeria’s North West: Rolling Back the Mayhem - May 2020
- Curbing Violence in Nigeria: The Jos Crisis - December 2012
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA100988.E - The "Niger Delta People's Liberation Front" and the "Niger Delta Youth of Nigeria"; their location, their leaders, their goals/ideology, their activities, and the treatment of their members by the authorities. - Jan. 2006
- Armed Conflicts Report - Nigeria First combat deaths - Feb. 2009
- Amnesty International
- On trial: Shell in Nigeria: Legal actions against the oil multinational - Feb. 2020
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- International Crisis Group
- Curbing Violence in Nigeria (III): Revisiting the Niger Delta - September 2015
- Seizing the Moment in the Niger Delta - Apr. 2009
- Ending Unrest in the Niger Delta - Politicians, gangs and the Port Harcourt violence - Dec. 2007
- Fuelling the Niger Delta Crisis - September 2006
- The Swamps of Insurgency: Nigeria's Delta Unrest - August 2006
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA106397.E - Badoo cult, including areas of operation and activities; state response to the group; treatment of Badoo members or alleged members (2016-December 2019) – Jan. 2020
International Government Organization Reports
- European Union Agency for Asylum
- COI Query - Nigeria - Information on masquerade groups referred to as ‘Odo’ in Enugu State, including activities and incidents of violence; consequences for refusal to join, including treatment of Christians; state protection - September 2023
- Overview
- Activities and incidents of violence, including treatment of Christians
- Consequences for refusal to join Odo
- State protection
- COI Query - Nigeria - Idol Worshipping in Anambra, Delta, Edo, and Enugu states, including prevalence and whether roles are inherited, incidents of forced participation in rituals, consequences for refusal to join, including treatment of Christians; availability of state protection - September 2023 (PDF)
- Prevalence and inheritance of roles of Idol Worshipping in Anambra, Delta, Edo, and Enugu states
- Incidents of forced participation in rituals and consequences for refusal to join
- Treatment of Christians in the context of idol worshipping
- State protection for Christians in the context of idol worshipping
- COI Query - Nigeria - Information on masquerade groups referred to as ‘Odo’ in Enugu State, including activities and incidents of violence; consequences for refusal to join, including treatment of Christians; state protection - September 2023
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA106397.E - Badoo cult, including areas of operation and activities; state response to the group; treatment of Badoo members or alleged members – Jan. 2020
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA201197.E - The Black Axe confraternity [Aiye Confraternity; Ayee], also known as the Neo Black Movement of Africa (NBM), including initiation, rituals, oaths of secrecy, and use of symbols or particular signs; whether they use force to recruit individuals; their treatment of anti-cultists; activities in Canada - Nov. 2022
- NGA43277.E - The Black Axe Confraternity, also known as the Neo-Black Movement of Africa; their treatment of anti-cultists; their forced recruitment of individuals opposed to cults; their initiation rituals and oaths of secrecy; their use of symbols or particular signs - Feb. 2005
US Government Reports
- RIC - "Information on the Egbesu Boys of Africa" and the "Niger Delta Volunteer Force" - Jan. 2000
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA101034.E - Egbesu Boys; leadership, membership, recruitment practices, activities, and treatment by authorities - Feb. 2006
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Responses (RIRs)
- NGA200795.E - Ogboni Society, including structure, rituals, ceremonies, current status, membership and the consequences of refusing to join or trying to leave; Reformed Ogboni Fraternity (ROF), including the nature of its belief system and its purpose, whether membership is compulsory, especially for children of members, and consequences for refusing to join the ROF; whether positions within the ROF are inherited; relationship of these groups with police and judicial authorities - Oct. 2021
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA100078.E - Information on the O'odua People's Congress (OPC), including the methods of recruitment and the selection of members; implications of being a member and the consequences of refusing to join - June 2005
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- The O'odua People's Congress (OPC): Fighting Violence with Violence - Feb. 2003
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA43240.E - The Ovia cult; its membership, doctrine, rituals, ceremonies and initation, consequences for refusing to join, and consequences for breaching the oath of secrecy - Feb. 2005
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200790.E - Update to NGA200625 on prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), including ethnic groups in which FGM/C is prevalent; ability of parents to refuse FGM/C for their daughter; consequences for refusal; state protection and support services – Oct. 2021
- United Kingdom: Home Office Country Policy and Information Note - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - July 2022
- Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre (Landinfo)
- Female genital mutilation of women in West Africa - Jan. 2009
International Government Organization Reports
- European Union Agency for Asylum
- COI Query - Nigeria - Possibility to refuse FGM; consequences for refusal to undergo FGM; state protection available in cases of refusal - Sept. 2023 (PDF)
1. Possibility to refuse FGM
1.1. Consequences for refusal to undergo FGM
2. State protection available in cases of refusal
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200982.E - Nigeria: Treatment of people who enter interfaith marriages in Lagos State, including a Christian woman who marries a Muslim man, who subsequently converts to Christianity; cases of couples who were traced through word of mouth within the Muslim community when they resettled in cities such as Port Harcourt or Ibadan (2015–March 2022) - May 2022
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA101051.E - Bakassi Boys; leadership, membership, activities, and treatment by authorities (January 2005 - February 2006) - Feb. 2006
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- The Bakassi Boys: The Legitimization of Murder and Torture - May 2002
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA101416.E - Movement for the Advancement of Democracy (MAD); its activities and structure; whether it is outlawed; and treatment of members by the Nigerian authorities - June 2006
Foreign Government Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA200791.FE - Prevalence of ritual killing and human sacrifice; state protection - Nov. 2021
- NGA200793.FE - Chieftaincy in Yorubaland and rituals, including human sacrifice and blood rituals upon initiation to chieftaincy or during chieftaincy; reaction of state ministries of chieftaincy affairs to Yoruba chief rituals, including whether reaction varies by state; prevalence and consequences of refusing a Yoruba chieftaincy title; protection available to those who refuse such a title - Nov. 2021
- NGA200792.FE - Consequences for a person refusing a chief priest or a shaman [also called fetish priest] title for which they have been selected in south and central Nigeria; state protection - Nov. 2021
US Government Reports
- USCIRF - Central Nigeria: Overcoming Dangerous Speech and Endemic Religious Divides - Feb. 2019
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- NGA106001.E - Brown envelope journalism, including types of publications that are affected; efforts to combat the phenomenon – Nov. 2017
US Government Reports
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- “You Pray for Death” Trafficking of Women and Girls in Nigeria - Aug. 2019
- EASO Country of Origin Information Report
- Trafficking in Human Beings - Apr. 2021
US Government Reports
Foreign Government Reports
- UK Home Office Country Policy and Information Note
- Country Information and Guidance - Islamist extremist groups in North East Nigeria - July 2021
US Government Reports
- Congressional Research Service
International Government Organization Reports
- European Union Agency for Asylum
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- “Help Us Build Our Lives”: Girl Survivors of Boko Haram and Military Abuses in North-East Nigeria - June 2024
- Willingly unable: ICC preliminary examination and Nigeria's failure to address impunity for international crimes - Dec. 2018
- Nigeria: “They betrayed us” : Women who survived boko haram raped, starved and detained in Nigeria - May 2018
- Human Rights Watch - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
- Human Rights Watch
- “Those Who Returned Are Suffering” Impact of Camp Shutdowns on People Displaced by Boko Haram Conflict in Nigeria - Nov. 2022
- “They Set the Classrooms on Fire” Attacks on Education in Northeast Nigeria – Apr. 2016
- “They Didn’t Know if I Was Alive or Dead” Military Detention of Children for Suspected Boko Haram Involvement in Northeast Nigeria - Sept. 2019
- Spiraling Violence: Boko Haram Attacks and Security Force Abuses in Nigeria - 2012
- International Crisis Group
- JAS vs. ISWAP: The War of the Boko Haram Splinters - Mar. 2024
- An Exit from Boko Haram? Assessing Nigeria’s Operation Safe Corridor - Mar. 2021
- What Role for the Multinational Joint Task Force in Fighting Boko Haram? - July 2020
- Returning from the Land of Jihad: The Fate of Women Associated with Boko Haram - May 2019
- Preventing Boko Haram Abductions of Schoolchildren in Nigeria - Apr. 2018
- Curbing Violence in Nigeria: The Boko Haram Insurgency - Apr. 2014
Torture
US Government Reports Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Shadow Report to the African Commission on Human And Peoples Rights - Apr. 2018
Updated August 9, 2024