08.08.2007 - Source: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

Query response on features of the Nigerian driver's licence ("Nigeria: Features of the Nigerian driver's licence [NGA102509.E]") [ID 22100]

Document(s): Open document

07.2007 - Source: International Organization for Migration

Passport Application Procedures ("Country of Origin Information: Nigeria") [ID 20798]

"Requirements:
* Completed application form
* Passport from renewal/ expired passport
* 2 passport sized photographs
Fee: € 100
Payment via Money Order or Bank Draft
Payable to: The Embassy of Nigeria"

Document(s): Open document

07.2007 - Source: International Organization for Migration

Requirements for Replacement of Lost Passport ("Country of Origin Information: Nigeria") [ID 20799]

"Requirements
* Police report confirming loss of passport
* Completion of citizen registration with the embassy
* Recent utility bills r letter from academic institution (Students only)
* Completed application form
* Birth certificate or deceleration of age
* Driving licence or academic certificate to prove identity
* Evidence of state of origin or local government * Photocopies of relevant pages of loss passport
* Photocopies of passport for Irish born children or birth certificate
* Letter to the ambassador stating the circumstance of loss passport
* Proof of legitimate exit from Nigeria/ entry into Ireland or sworn affidavit before the commission for oaths at the Nigeria embassy
Fee: following approval € 350
Payment via Money Order or Bank Draft
Payable to: The Embassy of Nigeria"

Document(s): Open document

07.2007 - Source: International Organization for Migration

Requirements for the issue of a Minor's Passport ("Country of Origin Information: Nigeria") [ID 20801]

"Requirements:
* 2 passport sized photographs
* Birth certificate
* Photocopy of Parent’s passport
* Letter if Identification from School and GP
* Embassy ID
* Proof of address, recent utility bills
Fee: 100
Payment via Money Order or Bank Draft
Payable to: The Embassy of Nigeria"

Document(s): Open document

07.2007 - Source: International Organization for Migration

Passport: Requirements for Endorsement of children ("Country of Origin Information: Nigeria") [ID 20802]

"Note: Applicants for endorsement must be aged 1month -6 years
Requirements:
* 2 passport sized photographs
* Birth Certificate
* Photocopy of mothers passport
* Mother’s passport booklet
* Letter of identification from school and GP
* Letter of consent from father
Fee: € 50
Payment via Money Order or Bank Draft
Payable to: The Embassy of Nigeria Citizenship of Nigeria is based upon the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1989."

Document(s): Open document

07.2007 - Source: International Organization for Migration

Qualifications needed for citizenship of Nigeria ("Country of Origin Information: Nigeria") [ID 20803]

"People who are entitled to claim Citizenship of Nigeria include:
* Those born before or on the date of independence, October 1, 1960, whose parents or grandparents were born in Nigeria and who were legally residing in Nigeria at the time, are considered citizens of Nigeria.

* BY BIRTH: Birth within the territory of Nigeria does not automatically confer citizenship.

* BY DESCENT: Child, at least one of whose parents is a citizen of Nigeria, regardless of the child’s country of birth.

Registration:
The following persons are eligible to become citizens through registration:
* A foreign person who marries a citizen of Nigeria.
* Person who is of adult age (17), born outside Nigeria, any of whose grandparents is or was a citizen of Nigeria.
* A foreign child adopted by Nigerian parents.

By Naturalization :
Nigerian citizenship may be acquired upon fulfillment of the following conditions:
* Person is of full age (17), has resided in Nigeria for at least 15 years, is of good character, plans to remain in Nigeria, is familiar with Nigerian language and customs, has a viable means of support, and has renounced previous citizenship."

Document(s): Open document

07.2007 - Source: International Organization for Migration

Dual Citizenship ("Country of Origin Information: Nigeria") [ID 20804]

"Dual Citizenship is recognised only for Nigerian citizens by descent."

Document(s): Open document

07.2007 - Source: International Organization for Migration

Loss of Citizenship ("Country of Origin Information: Nigeria") [ID 20805]

"Citizenship can be lost in the following ways:
Voluntary :
Voluntary renunciation of Nigerian citizenship is permitted by law.

Involuntary
The following are grounds for involuntary loss of Nigerian citizenship:
* Registered or Naturalized citizen voluntarily acquires the citizenship of a foreign country.
* Naturalized citizen, before seven years of residence, sentenced to prison for three years or more.
* Registered or Naturalized citizen is convicted of acts of disloyalty to the Republic of Nigeria."

Document(s): Open document

17.06.2007 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

Query response on citizenship of children born in Nigeria, whose parents aren't citizens of the same state ("a-5473 (ACC-NGA-5473)") [ID 22110]

"38.01 Chapter 3 of the 1999 Constitution sets out the requirements for Nigerian citizenship. Citizenship can be acquired by birth, descent, registration and naturalisation. There are legal provisions for voluntary and involuntary renunciation of Nigerian citizenship. Dual nationality is only legally recognised for persons who are Nigerian citizens by descent, and who have acquired citizenship of another country, by descent. [6]
[...]
The Nigerian society is patriarchal so the rights and citizenship of children born into such marriages poses no problems if the father is Nigerian, whereas if the father is a foreigner whilst the mother is Nigerian, the child might probably face indigeneship problem although he is Nigerian by virtue of section 25(1) of the Constitution."

Document(s): Open document

10.2003 - Source: UK Home Office

The new national ID card registration ("Country Report - October 2003") [#17332],  [ID 14882]

"5.10 Over a four-week period that began on 18 February 2003, every Nigerian aged 18 years and above is required to register for a national identity card. According to officials of the Department of National Civic Registration, which is in charge of the programme, at least 60 million Nigerians are estimated to be eligible for registration.

5.11 The main objective of issuing ID cards to Nigerians, according to the government, is to create a national database of information, that will aid effective government. That information will include fingerprints, blood groups and other personal details which a string of censuses since independence in 1960 have been unable to provide.

5.12 President Olusegun Obasanjo was more specific about the expected benefits when he kicked off the exercise by becoming the first person to be registered. "Firstly, it serves as a medium of identification of Nigerian citizens, and as an effective control of illegal immigrants," he said. "It also avails the government with comprehensive and reliable data for planning purposes.""

Document(s): Open document

18.02.2003 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

More than 60 Millions adults are being registered for the ID Card ("Nigeria: Registration for national ID cards starts") [#12052],  [ID 14883]

Document(s): Open document