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ARTICLE · 02 FEBRUARY 2022

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Overview Of Citizenship In Nigeria

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Citizenship is a juristic and political status in which an individual enjoys full, legally sanctioned membership in a state and owes full allegiance to it.

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Citizenship is a juristic and political status in which an individual enjoys full, legally sanctioned membership in a state and owes full allegiance to it. Citizenship is a status that is legally granted to an individual by a state which enables such individual to enjoy the privileges and responsibilities that comes with that status.

OBTAINING NIGERIAN CITIZENSHIP

The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended ("CFRN") ("Constitution") provides for three means of obtaining Nigerian Citizenship: Birth,1 Registration2 and Naturalization.3 The Constitution provides a list of boxes applicants must tick to be eligible for Nigerian citizenship through any of these means, however, the procedure and documentations required are further provided in the Citizenship Requirements Handbook, issued by the Citizenship and Business Department of the Federal Ministry of Interior.

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