Introduction This right is very fundamental and inalienable. It is also considered among the oldest and most controversial rights provided for at the traditional, national and international settings. Section 38 of the 1999 constitution provides: Every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion including freedom to change his religion or belief, […]
This right does not necessarily have to be based on a particular religion. An atheist or free-thinker can come under this head.[1] [1] Kehinde M. Mowoe Constitutional Law in Nigeria 2008, Malthouse Law Book p. 427
Because of the highly subjective nature of religious belief, the courts have generally rejected the idea of an inquiry into the truth or falsity of beliefs claimed to be religious, stating that there is no heresy in law.[1] Justice Ayoola of the Supreme Court of Nigeria while stating the scope of the right to freedom […]
The constitution empowers anyone who so desire to change his/ her religion or belief. See section 38 of the 1999 Constitution
Yes. Every citizen can propagate his/her religion which include the manifestation of religion in practice, worship, teaching and observance as including ceremonial acts, customs as the observance of dietary rights, the wearing of distinctive clothing, head coverings, the use of particular language customarily spoken by the group.[1] Kindly note that the right to manifest religion […]
Section 38(3) provides: No religious community or denomination shall be prevented from providing religious instruction for pupils of that community or denomination in any place of education maintained wholly by that community or denomination. Under the provision, religious institutions are empowered to give religious instructions in schools established by them, which indirectly empowers them to […]
Membership of a secret court is criminalized in Nigeria. Section38(4) provides: Nothing in this section shall entitle any person to form, take part in or be a member of a secret society. The implication of the provision above is that a secret society is not regarded as a religion and does not entitle a person […]
Introduction Privacy as a concept appears to encompass at least two different but related aspects. First it relates to the right of individuals to determine how much or what information about them is to be revealed to others. Second, it relates to the idea of autonomy, the freedom of individuals to perform or not perform […]
The Police can search a person in Nigeria[1]. It provides that a police officer may detain and search any person whom he reasonably suspects of having in his possession or conveying in any matter anything which he has reason to believe to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained. The test to be used to […]
People have asked us this question severally live on our #KnowYourRightsNigeria weekly radio programme on UNILAG 103.1 FM. A woman can only be searched by another woman[1] and such search must be with strict regard to decency[2]. However it should be noted that this is as regards to her body only, for a man can […]
