West Africa
Benin
- Adopted
- 1990
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Constitutions
Nigeria's Constitution is one of 54 on the continent. Here is each one, with the year it was adopted and last changed, and a link to the full text in English — useful when a news story, a court case or a debate at home compares our law with a neighbour's.
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Search by country or year, or pick a region. Each link opens the full text on the Constitute Project, a free, non-profit archive of the world's constitutions in English.
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Since the military takeovers of 2022, a transitional charter has set parts of this constitution aside.
Suspended after the 2021 military takeover. A new constitution was approved by referendum in 2025; the archive has not yet published it.
Suspended after the 2023 military takeover; the country is governed under a transitional charter.
An interim Constitutional Declaration, not a permanent constitution. A permanent text was drafted in 2017 but has not been put to a vote.
Replaced by a new constitution approved by referendum in 2023; the archive has not yet published it.
Replaced by a new constitution approved by referendum in 2023; the archive has not yet published it.
Replaced by a new constitution approved by referendum in 2024; the archive has not yet published it.
Ratified in 1997 but never put into effect.
A provisional constitution.
A transitional constitution.
A transitional Constitutional Declaration. Its standing has been uncertain since the war that began in 2023.
The oldest written national constitution still in force. 1992 is the year of its most recent amendment, the 27th.
Before you rely on a text
The years shown are those of the text we link to. Where we know a country has since adopted a new constitution, or set its constitution aside, the card says so. For countries whose official language is not English, the linked text is a translation — the official version is the one in the country's own language.
Only Nigeria's Constitution has legal force in Nigeria. The others are here for comparison and understanding.