This constitution, still in force, established a national federal government, with the office of the President.

The constitution establishes three levels of government: national, state and local.

The Constitution establishes a federal democratic republic form of government.

The Constitution establishes the relationship among the three branches of government.

Independent Nigeria's second constitution established the country as a federal republic.

The 2004 constitution established an independent judiciary under the Islamic state.

The 1996 constitution establishes a second house of parliament, the 100-seat Senate, but this body has never been put into practice.

A new constitution, establishing the fourth republic, was adopted on June 2, 1991.

The Constitution, in other words, establishes the contest, not its resolution.

A new constitution adopted in 2007 established a greater degree of self-government.