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Nigeria can learn from Kenya’s healing

In more respects than one, Nigeria shares a common bond with many African states, including Kenya. It is also some sort of elder sibling being Africa’s top oil producer, member of the Commonwealth of Nations, soccer giant and the continent’s largest democracy.

Nigerian society embraces English common law, Islamic Sharia law (in 12 northern states), and traditional law and has a bi-cameral parliament consisting of the Senate (109 seats) and a House of Representatives (360 members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms).

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