SHARIA, SECULARISM AND POLITICAL MANIPULATION IN NIGERIA BY DR. AUSTIN ORETTE Nigeria is a constitutional democracy founded on the principle of secular governance. In my view, democracy and the institutionalization of Sharia as a national legal framework are fundamentally incompatible. Those who seek to replace Nigeria’s constitutional order with a religious legal system should first… Continue reading SHARIA, SECULARISM AND POLITICAL MANIPULATION IN NIGERIA BY DR. AUSTIN ORETTE