Under the nigerian constitution, A citizen is someone who registrated his am to the federal republic of

Nigeria has provided under chapter 3 of 1999 constitution of Nigeria.

There are 3 ways through which a person can become a nigerian citizen

1. Citizen by birth

2. Citizen by registration

3. Citizen by naturalization

1. Citizen by birth:- for a person to become a citizen of Nigeria by birth that person must have been
bornin nigeria before the date of independence and either of his parent or any of his grandparents
belong to an indiginious community of nigeria.and also any person born in nigerian after the date of
independence and either of whose parents or grandparents was born in nigeria is also a nigerian by
birth. The third catagore is any person born outside nigeria and either of whose