Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria

Nigerian National Honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon Nigerians and friends of Nigeria every year. They were instituted by the National Honors Act No. 5 of 1964, during the First Nigerian Republic, to honour Nigerians who have rendered service to the benefit of the nation.

Honours

The Nigerian National Honours, in descending order of importance, are:

Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR)
Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON)
Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR)
Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON)
Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR)
Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON)
Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR)
Member of the Order of the Niger (MON)

The GCFR and GCON are customarily respectively bestowed on former occupants of the office of President of Nigeria and Vice President of Nigeria including former military heads of state of Nigeria and Chiefs of General Staff. The GCON is also customarily bestowed on the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the President of the Nigerian Senate during their first year in office, while the CON is customarily bestowed on Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria

External links

Nigeria National Merit Award - Presidency of Nigeria. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
Worlds awards
"Nigeria: National Honours Awards 2010 and 2011," Economic Confidential. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

State decorations by country

Africa

Botswana Burundi Ethiopia Egypt Kenya Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Senegal South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zimbabwe

Former	Rhodesia

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Barbados
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
- Provinces
Chile
Colombia
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Jamaica
Mexico
Peru
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
- Civil
- Military
- Police
Uruguay
Venezuela

Asia

Bangladesh Burma Cambodia Republic of China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan Kazakhstan Macau Malaysia North Korea Pakistan Civil Military Palestine People's Republic of China Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Civil Military Police Thailand Vietnam

Former	South Vietnam British Raj

Europe

Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Civil Military Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Military Greece Holy See Hungary Ireland Military Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sovereign Military Order of Malta Sweden Switzerland Military Turkey Military Ukraine Military United Kingdom Military

Former	Austria-Hungary Czechoslovakia Germany Empire Nazi East Independent State of Croatia Yugoslavia Kingdom SFR FR Soviet Union Republics

Oceania

Australia Kiribati Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Tonga

Former	Hawaii

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