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WAEC 2025

Citizenship status is acquired through

  1. Abirth, naturalization, honorary and registration
  2. Bassociation, convention, naturalization and incorporation
  3. Cregistration, inter-relationship, integration and declaration
  4. Dbirth, indigenization, colonization and referendum

Explanation

Citizenship status can be acquired through birth (jus soli or jus sanguinis), naturalization (a legal process for non-citizens), registration (e.g., for spouses or children of citizens born abroad), and in some special cases, honorary citizenship.

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