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 Nigerian First Republic, to honour Nigerians who have rendered service to the benefit of the nation.The Nigerian National Honours, in descending order of importance, are:*

.Grand Commander of the order of the Federal Republic (GCFR)*.

Grand Commander of theOrder 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. Others such as the CFR,MON,OFR etc are distributed to members of the public for great achievements, these includes public servant,political leaders, traditional leaders and other persons in various works of life.

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Not many though

davidflipcy:
This bist guy just dey book space up and down anyhow. smh . @ the topic thanks for very sharing very educating and enlightening

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The last time I checked, twasn't a crime.

what's d difference btw d order of the federal republic of Nigeria and order of the NIGER

what's d difference btw d order of the federal republic of Nigeria and order of the NIGER??

cool!

Well done op.

Nice one op!

Any monetary attachment to them?

Ok, nice1

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egopersonified:
Any monetary attachment to them?

na d money u want or u want d award..

wheesin:


na d money u want or u want d award..

The money dikwa very important ooo.

IBB

International baban barawo

egopersonified:


The money dikwa very important ooo.

so if GEJ dash you MON (member of the niger) you will be looking for EY to make it MONEY.

wheesin:


so if GEJ dash you MON (member of the niger) you will be looking for EY to make it MONEY.

yes now.

Following

HOS - Head of snake/state

Am inquisitive too, is any money allotted to it? And the difference between order of niger and federal republic.

At the expense of sounding silly, what is the meaning of MNI added to most honoured Nigerians?

We should have honours of sort on Nairaland. whayasay seun?

What are the privileges attached to these titles ? I want to know.
The Internet is scanty and silent about it. Very.

What is the full meaning of MNI that is normally appended at the end of names of some people?

Lighthouseman:
What are the privileges attached to these titles ? I want to know.
The Internet is scanty and silent about it. Very.

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Please, can someone answer this question? I have been curious about it n Google is not helping

So the internet doesn’t know the benefits of this titles