NIGERIA’S new constitution, set initally to govern the country’s return to civilian rule later this month, has at last been officially released, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Few details are known of the constitution, drawn up by the outgoing military regime, but it does provide for an Islamic or Sharia court to be established in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The issue of whether Nigeria should acknowledge Sharia law has long been a controversy in the country. Officials say that around 45% of Nigerians are Moslems and 45% are Christians while the remainder are animists. Human rights and pro-democracy groups had called on the military to publish the constitution before the May 29 swearing in of Nigeria’s new civilian regime.