Nigeria

Currency: Naira (NGN)

Timezone: West Africa Time (UTC+1)

Nigeria is situated in West Africa where it shares its land border in the west with the Republic of Benin, in the east with Chad and Cameroon, and in the north with Niger—popularly referred to as the “Giant of Africa” due to its resources and population. The country is the most populous in Africa, with a population estimated to be over 207 million. The country has a very diverse ethnic group with over 100 languages. However, the major languages spoken in the country are Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo, with English regarded as the official language in the country. The climate of the country varies widely with equatorial south, tropical in the middle, and arid in the north, while the landscape consists of southern lowlands, plateaus, and hills in the north and mountains in the southeast.

The country adopts a federal presidential republic system of government comprising 36 states and Abuja the Federal Capital. The economy is heavily reliant on Petroleum and Petroleum Products as its main source of foreign exchange earnings and accounts for over 70 percent of government revenue. The challenges facing the country include erratic power supply, lack of infrastructure, terrorist insurgence, kidnapping, banditry, clashes between farmers and herders, pervasive corruption, internet fraud, and police brutality.

Refine Search results

Filter by countries

Filter by Sectors

Filter by year of publication

Cancel

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act

Ministry of Justice, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to enforce laws against the cultivation, processing, sale, trafficking and use of hard drugs and to empower the Agency to investigate persons suspected...

Nigeria • 1989 • Justice

Insurance Special Supervision Fund Act

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish an Insurance Special Supervision Fund to strengthen the supervision of insurance business in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1989 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Natural Resource Conservation Council Act

Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Natural Resources Conservation Council to be responsible for the conservation of natural resources of Nigeria and to formulate a national policy for natural resources conservation.

Nigeria • 1989 • Mining

National Centre for Economic Management and Administration Act, 1989

Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to set up the Centre for Economic Management and Administration with the principal objective of providing a training centre for economic planners, budget and project officers at the Federal, State and...

Nigeria • 1989 • Economy

National Commission for Colleges of Education Act, 1989

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act for the establishment of the National Commission for Colleges of Education with the responsibility of advising the Federal Government on all aspects of teacher education beyond the universities and polytechnics and...

Nigeria • 1989 • Education

National Committee on Geographical Names Act, 1989

Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Nigeria

This is an Act to set up a National Committee on Geographical Names to be in charge of ensuring the standardization of procedure for naming or renaming of geographical features and for the establishment of...

Nigeria • 1989 • Gender and Human Rights

National Directorate of Employment Act, 1989

Ministry of Labour and Employment, Nigeria

This is an Act to for the creation of the National Directorate of Employment saddled with the responsibility of designing and implementing programmes to address unemployment in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1989 • Labour

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act,

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to enforce laws against the cultivation, processing, sale, trafficking and use of hard drugs and to empower the Agency to investigate persons suspected...

Nigeria • 1989 • Health

National Economic Reconstruction Fund Act, 1989

Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act for the creation of the National Economic Reconstruction Fund, to address the paucity in the provision of medium to long-term financing to small and medium-scale industrial enterprises in Nigeria and to...

Nigeria • 1989 • Economy

Health Records Officers (Registration) Act 1989

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to set up a Board for the control and practice of the profession of health records management including the training, professional discipline and other miscellaneous regulations.

Nigeria • 1989 • Health

Import (Prohibition) Act, 1989

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This Act makes provision for the prohibition of importation into Nigeria of certain food items especially those contaminated by toxic substances as well as the penalty for the breach of the prohibition.

Nigeria • 1989 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board Act, 1989

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act for the set-up of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to administer a centralized admissions system for Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1989 • Education

National Mathematical Centre Act, 1989

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to set up the National Mathematical Centre to train and develop national capacity and skills in mathematical sciences, and to provide a resource centre to serve national and international communities in...

Nigeria • 1989 • Education

Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Act, 1989

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This is Act to re-enact the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Act of 1977, empowering the Minister for Industries to supervise the activities of business enterprises in Nigeria and for other related regulations.

Nigeria • 1989 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Nigerian Pilgrims Commission Act, 1989

Ministry of Interior Affairs, Nigeria

This is an Act to repeal the Nigerian Pilgrims Board Act and to set up the Nigerian Pilgrims Commission with responsibility for the general welfare of Nigerian Muslims who undertake pilgrimages. The Act specifies the...

Nigeria • 1989 • Gender and Human Rights

Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Act, 1989

Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish a Board for the control and practice of the profession of optometry and dispensing optics in Nigeria including the registration of members, offences of unregistered persons, training requirements, professional...

Nigeria • 1989 • Health

Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission Act, 1989

Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

This is an Act for the creation of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission with the functions of monitoring the accruals to and disbursement of revenue from the Federal Account and reviewing the revenue...

Nigeria • 1989 • Finance

June 9, 2022

Political Parties, Presidential Candidates and the Electoral Act 2022 

The Electoral Act 2022 seeks to update and standardize Nigeria’s elections. The introduction of technological changes such as an electronic database of registered voters and an electronic transmission system of votes is a welcome improvement. Restricting political appointees' involvement in the election process is also a step in the right direction. However, there is a fundamental issue with the new act — its endorsement of the indirect primary process.

Read More