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.

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International Institute Of Tropical Agriculture Decree 1967

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

The decree states that the institute was established and maintained as an autonomous, non-stock, philanthropic, non-profit and tax-free corporation having and exercising the functions hereinafter appearing and that the proposal aforesaid should be construed accordingly....

Nigeria • 1967 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Capital Gains Tax Act, 1967

Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

The Act makes provision for all matters related to the taxation of capital gains and accruing on the disposal of assets including allowable deductions, fictitious transaction, valuation, and computation of capital gains as well as...

Nigeria • 1967 • Finance

Pre-Shipment Inspection of Exports Act, 1966

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act outlining the provisions for the inspection of goods in Nigeria before their shipment to a place outside Nigeria including the issue of a certificate of inspection, payment for exports and other...

Nigeria • 1966 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Extradition Act, 1966

Ministry of Defence, Nigeria

This is an Act to repeal previous extradition laws made or applicable to Nigeria and enact a new comprehensive extradition law for fugitive offenders for Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1966 • Defence and Security

Income Tax (Authorised Communications Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to make provision for authorized communications on income tax matters. It provides for the powers of the inspector-general of police or other designated officer and the application of certain enactments and...

Nigeria • 1966 • Finance

Wireless Telegraphy Act

Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Nigeria

This is an Act to make provision for the regulation of wireless telegraphy.

Nigeria • 1966 • Information, Communication and Technology

Borrowing by Public Bodies (Amendment) Decree 1966

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

The main purpose of this Decree is to make the Borrowing by Public Bodies Act 1965 apply to any company in or of which the national military government holds shares or debentures, even if the...

Nigeria • 1966 • Finance

Indian Hemp Decree 1966

Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria

This decree emphasizes that any person who knowingly plants or cultivates any plant of the genus cannabis shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to be sentenced either to death or...

Nigeria • 1966 • Justice

Tribunals of Inquiry Act

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This Act empowers the president to constitute tribunals of inquiry and other ancillary matters.

Nigeria • 1966 • Justice

Borrowing by Public Bodies Act

Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

This is an Act to regulate the acceptance by certain bodies of external loans and credit facilities and to authorize the minister of Finance to give guarantees in respect of loans and credit facilities to...

Nigeria • 1966 • Finance

Defamatory and Offensive Publications Act

Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Communications, Nigeria

This is an Act to prohibit and create offence for publishing, display or offer to the public of any pictorial representation of any person living or dead in a manner likely to provoke any community...

Nigeria • 1966 • Justice

Income Tax (Authorised Communications) Act, 1966

Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

This Act specifies the provisions for authorized all authorized communications on income tax including the powers of the Inspector-General of Police and other incidental matters.

Nigeria • 1966 • Finance

Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1966

Ministry of Communication, Nigeria

This is an Act to make provision for the regulation of wireless telegraphy in Nigeria including the regulation of wireless telegraphy, enforcement of the regulations, and other miscellaneous matters.

Nigeria • 1966 • Information, Communication and Technology

Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (Guarantee) Act

Ministry of Finance, Nigerian Industrial Development Bank, Nigeria

This is an Act to authorize the Federal Government to give guarantees on proposed loans by the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank.

Nigeria • 1966 • Finance

Probates (Re-sealing) Act.

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This is an Act to make provisions for the re-sealing of probates and letters of administration issued and sealed in the High Court of a state by the High Court of another state and to...

Nigeria • 1966 • Democracy and Governance

Indian Hemp Act.

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This is an Act to make the planting, cultivation, importation, etc. of Indian Hemp an offence and to make provisions for other related matters. It prohibits the cultivation, importation, exportation and sale of Indian Hemp....

Nigeria • 1966 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Borrowing by Public Bodies Act, 1966

Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

This Act provides regulation to guide public entities on the use of external loans and credit facilities as well as the required authorization of the Minister of Finance to provide guarantees for loans and credit...

Nigeria • 1966 • Finance

Civil Aviation Fees Regulations, 1965

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This is the subsidiary legislation of the Civil Aviation (Fees) Regulations specifying the various fees in the civil aviation sector such as landing fees, airports fees, accommodation fees, and other related matters.

Nigeria • 1965 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Civil Aviation Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control, 1965

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This is the subsidiary legislation of the Civil Aviation Act and covers civil aviation rules of the air and air traffic control such as flight rules, aerodrome traffic rules, air traffic control and other related...

Nigeria • 1965 • Trade, Industry and Investment

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.

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