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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Imo State Land Use Charge Law 2020

Imo state Government, Nigeria

This law provides for the consolidation of property and land-based charges and also makes provisions for the levying and collection of land use charges in Imo state and other related matters.

Nigeria • 2020 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Ekiti State Mortgage and Foreclosure Law 2020

Ekiti State Government, Nigeria

This law establishes the Ekiti state mortgage board and regulates mortgage creation, foreclosure, and enforcement of mortgages in real property and connected purposes.

Nigeria • 2020 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Benue State Revenue Law 2020

Benue State Government, Nigeria

This is a law to make provisions for the financing of the appropriation for the year ending 31st December 2020.

Nigeria • 2020 • Finance

Kaduna State Revised Appropriation Law 2020

Kaduna State Government, Nigeria

This law makes provision for 2020 revised appropriation of fund for Kaduna state the sum of two hundred and twenty-three billion, six hundred and one million, seven hundred and eighteen thousand, two hundred and forty-six...

Nigeria • 2020 • Finance

Kaduna State Social Protection Policy

Kaduna State Government, Nigeria

The specific objectives of this policy are to reduce poverty among the people vulnerable to being poor; empower the poor and people vulnerable to economic shocks; enhance human capital development to ensure a life of...

Nigeria • 2020 • Humanitarian Affairs

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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