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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Nigerian Research Institutes Act, 1964

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to set up research institutes for cocoa, coffee, cola, oil palm, rubber and trypanosomiasis in Nigeria. The Act also notes the functions, management and financial provision of the institute as well...

Nigeria • 1964 • Education

Nigerian Research Institutes Act

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish research institutes in respect of cocoa, coffee, coal, oil palm, rubber and trypanosomiasis; to provide for the transfer to those institutes of certain assets and liabilities of existing bodies...

Nigeria • 1964 • Agriculture and Rural Development

The Tobacco (Close Season rom Cultivation) Regulations, 1964

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This provides for the close season for Tobacco cultivation. In regulation number three it states that the period between the 24th day of December of each year and the 14th day of March of the...

Nigeria • 1964 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Agriculture (Control of Importation) Act.

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This is an Act to make provisions for regulating the importation of articles to control plant diseases and pests. Regulation 6 concerns diseases and pests, it states that where plants, seeds, soil, containers, straw or...

Nigeria • 1964 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Federal Commissions (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1963

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This Act is to ensure the immunity from civil proceedings of members of the public service commission, federal judicial service commission, and the federal civil service commission and for the privileges of the documents of...

Nigeria • 1963 • Democracy and Governance

Immigration Act

Ministry of Interior, Nigeria

This is an Act to consolidate and amend the law to control immigration in Nigeria and other connected matters.

Nigeria • 1963 • Foreign Affairs

Commonwealth Development Corporation (Exemption) Order, 1963

Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

The purpose of this Order is to enable the Commonwealth Development Corporation to invest its funds in economic development projects in the federal territory of Lagos.

Nigeria • 1963 • National Development

Cinematograph Act

Ministry of Information and Culture, Nigeria

This Act makes provision for the censorship of films for public exhibition and other related matters.

Nigeria • 1963 • Entertainment

University of Ibadan Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the University of Ibadan and to transfer to the University the property of the University College, Ibadan.

Nigeria • 1963 • Education

Immigration Act, 1963

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This Act outlines the laws relating to immigration in Nigeria and the control in Nigeria certain persons including resident permits, deportation, travel documents and other miscellaneous regulations.

Nigeria • 1963 • Justice

Oaths Act, 1963

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This is an Act to consolidate and amend the law as to oaths and affirmations in Nigeria including the authority to administer oaths and other related matters.

Nigeria • 1963 • Democracy and Governance

Cinematograph Act 1963 and Army Act 1963

Ministry of Information and Culture, Nigeria

This document contains the Cinematograph (Federal Board of Film Censors) Notice 1965 and Army Act 1963 (Commencement) Order 1965.

Nigeria • 1963 • Entertainment

National Honours Act

Ministry of Interior, Nigeria

This Act makes provisions for the award of National honours by a warrant issued by the President.

Nigeria • 1963 • Home Affairs

Oaths Act

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This is an Act to consolidate and amend the law of oaths and affirmations in Nigeria.

Nigeria • 1963 • Justice

Forest regulations

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

These regulations specify provisions concerning forest rights, protection of forest reserves and produce, fires, licenses for the taking of forest products, fees, and royalties, marking and registration, and timber floating.

Nigeria • 1963 • Agriculture and Rural Development

The Wild Animals Law,1963 (No.16 of 1963)

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This law consist of 56 sections, divided into 6 parts, and 3 Schedules: Sections 1 to 4 are preliminary provisions, sections 4 to 11 provide for the protection of animals; sections 12 to 32 make...

Nigeria • 1963 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Mineral Oils (Safety) Regulations

Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Nigeria

This document provides the regulation on duties of licensees and leases, duties of managers, and duties of employees.

Nigeria • 1963 • Energy

Ports (Carbide Of Calcium) Regulations [L.N. 15 of 1963.]

Ministry of Transportation, Nigeria

This document provides for the removal after discharging. It emphasizes that all carbide of calcium discharged at a port from any ship shall be removed to storage outside the port. Carbide of calcium may be...

Nigeria • 1963 • Transportation

Internal Loans Act, 1962

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act authorizing the government to raise loans to finance development in Nigeria and for other related matters.

Nigeria • 1962 • 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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