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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Yobe State Finance law 2019

Nigeria, Yobe State Government

This law makes provisions and defines the sources of revenue for the year 2019.

Nigeria • 2019 • Finance

Kaduna State Burial's Law 2019

Kaduna State Government, Nigeria

This law regulates the burial of persons whose deaths are registrable and of still-born children whose births if they had been born alive would have been registrable.

Nigeria • 2019 • Home Affairs

Liquor and Spirits (Regulation) Law, 2019

Liquor and Government, Nigeria

The purpose of this law is to regulate the storage, distribution, marketing and sale of liquor and spirits in Kaduna state.

Nigeria • 2019 • Health

Ekiti State Board of Internal Revenue Law 2019

Ekiti State Government, Nigeria

This law makes provision for the administration and collection of revenue due to the government of Ekiti state and local government councils in Ekiti state to establish the relevant administrative structures and for related matters.

Nigeria • 2019 • Finance

Imo State Fire Service Bureau Law 2019

Imo state Government, Nigeria

This law repeals the Imo state fire service edict No. 2 of 1987 and to enact a law to make provision for the establishment of Imo State Fire Service Bureau and related purposes.

Nigeria • 2019 • Home Affairs

Imo State Revenue Administration (Amendment) Law, 2019

Imo state Government, Nigeria

This law makes provisions for the administration and collection of revenue due to the government of Oyo state and local government to establish the relevant administrative structures and for connected purposes.

Nigeria • 2019 • Finance

Imo State Pools Betting, Gaming, Casino and Lotteries Board Law 2019

Imo state Government, Nigeria

This law repeals the Imo state pools betting, gaming, casino, and lotteries promotion and control board law No. 4 of 2017 and enacts a law to establish the Imo state lotteries board to regulate lotteries,...

Nigeria • 2019 • Youth and Sports Development

Due Process and Project Monitoring Bureau Law

Jigawa State Government, Nigeria

This law provides for the establishment of a due process and project monitoring bureau, the establishment of Governing Council, and its powers and functions for effective control of procurement in the state.

Nigeria • 2019 • Economy

Kaduna State Fisheries Law 2019

Kaduna State Government, Nigeria

This law provides for the Kaduna State Fishery Law.

Nigeria • 2019 • Agriculture and Rural Development

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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