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 Law Reform Commission Act, 1979

Ministry of Justice, Nigeria

This is an Act establishing the Law Reform Commission for Nigeria with the responsibility of developing and reforming laws in Nigeria by codification, removal of obsolete law, simplification of the law and other general directives...

Nigeria • 1979 • Democracy and Governance

Associated Gas Re-injection Act

Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria

This is an Act to compel every company producing oil and gas in Nigeria to submit preliminary programmes for gas re-injection and detailed plans for implementation of gas re-injection.

Nigeria • 1979 • Energy

Banks (Motor Vehicle Loans) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to prohibit the sale, disposal or parting with possession of a motor vehicle on which a bank loan is still outstanding and to r require the licensing authority to enter all...

Nigeria • 1979 • Finance

Bayero University Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to make provisions for the establishment and incorporation of the Bayero University and to make comprehensive provisions for its due administration.

Nigeria • 1979 • Education

Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization Act

Ministry of Information and Culture, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization and a board for the management of the affairs of the centre.

Nigeria • 1979 • Culture and Tourism

Bankruptcy Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to make provisions for declaring as bankrupt any person who cannot pay his debts of a specified amount and to disqualify him from holding certain elective and other public offices or...

Nigeria • 1979 • Finance

Psychiatric Hospitals Management Board Act

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish a Management Board for the running of psychiatric hospitals established by the Federal Government and ensuring their affiliation with teaching hospitals mentioned in the Act.

Nigeria • 1979 • Health

University of Maiduguri Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the establishment and incorporation of the University of Maiduguri and to make comprehensive provisions for its due administration.

Nigeria • 1979 • Education

University of Port Harcourt Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish and incorporate the University of Port Harcourt and to make comprehensive provisions for its powers, functions and due administration.

Nigeria • 1979 • Education

Abandoned Properties Act

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act to make provisions for the sale, registration and maintenance of abandoned properties by the implementation committee set up for the purpose.

Nigeria • 1979 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Acquisition of Assets (British Petroleum Company Limited) Act

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

This Act makes provision for the transfer of all share held by the British Petroleum Company Limited in BP Nigeria Ltd and all interests pertaining thereto in the Shell BP petroleum development company to the...

Nigeria • 1979 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Capital Transfer Tax Act

Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the imposition of capital transfer tax where the property is transferred to any person during his lifetime or following upon the death of another person.

Nigeria • 1979 • Finance

Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation Act

Ministry of Information and Culture, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization and a board for the management of the affairs of the centre.

Nigeria • 1979 • Culture and Tourism

Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish and incorporate the Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto and to make comprehensive provisions for its functions, powers and due administration.

Nigeria • 1979 • Education

University of Ilorin Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the establishment and incorporation of the University of Ilorin and to make comprehensive provisions for its administration.

Nigeria • 1979 • Education

University of Maiduguri Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the establishment and incorporation of the University of Maiduguri and to make comprehensive provisions for its due administration.

Nigeria • 1979 • Education

National Salt Company of Nigeria Limited (Takeover) Act

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

This is an Act to provide for the complete take-over by the federal government of the shares held in the National Salt Company of Nigeria Limited by certain private interests and for the abatement of...

Nigeria • 1979 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Kaduna Polytechnic Act

Ministry of Education, Nigeria

This is an Act for the Kaduna Polytechnic to retain its name and to make fresh provisions for the constitution of a new authority to perform the functions formerly discharged by the dissolved Interim Common...

Nigeria • 1979 • Education

Nigeria Livestock and Meat Authority (Repeal, ETC.) Act

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria

This is an Act to repeal the Nigerian Livestock and Meat Authority Act 1971 and to transfer the assets and liabilities of the Authority to the National Livestock Produce Company.

Nigeria • 1979 • 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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