Legislative Spotlight: NOSDRA (Establishment) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a critical process used to evaluate the potential environmental impact of proposed projects before they are implemented.

Nigeria's energy industry is at the intersection of massive economic aspirations and significant environmental threats. The Niger Delta has been subjected to decades of oil extraction, which have left it mired in some of the world's worst pollution crises, but the individual corporate directors have escaped liability for the devastation that their companies wreak on the environment.

In 2025, Nigeria took a significant step in advancing its climate action agenda with the signing of the Nigeria Carbon Market Framework (the "Framework"). Recently on January 14, 2026...

The CCA 2021 established the National Council on Climate Change (the "Council") which is a body corporate vested with the powers to develop policies and make decisions on all matters pertaining to climate change in Nigeria.

Nigeria presented 65 investment projects worth about US$78.5 billion to investors at the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok on 14 October 2026. That figure is what the projects need, not money already committed, and a project that looks fundable in a pitch deck is not yet ready to build. Before any of these projects can lawfully break ground, it has to clear Nigeria’s environmental rules: an environmental impact assessment (EIA) under the EIA Act where the project is likely to significantly affect the environment, approval of that assessment, and the permits NESREA and state agencies enforce.

Climate litigation is evolving from an environmental concern into a material business risk. This article examines the landmark Greenpeace v. TotalEnergies decision and its implications for Nigeria's oil and gas industry, analyzing how existing Nigerian legal and regulatory frameworks may expose companies to regulatory scrutiny, litigation, and reputational risk where climate-related claims are not supported by operational realities.

The environmental crisis in Nigeria's Niger Delta region represents one of the most severe cases of industrial pollution in human history.

The escalating global challenge of environmental and community disputes requires innovative conflict resolution strategies. Unregulated industrial activity, particularly resource exploitation, fuels ecological degradation...

Nigeria's Constitution does not expressly guarantee a standalone right to a clean environment in its fundamental rights chapter, yet severe environmental pollution can engage protected rights to life and dignity. This analysis examines how Nigerian courts have navigated the intersection between environmental degradation and constitutional human rights, exploring landmark cases and pending legislative reforms that may reshape environmental justice.

When oil pollution devastates a community, determining legal responsibility involves more than identifying the company connected to the spill. The answer requires examining statutory provisions like the Oil Pipelines Act, common law tort principles, third-party interference claims, and government obligations under Nigeria's Constitution, with liability turning on specific questions of negligence, maintenance standards, and causation.

On June 26, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed four transformative tax bills into law, fundamentally reshaping Nigeria's taxation landscape. The Nigeria Tax Act, 2025 repealed principal taxation legislations, introducing a comprehensive new framework that affects companies and taxpayers across the country. What are the key provisions of this new tax regime and how will it impact businesses operating in Nigeria?

On 2nd October 2024, the Deduction of Tax at Source (Withholding) Regulations 2024 (the Regulations), issued by Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy...

On 29 July 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed into law the Nigeria Insurance Industry Reform Act 2025 (‘NIIRA' or ‘New Act'), a legislation aimed at transforming the Nigerian insurance sector.

The Legislative Arm of the Federal Republic of Nigeria passed the Employees' Compensation Act (the "Act") on December 17, 2010, replacing the Workmen's Compensation Act Cap.

Football is built on the principle of finality. Once the referee blows the whistle, the result is meant to be settled. The AFCON 2025 final, however, defied that certainty.

On 18 June 2026, Nigeria's Minister of Finance issued comprehensive transition guidelines for newly enacted tax legislation. These guidelines establish operational frameworks for implementing four major tax Acts that fundamentally reshape the country's tax administration and revenue collection systems. The transition rules address critical implementation questions for taxpayers, tax authorities, and stakeholders navigating Nigeria's reformed tax landscape.

Most modern government is made up of three arms working together - namely the Executive, the Judiciary, and the Legislature.

The enactment of the four tax reforms bills in 2025, which became effective on 1st January 2026, heralded a new dispensation in Nigerian tax administration.

This article examines the implications of Nigeria's tax administration transition for enterprises regulated by the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA). It considers the pre-reform legal position, the structural changes introduced by the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, and how those changes affect NEPZA and OGFZA regulated entities.

Artificial intelligence is developing rapidly around the world, with Nigeria seeing growing adoption and investment in AI technologies across various industries.