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Nigeria's new National Identity Management Commission Act 2026 introduces sweeping reforms to the country's digital identity infrastructure, making the National Identification Number mandatory for essential services while designating NIMC as the nation's Root Certificate Authority. The legislation imposes significantly harsher penalties for identity offences and reconstitutes NIMC's governance structure, but questions remain about data protection safeguards and the concentration of power within a single ins

On Monday the 22nd of July 2019 news broke that one Mr. Precious Owolabi, a youth corps member serving at Channels Television News in Abuja

In recent years, public notices by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) announcing the forfeiture of properties to the Federal Government have become increasingly common.

Lagos is launching a €410 million water transport project to transform its underutilized waterways into a viable public transit system. Can this ambitious initiative overcome regulatory conflicts between federal and state authorities, infrastructure gaps, and deeply ingrained commuter habits to finally make water transport work in Africa's largest city?

This case review offers some evaluation of the court's reasoning in Shell Petroleum Development Company Ltd v. Minister of Petroleum Resources in light of constitutional and administrative law principles.

Upon Nigeria's independence from colonial rule, the legislature passed a Foreign Judgment Reciprocal Enforcement Act ("the Act") with a commencement date of 1st February 1961 ("the commencement date").

The transformation of Nigeria's Shippers' Council into the Nigeria Ports Economic Regulatory Agency represents the culmination of nearly five decades of port reform, driven by sustained advocacy and litigation. This article examines how Dr. Olisa Agbakoba's regulatory campaign, executive action, and landmark maritime litigation shaped the creation of an independent economic regulator for Nigerian ports, while exploring the complex jurisdictional relationship between NPERA and the Nigerian Ports Authority.

The money you collectively earn as a country, every kobo of oil revenue, every customs duty, every company tax, every regulatory fee, and every court fine. The money that supposedly funds our roads, schools, hospitals, and police.

In this instant case, the appellant did not commence the action under the FREPR 2009.

As the global community commemorates World Environment Day on June 5, it is a moment of profound reflection for Nigeria especially for the oil-rich but environmentally devastated Niger Delta.

The Nigeria Police Trust Fund (Establishment) Act 2018 (as amended) (the "Act") was signed into law by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on June 24, 2019.

In less than a month, Nigerians will be going to the polls to elect a new leadership both in the executive and legislative arms of government.

A bill titled "A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with a new governance model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria" has been circulating online for some time.

Lagos faces a severe housing crisis with 3.4 million homes needed, but the solution is blocked not by lack of land or demand, but by Nigeria's Land Use Act of 1978. This legal framework has created a consent regime where fewer than 5% of land parcels are formally titled, leaving property owners in years-long battles to prove ownership and transforming land into "dead capital" that cannot be mortgaged or developed. The article examines how this constitutional bottleneck, combined with mortgage rates up to 28

The Companies and Allied Matters Act Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 was initially made law in Nigeria in 1990 as a decree of the military government.

Without doubt, the key objective of the Executive Order No. 6 of 2018 ("EO6" or the "Order"), reflects a major thrust of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Environmental litigation in Nigeria has evolved into a powerful though still imperfect tool for promoting environmental justice, corporate accountability...

In the case of legislative elections, the election will be a re-run, and a bereaved political party can have a new primary within 14 days to nominate a new candidate.