This brief highlights the critical gap in the accessibility of government policy documents and suggests that NILDS could seize this opportunity to establish a strategic partnership with the Office of the Secretary to the ...

Both institutional and procedural uncertainties have marred electoral practices and resulted into gross misconduct in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. In 2015, the Smart Card Reader (SCR) was introduced to Nigeria’s elections ...

Community policing is a model of policing or strategy adopted by Nigeria to curb crime from the grassroots, starting from the local level. The strategy is based on the idea that local police have local responsibility to ...

The paper examines the role played by the legislature in the appropriation and budget process in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic from 1999 to 2019. Using data generated from primary source such as interview and reports and ...

The implementation of the National Automotive Policy has generated divergent views among major stakeholders in the industry. While the Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria (AMDON) argues that the policy has led to loss ...

The morbidity and mortality rates of the coronavirus, otherwise called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19, ignited the urgency of developing and ensuring access to affordable, safe and ...

This paper interrogates the postponement of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria and the attendant international responses it elicited. It noted that Nigeria’s national elections had been similarly postponed in 2011 and ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to exacerbate Nigeria’s current housing deficit and limit access to affordable housing and long tenured mortgage financing. Social distancing protocols and lockdown rules have exerted ...

This paper examines the role of the fourth and fifth Nigerian National Assembly in interparliamentary diplomacy. Using historical method, the paper established that the re-entry of the National Assembly into the global ...

This Policy Analysis stems from the ongoing conversations in Nigeria about the appropriateness or otherwise of negotiating with terrorists and bandits. It notes that though the refrain, ‘we do not negotiate with terrorists’ ...

The brief captures the declining state of security in Nigeria, with specific focus on herders-farmers conflict that has taken new shapes and dimensions in recent times. It demonstrates that herdsmen activities are among ...

Pedestrian safety in Abuja has become a critical concern, requiring urgent legislative action. The construction of numerous pedestrian bridges across the metropolis is yet to significantly reduce road fatalities, as residents ...

This paper interrogates the influence of leadership personality on legislative stability in Nigeria’s National Assembly from 2007 to 2015. The study deployed descriptive research design in analysing the personality of ...

As Nigerians look forward to the general elections in 2023, there is growing concern that the nation’s pervasive insecurity condition could offer a significant barrier, if not an obstruction, to those elections. This is ...

The legal framework governing the offer, acceptance, and performance of employment in Nigeria consists of a number of statutes. The most pivotal of these legislations, arguably, is the Labour Act, which covers the fine ...

This policy brief delves into the issue of political autonomy and local government election in Nigeria, through the legislative intervention. Local government elections in Nigeria are crucial for grassroots democracy but ...

This brief examines Political Patronage of Public Officers and the need for legislative action. In addressing critical systemic challenges within the Nigerian civil service, where public officials frequently engage in ...

In a bid to encourage domestic production and lessen Nigeria's reliance on imported commodities, President Tinubu on 5th of May, 2025 announced a ban on the importation of goods that can be locally produced. The policy ...

Various forms of multiparty political systems have been introduced around the world since the start of the third wave of democratization in 19741. Today, we live in times when more countries elect their leaders through ...

Nigeria's health sector is facing a severe crisis due to the mass exodus of health workers. This is driven primarily by poor remuneration and unfavourable working conditions. The country has witnessed a sharp increase in ...