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BILL ANALYSIS REPORT ON THE SHERIFFS AND CIVIL PROCESS ACT( AMENDMENT)BILL 2019
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Bill for an Act to Provide for the Prohibition and Prevention of Electricity Theft, the Vandalisation of Public Power infrastructure and Protection of Power company Personnel and other related Matters
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Bridging the Gap in the Funding Regime for Road Infrastructure in Nigeria
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Challenges of Pre-Election Litigations in the Electoral Process of Nigeria: Rivers and Zamfara States’ Disputes in Perspective
(Public and International Law, 2019)Pre-election litigations involving intra-party conflicts seem to have taken a front-burner in the electoral process of Nigeria, especially since the advent of the current democratic dispensation. Hitherto, at least going ... -
Compliance with Statutory Requirements for Political Party Primaries for Sustainable Internal Democracy in Nigeria
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Compulsory Voting as a Strategy to Increase Voter Turn-Out in Nigeria
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CONGENITAL ANOMALIES AS GROUNDS FOR ABORTION IN NIGERIA
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2019-12)Nigerian laws, including Islamic Law applicable in Nigeria, prohibit (indiscriminate) termination of pregnancy; save therapeutic abortion when the life of the pregnant woman is endangered. Yet, the abortion rate ... -
CONSTITUTIONAL ALTERATION AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2019-12)With the return to democratic rule in 1999, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as altered), which is modelled after the country’s defunct Constitution of 1979, came into force. Since then, there ... -
Constitutional Alteration in Nigeria (2010-2018)
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CONSTITUTIONALISING INDEPENDENT ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCIES IN NIGERIA
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2019-12)Since 1979, Nigeria’s Constitution has always mandated the government to abolish corruption (and abuse of power). The extant Constitution of 1999 which also stipulates this, generally mandates the government to ... -
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS PROTECTION ACT: A FRESH LOOK AT THE PRINCIPLES OF REASONABLENESS AND PROPORTIONALITY
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2019-12)In May, 1999, Nigeria commenced a journey in constitutional governance, founded on the rule of law. Some of the important, universally validated elements of the system are an independent judiciary; and the right of ... -
CONTROL OF PUBLIC FUND BY THE LEGISLATURE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, AMERICAN CONGRESS AND BRITISH PARLIAMENT
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2018-08)This paper looks at the power of the National Assembly (NASS) to control the purse in Nigeria. We look at the constitutional establishment of the NASS and the powers conceded to it in the Constitution on appropriation ... -
Controversies Surrounding the Jurisdiction of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) and National Judicial Council (NJC) on Discipline of Judicial Officers
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A Critique of the Constitution Alteration Process in Nigeria’s’ 7th and 8th National Assemblies
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2018-08)Since the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1999, Nigeria has witnessed 3 successful Constitutional alterations. Secondly, during the regimes of President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan about ... -
DEROGATION FROM FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY CONSIDERATION IN NIGERIA
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2019-12)Derogation from fundamental rights is often justified on grounds of national security concerns, with the net effect of limiting the enjoyment of those rights. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as ... -
Diagnosing the Legality of Declaration of Inconclusiveness of Elections in Nigeria
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ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES SUB-REGION
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2019-12)In its role as a sub-regional organization, ECOWAS has had to respond to the violent conflicts within the West African sub-region, thereby shifting its focus away from its original agenda of commerce and economic ... -
Electricity theft in Nigeria: How effective are the existing laws?
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2018-08)There is an overwhelming concern that if electricity theft is not controlled urgently, it will contribute immensely to a continued cycle of mountain debts and inefficiencies for not just the DISCOs but also for the GENCOs. ... -
ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS OF THE ECOWAS COURT OF JUSTICE
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND CARBON FOOTPRINT IN NIGERIA: PROPOSAL FOR LEGISLATIVE REVIEW
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2019-12)The negative impact of climate change makes carbon emission top the list of dangerous human activities against our planet. This negative fallout is bound to increase further because of un-abating carbon emissions. Although ...