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An Appraisal of Post-Legislative Scrutiny Mechanisms in Nigeria: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and the United States of America
(Faculty of Law University of Benin, 2023)As an emerging aspect of legislative practice, post-legislative scrutiny represents a special process that is designed for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the implementation and impact of legislation, with a view ... -
AN APPRAISAL OF THE LAW PROHIBITING RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM POSSESSING BROADCAST LICENSE IN NIGERIA
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2019-12)The National Broadcasting Commission was established in 2004 by virtue of the National Broadcasting Commission Act, 2004 with the mandate of licensing and regulating the broadcast industry in Nigeria. In carrying out ... -
APPRAISAL OF THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN THE APPROPRIATION PROCESS IN NIGERIA: HINTS FROM CROSS-COUNTRY SURVEY
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2018-08)One of the crucial functions of the National Assembly (NASS) is appropriation of funds for the running of the government. Appropriation is one of the key components of legislative oversight which earns the legislature power ... -
ASSESSING THE EXTENT AND APPLICATION OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS TO ASPIRANTS, CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL PARTIES
(NILDS- Nigeria journal of Legislative Affairs, 2020-01)A brewing debate that has been going on in current national discourse regards who the subjects of campaign finance laws are between political parties, candidates and aspirants of elections throws up the question regarding ... -
Avoiding the pitfalls of Pre-Election Matters
(NILDS-Department of Legislative Support Services, 2020)The impact of pre-election matters in the democratic process in Nigeria cannot be ignored considering the fact that it has distorted the electioneering process in Nigeria in many instances. Pre-election matters usually ... -
BILL ANALYSIS REPORT ON THE NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL ACT 2015( AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019
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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 ...