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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 ...
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 ...
Nigeria: Between Re-Federalisation and Disintegration
(2020-10)
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is currently battling to survive the onslaught of centrifugal forces tearing at its foundation of nationhood. Caught between waves of separatist agitations in its eastern geopolitical ...
Review of Lagos State Electricity Bill, 2024
(NILDS-Department of Legislative Support Services, 2024)
Electric energy is essential to the development of a nation. It is crucial to providing basic needs such as cooked food, a comfortable living temperature, lighting, the use of appliances, essential healthcare, communication, ...
An Analysis of the Recognition of Ownership and an Order Vesting Custody and Management of the Repatriated Looted Benin Artefacts in the Oba of Benin Kingdom, 2023
(NILDS-Department of Legislative Support Services, 2024-05)
This legal issue brief analyses the Order recognizing ownership, and vesting custody and management of the repatriated looted Benin Artefacts in the Oba of Benin. The brief appraises the rationale for the Order in the ...
Judicial activism and intervention in the electoral process: are or should courts be an alternative?
(Conference on the 2019 Elections in Nigeria, 2019-06-25)
From Policy to Law: The Role of the Legislative Drafter
(NILDS-Department of Legislative Support Services, 2023-07)
One area of the legal profession which has received limited attention in Nigeria is the role of the legislative drafter in the legislative governance arena, especially in drafting Bills and other legislative instruments. ...
Review of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 (Amendment) Bill, 2024
(NILDS-Department of Legislative Support Services, 2024-06)
This report examines the Nigeria Police Act, 2020 (Amendment) Bill, 2024 which seeks to increase the service years of police personnel from 35 years to 40 of service, and from 60 to 65 years of age, as the case may be. The ...
Legal Framework for Actualizing Presidential Directives on Implementation of the Oronsaye Committee Report
(Department of Legislative Support Services., 2024-04)
Compulsory Voting as a Strategy to Increase Voter Turn-Out in Nigeria
(Department of Legislative Support Services, 2019-03)
