Nigeria: Constitutional & Administrative Law

The Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act 2025 introduces sweeping changes to motor vehicle insurance regulation, expanding mandatory coverage requirements and increasing liability limits. How will these reforms impact vehicle owners, operators, and insurers operating within Nigeria's transport sector?

Medical errors are an inevitable reality of human healthcare systems, but the legal and ethical crisis emerges when those errors are concealed rather than disclosed. As Nigeria undergoes healthcare reforms between 2023...

The term “revenue of the Federal Republic of Nigeria” (in précis, “revenue of the Federation”) encompasses all sums standing to the credit of all the federating units of the federation and liable to be paid into the Federation Account.

On 13 February 2026, His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, pursuant to sections 3(1), (4), and (5) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 (the "PIA") and section 5 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, issued the Presidential Executive Order to Safeguard Federation Oil and Gas Revenues and Provide Regulatory Clarity 2026 (the "Order").

The decision of the High Court of Lagos State in Femi Falana, SAN v. Meta Platforms Inc. raises significant legal questions concerning the relationship between constitutional privacy rights...

In a landmark decision delivered on February 25, 2026, the Court of Appeal in Strickland Services Limited v. Akwa Ibom State Internal Revenue Service & Anor nullified the Akwa Ibom State Maritime Sector (Regulation) Law 2017 and ...

One of the longest -standing principles of the Nigerian legal system is the sanctity of court orders . It is a well-established rule that every person against...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is the National Public Health Institute (NPHI) for Nigeria.

In many romantic relationships, incidents of violence regrettably occur, and women are, more often than not, the primary victims.