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18 Jan 2022, 6:00 am by Family Law
From Human Rights Watch: The federal and state governments have not adequately enforced laws to prevent child marriages in Nigeria. [read post]
  The post Nigeria rights group sues government over failure to publish agreement with Twitter appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 5:09 am
The government sought to observe the proceedings [Bloomberg report] in order to guarantee that Nigerian-born Abdulmutallab receives a fair trial and that the reputation of Nigeria is protected.... [read post]
12 Nov 2010, 9:00 am
Health and safety - It was reported on November 4, 2010, that a group of individuals in Nigeria living with HIV/AIDS have instituted a civil action against the Nigerian federal government for importing defective condoms; it was the use of... [read post]
These developments are a result of the Nigerian federal government’s investigations into the platform. [read post]
11 Jul 2019, 12:56 am by Afro Leo
While lauding the Federal Government for approving the bill, the DG, NCC stressed that the Commission and the entire stakeholders in the creative sector look forward to a speedy legislative action and passage of the Bill. [read post]
” The Nigerian government also directed the Nigerian National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) to license all streaming services and social media operations in Nigeria. [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 7:01 am by Hanibal Goitom
  While state governments enjoy the right to legislate on various issues, the legislative jurisdiction on election matters, with the exception of local government councils, is exclusively the purview of the federal government. [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 7:01 am by Hanibal Goitom
  While state governments enjoy the right to legislate on various issues, the legislative jurisdiction on election matters, with the exception of local government councils, is exclusively the purview of the federal government. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 8:57 am by Sergio Stone
African Peer Review Mechanism Country Review Report #8: Federal Republic of Nigeria http://allafrica.com/download/resource/main/main/id/00011990.pdf Additional country reports available at: http://www.aprm-international.org/ hat tip to Birgit Calhoun Excerts from the foreword: Six years ago, African Heads of State and Government came up with a jointly crafted and broadly supported agenda for advancing the basic values of democracy and good governance which… [read post]
7 Nov 2007, 11:25 am
[JURIST] The government of Nigeria [JURIST news archive] filed a lawsuit [BBC report] in a Nigerian federal court Wednesday against local tobacco producer International Tobacco Company, Ltd. and international tobacco producers British American Tobacco (BAT) and Philip Morris International [corporate websites]. [read post]
21 Feb 2018, 9:51 am by Christopher Hsu
Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Justice [official website] said Tuesday that 205 detainees suspected of involvement with the terrorist organization Boko Haram [CFR backgrounder] have been convicted [press release, PDF]. [read post]
1 Dec 2007, 10:50 am
" The federal government has limited the power of the religious police-- the Hisbah. [read post]
” The NLC however insists that it had not been duly notified of the court order filed against it by the federal government. [read post]
11 Sep 2010, 12:14 pm
Protesters Arolika Irowarinun and Bola Oyinbo, were killed in May 1998 on Parabe Oil Platform and several others were injured when Nigerian government security forces, called in by Chevron Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Chevron, opened fire on... [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 12:15 am
In Nigeria, government officials met Monday with religious leaders to discuss its new efforts to enforce federal tax laws against religious organizations. [read post]