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    Nigeria: Startup Bill Enacted On October 19, 2022, Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, signed into law the Nigeria Startup Act, 2022. In its explanatory memorandum and the objectives and application section, the act expresses its purpose as follows:(a) provide a legal and institutional framework for the development of startups in Nigeria ;(b) provide an enabling environment for the establishment, development and operation of startups in Nigeria ;(c) provide …...
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2022-12-20
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    Nigeria: Anti-Tobacco Bill (Apr. 8, 2009) It was reported on March 9, 2009, that the Tobacco Control Bill of Nigeria of 2009, currently under consideration on the floor of the Nigerian legislature, is under attack. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Industries, Senator Kamorudeen Dedibu, argued that if the bill passes, it will lead to the loss […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2009-04-08
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    Cameroon; Nigeria: Bakkassi Peninsula (Dec. 2, 2007) The fate of the Bakkassi, a peninsula said to hold ten percent of the world's oil and gas reserves, is once again up in the air after the Nigerian Senate approved a motion on November 22, 2007, making its handover of the region to Cameroon illegal. The handover was part of the […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2007-12-02
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    Nigeria: Cybercrime Bill Proposed (Feb. 5, 2014) Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan recently introduced the Cybercrime Bill, 2013 in the National Assembly. (Nuruddeen M. Abdallah & Musa Abdullahi Krishi, Cybercrime Bill: FG Seeks Powers to Intercept SMS, Emails, BBMS, Fax, DAILYTRUST (Jan. 28, 2014).) The objectives of the legislation include, among other goals, protecting the country’s national information structure and […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2014-02-05
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    Nigeria: Petroleum Industry Bill Considered (Jan. 27, 2009) The Nigerian National Assembly is considering a bill, An Act to Establish the Legal and Regulatory Framework, Institutions and Regulatory Authorities for the Nigerian Petroleum Industry, which seeks to restructure the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and make its operations transparent. Under its current structure, the NNPC is empowered to operate under […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2009-01-27
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    Nigeria: New Immigration Law Enacted (June 5, 2015) On May 25, 2015, outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed into law new immigration legislation that repealed and replaced the 1963 Immigration Act. (Jonathan Signs Anti-Violence, Immigration Bills into Law, INFORMATION NIGERIA (May 25, 2015).) According to Victor Ndoma-Egba, the Senate Majority Leader, the purpose of the legislation is to establish a […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2015-06-05
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    Nigeria: NIGERIAN MONTHLY LAW REPORTS Back in Print (May 20, 2010) It was reported on May 17, 2010, that the NIGERIAN MONTHLY LAW REPORTS (NMLR), first published in 1964 and discontinued in 1976, is back in print. (Innocent Anaba, Monthly Law Reports Repackaged, VANGUARD, May 17, 2010, available at http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-monthly-law-reports-repackaged-/2010/05/18/4794303.htm.) According to Mobolaji Kuti, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Editor, NMLR will […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2010-05-20
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    Nigeria: Cross-Dressers Face Charges (Mar. 2, 2008) Eighteen cross-dressers face criminal charges before a Sharia court one year after their arrest in Bauchi, a city in northern Nigeria. Although the men were at first charged with sodomy, a crime punishable by death under Sharia law, the charge has now been reduced to indecent dressing and vagrancy. Yusuf Adamu, the […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2008-03-02
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    Nigeria: Asset Forfeiture Bill Proposed (Sept. 25, 2008) It was reported on September 19, 2008, that the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has proposed a draft bill that establishes a civil legal regime for reclaiming unlawfully acquired public or private property. Under this bill, an application for forfeiture of illegally acquired assets could be brought before the appropriate court […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2008-09-25
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    Nigeria: National Health Bill Enacted (Dec. 16, 2014) It was reported recently that Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, signed into law the National Health Bill, 2014. Ten years in the making, the law aims to improve the country’s healthcare system, including access to primary care for vulnerable segments of the population, such as women, children and the elderly. (Lekan Adetayo & […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2014-12-16
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    Nigeria: Publisher Charged with Sedition (Nov. 2, 2007) On October 10, 2007, in southern Nigeria, the publisher of a private newspaper was arrested by officers reported by some to be agents of the State Security Service, even though the local authorities denied they were involved. On October 16, Jerome Imeime, publisher of a newspaper in the State of Akwa Ibom, […]
    • Contributor: Johnson, Constance
    • Date: 2007-11-02
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    Nigeria: Initiative to Regulate Hazardous E-Products (Apr. 3, 2009) The Nigerian Senate recently passed resolutions urging federal agencies, including the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) and the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), to take the necessary steps to regulate the influx of hazardous, obsolete electronic devices and to find means of disposing of hazardous e-products already in Nigeria. […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2009-04-03
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    Nigeria: Senate Approves Sovereign Investment Authority Bill (May 13, 2011) On May 11, 2011, the 109-member Nigerian Senate approved the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority Bill, 2010, which seeks to establish a sovereign wealth fund to manage excess profits from the country’s sale of crude oil. (Nigerian Senate Passes Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill, REUTERS (May 11, 2011)). Before it can take effect, the […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2011-05-13
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    Nigeria: Government Ordered to Pay Local Community (Feb. 26, 2013) Nigeria’s Federal High Court (FHC) ruled on February 19, 2013, that the federal government must pay 37.6 billion Nigerian naira (about US$240 million) to the community in the town of Odi. (Odi Invasion: Court Orders FG to Pay N37.6bn, VANGUARD (Feb. 19, 2013); Welcome to the Federal High Court Nigeria, FHC website […]
    • Contributor: Johnson, Constance
    • Date: 2013-02-26
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    Nigeria: Work on Financial Bailout Plan (Oct. 9, 2008) It was reported on October 7, 2008, that officials of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission were meeting to develop a plan to inject private funds into the stock market to bail out the bourse's meltdown. The Federal Government had introduced recovery measures in August 2008 […]
    • Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
    • Date: 2008-10-09
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    Nigeria: Local Content Bill Signed into Law (Apr. 30, 2010) On April 22, 2010, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's Acting President, signed into law the Local Content Bill 2010 [the Act], a piece of legislation designed to increase participation of Nigerian ventures and workforce in the oil sector. (Mohammed S. Shehu & Hamisu Muhammad, Jonathan Signs Local Content Bill into Law, DAILY TRUST, Apr. […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2010-04-30
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    Nigeria: New Transfer Pricing Regulations Adopted (Nov. 23, 2012) Nigeria announced new Transfer Pricing Regulations on October 22, 2012, applicable retroactively to August 2, 2012. (Catherine Mutava, Nigeria: New Transfer Pricing Regulations Introduced, TAX NEWS SERVICE (Nov. 14, 2012), International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation online subscription database.) According to the Tax Justice Network, transfer pricing is established when “two related companies […]
    • Contributor: Johnson, Constance
    • Date: 2012-11-23
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    Nigeria: Senate, House Approve Anti-Terrorism Bill (Feb. 24, 2011) On February 22, 2011, Nigeria's House of Representatives adopted an anti-terrorism bill that had been passed on February 17 by the Nigerian Senate (An Act to Provide for Measures to Combat Terrorism and for Related Matters). It gives government agencies broad powers to investigate terrorist activities and gives the authority to try […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2011-02-24
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    Nigeria: President Vetoes Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill (Apr. 4, 2018) On March 13, 2018, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, citing a number of concerns, vetoed  the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, a proposal aimed at making changes to the 2010 Electoral Act. (Taiwo Adisa, Buhari Withholds Assent to Electoral Act Amendment Bill Rearranging Elections Order, NIGERIAN TRIBUNE (Mar. 13, 2018); Electoral Act 6 of 2010 (Aug. […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2018-04-04
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    Nigeria: Amputation Imposed as Sentence for Theft (Sept. 13, 2011) On September 8, 2011, a Shariah court in Nigeria's northern, predominately Muslim region sentenced two men to amputation for theft. The sentence of amputation at the right wrist was given to the men for stealing a bull worth about 130,000 naira (about US$867). The two young men, Auwalu Abubaka, age 23, and […]
    • Contributor: Johnson, Constance
    • Date: 2011-09-13
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    Nigeria: Economic Laws Amended in Legislature (Sept. 15, 2008) The House of Representatives, the lower house of Nigeria's National Assembly, has amended some financial and economic laws in an effort to stabilize the business environment. Among the laws passed are the Personal Income Tax Amendment Act; the Petroleum Profit Tax Act; the Customs, Excise Tariff, and Amendment Act; and the Companies […]
    • Contributor: Johnson, Constance
    • Date: 2008-09-15
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    Nigeria: Senate Passes Senior Citizens' Bill (July 20, 2009) It was reported on July 15, 2009, that the Nigerian Senate passed a bill, the National Agency for Elderly Persons Bill 2008, which, if signed into law by the President, will provide support for senior citizens in dire need of help. (Otei Oham, Senate Passes Elderly Persons Bill, DAILY INDEPENDENT (Lagos), July […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2009-07-20
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    Nigeria: Appeal for Passage of Sanitation Bill (Mar. 31, 2009) It was reported on March 24, 2009, that the Registrar of the Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria, Augustine Ebisike, called for the passage of the Environmental Health Control and Enforcement Sanitation Act, which has been tabled in the National Assembly since 2003. Speaking about the causes of disease epidemics in […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2009-03-31
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    Nigeria: Discrimination Against the Disabled Outlawed (Mar. 19, 2009) On March 9, 2009, the Nigerian Senate passed into law a bill outlawing discrimination against the disabled. This law, which was sponsored by Senator Bode Olajumoke of Ondo State, requires government and public organizations to make their premises accessible to the disabled. It states that “a public building shall be constructed with […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2009-03-19
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    Nigeria: New Anti-Corruption Body Planned (Feb. 2, 2008) President Umaru Yar'Adua stated on January 15, 2008, that Nigeria would establish a new government unit aimed at monitoring suspicious financial transactions, modeled on similar bodies in the United States and China, in order to strengthen anti- corruption efforts in the public sector. Since Yar'Adua took office in May 2007, seven state […]
    • Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
    • Date: 2008-02-02