Author: LawNigeria
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BENUE STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Benue state, with capital at Makurdi, was named after the famous River Benue, the second largest river in Nigeria, behind the River Niger. It was created out of the defunct Benue-Plateau State on 13, February 1976. Added to the emergent State was the enclave of…
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BORNO STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Borno state, with capital at Maiduguri, was created on the 3rd of February 1976 as one of the emergent states out of the defunct North-eastern State. Later in August 1991, the State State was on its own divided to yield Yobe State. Located in…
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AKWA IBOM STATE – LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Akwa Ibom State, with capital at Uyo, derived its name from the Qua Iboe River. It was created on September 23, 1987 out of the old Cross River State by General Ibrahim Babangida’s military dictatorship. Akwa Ibom State is located in the coastal south-east…
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ADAMAWA STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
Adamawa Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries This ‘Land of Beauty’, as the sobriquet, goes was created in 1991 from the defunct Gongola State by the General Ibrahim Babangida led military regime. The state derives its name from Modibbo Adams a Fulani leader who led the 19thcentury jihad in Upper Benue Region.…
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ABIA STATE – LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
Abia Laws State Profile State Website Law Firms & Notaries Abia was created on 27th August, 1991, out of the old Imo state by the military dictatorship of General Ibrahim Babangida. Its capital is in Umuahia. Abia state is geographically located in the southeast region of Nigeria. It lies within approximate latitudes 4o 40’ and…
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FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY – LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
FCT Laws State Profile State Website Law Firms & Notaries On August 1975 the then Federal Military Government under late General Murtala Muhammed convened a panel of experts to study, advise or recommend on the desirability of retaining Lagos as the Federal Capital of Nigeria. The outcome of that panel was the recommendation of…
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) is overseen by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Office of the Vice President. The Office of the Vice President oversees the following Councils and Agencies: National Economic Council (NEC) Economic Management Team (EMT) National Council on Privatisation (NCP) Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC)…
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THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development – Audu Innocent Ogbeh Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development – Heneiken Lokpobiri. Minister of Budget and National Planning– Udoma Udo Udoma Minister of State for Budget and National Planning – Zainab Ahmed Minister of Communication – Adebayo Shittu Minister of Defence – Mansur Dan Ali Minister of Education – Adamu Adamu Minister of State for…
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PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA The Office of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is overseen by the Chief of Staff to the President. The Chief of Staff manages the President’s schedule and correspondence, and any other duties that may be assigned by the President. The Office of…
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CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA – WALTER S. NKANU ONNOGHEN
PROFILE OF THE INCUMBENT CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA Hon. Justice Walter S. N. Onnoghen was born on the 22nd December, 1950 at Okurike Town, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State. He attended the Presbyterian Primary School, Okurike Town between 1959 and 1965. He later proceeded to Accra, Ghana to attend Odorgorno Secondary School,…