Tag: Legal System
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ZAMFARA STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Zamfara State, with capital at Gusau, was created out of the former Sokoto State on 1 October 1996 by the military dictatorship of General Sanni Abacha. Zamfara State is located in the northwestern part of Nigeria. It occupies a total land area of 39,…
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EDO STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Edo State, with capital at Benin city, is one of the two states that was created out of the defunct Bendel State on 27 August 1991 under the General Ibrahim Babangida led military dictatorship. The other State is Delta State. The State lies…
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DELTA STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Delta State, with capital at Asaba, was created on 27th August, 1991 out of the defunct Bendel State under the military dictatorship led by General Ibrahim Babangida. Bendel State, itself, was an offshoot of the defunct Mid-Western state which existed between 1963 to 1976.…
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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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THE NIGERIAN LEGAL AND GOVERNMENT COMPLEX – BY SAM ELEANYA
Constitution Laws & Treaties Governments Elections THE NIGERIA LEGAL COMPLEX Nigeria is an internationally recognized sovereign nation made up of 36 states and a Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Each of those 36 states is empowered by Nigeria’s Constitution to establish and maintain a legal system that would assure justice within the assigned territory so…