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The 2015 Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act is an act which was initially passed in 2003 and amended in 2005 and 2015 by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The act was established to provide welfare and support for trafficked persons while also announcing penalties for offenses related to human trafficking ...
The Nigeria Sexual Offender and Service Provider Database (NSOD) is a database that consists of the sexual offender register and the service provider register. It is a document of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons by the Federal Government of Nigeria, published in September 2019 to document cases of sexual violence and run background checks on sexual offenders ...
The Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 (also known as VAPP Act) is a law enacted by the National Assembly (Nigeria) and was assented to become law by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on 2015. [1] [2] The goal of the Act is to "eliminate violence in private and public life, prohibit all forms of violence against persons and to ...
Electricity Ordinance Act 1929. The Anatomy Act [27] (1933) Electricity Corporation of Nigeria Ordinance 1950. No. 15. The Acts Authentication Act [28] (1962) The Niger Dams Act 1962. National Electric Power Authority Decree 1972. No. 24. The Bankruptcy Act [29] (1979) Energy Commission of Nigeria Decree 1989. No. 19; Energy Commission of ...
The Nigerian Criminal Code is the apex codified law in Nigeria for criminal investigation, trial and punishment of criminals. It is derived from the Nigeria Criminal Code Act 1916, [1] Nigeria Penal Code Act 1960 [2] and other criminal laws enacted by Nigerian Parliament from time to time. The latest consolidated version of the code is ...
Child trafficking is also recognized as a criminal offence in the 2003 Child Rights Act enacted in only 23 states in Nigeria. [3] In line with the 2003 Trafficking in Persons Act, NAPTIP have recorded 26 prosecutions and 25 convictions of trafficking offences out of 149 reported investigations, with sentences ranging from two months to 10 years ...
Nigerian prosecutors on Thursday added 14 new criminal charges, including forgery, against former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele in the most high-profile corruption case under President ...
The death penalty is authorized by Section 33 of the Constitution of Nigeria. [2] Capital crimes are defined under several laws, namely The Criminal Code Act LFN (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 1990 (which is almost impari materia with the various Criminal Code laws in the Southern part of Nigeria), The Penal Code Act LFN 1990 (impari materia with the Penal Code operational in the various ...