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NIWA was declared the authorised agency in charge of inland Waterways operation by the supreme court in early January 2024 following a battle between the Lagos State Government and the Federal Government over the ownership of the waterways operation in Nigeria. [3] In Late September 2024, NIWA filed a lawsuit against Shell Development Company ...
Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN); National Agricultural Extension, Research and Liaison Services (NAERLS); National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI); Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC)
The House of Representatives (also called Green Chamber) is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly. [1] The Green Chamber has 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the plurality (or first-past-the-post) system, most recently in 2023. Members serve four-year terms.
The Assembly has broad oversight functions and is empowered to establish committees of its members to scrutinise bills and the conduct of government officials. Since the restoration of democratic rule in 1999, the Assembly has been said to be in a "learning process" that has witnessed the election and removal of several presidents of the Senate, allegations of corruption, slow passage of ...
Fulfilling one of the promises made in his first national address as president, in June 1986, Ibrahim Babangida issued Decree Number 19, dissolving the National Security Organization (NSO) and restructuring Nigeria's security services into three separate entities under the Office of the Co-ordinator of National Security.
The current constitution of Nigeria has the president of Nigeria as the head of state and government. [1] From 1960 to 1963, the head of state under the Constitution of 1960 was the queen of Nigeria, Elizabeth II, who was also the monarch of other Commonwealth realms. The monarch was represented in Nigeria by a governor-general.
NIWA was previously part of the MetService until 1992. [5] [6] In 2009, they signed a memorandum of understanding to work more closely together. [34] In 2020, NIWA chief executive John Morgan told Parliament the two organizations are like "a car and a truck; both being vehicles but each serving different purposes". [35]
The official name of Nigeria, "Federal Republic of Nigeria", was adopted in 1963 when the country became a republic, three years after gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1960. [14] The adoption of the name signified Nigeria's transition from a British colony to a fully sovereign state. [15]