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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 ...
The act was established with three main objectives of: [2] Providing an all-inclusive framework for the prohibition, prevention, detection, prosecution and punishment for human trafficking related offences in Nigeria; Protection of human trafficked victims; and; Collaborate with national and International organizations to achieve objectives 1 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 SCIID carries out inquiries into diverse range of criminal offences in Nigeria. The police unit is authorized and empowered to carryout investigations, make arrest and prosecute criminals to the full extent of the Law of Nigeria. [4] [5] The unit serves to investigate and prosecute complex crimes in the country.
s271(3): A person is liable to arrest and detention under this section if the person is in the act of committing, or has just committed an indictable offence; or theft (whether the theft is a summary or indictable offence); or an offence against the person (whether the offence is summary or indictable); or an offence involving interference with ...