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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 ...
The Parliament of Nigeria, sometimes referred to as the Federal Parliament was the federal legislature of the Federation of Nigeria and the First Nigerian Republic, seated at Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, and was composed of three parts: the Head of State (Elizabeth II as Queen of Nigeria from 1960–63, Nnamdi Azikiwe as President), the Senate, and the House of Representatives. [1]
The two fundamental sources of Nigerian law through legislation are: [20] (1) Acts of British parliament, popularly referred to as statutes of general application during the period before independence. [21] (2) Local legislation (comprising enactments of the Nigerian legislatures from colonial period to date).
Independent Nigeria's second constitution abolished the monarchy and established the First Nigerian Republic. [14] It came into force on 1 October 1963, the third anniversary of Nigeria's independence. Nnamdi Azikiwe became the first President of Nigeria. The 1963 constitution was based on the Westminster system. It was used until a military ...
In the Parliament of India, every bill passes through following stages before it becomes an Act of Parliament of India: [4] First reading – introduction stage: Any member, or member-in-charge of the bill seeks the leave of the house to introduce a bill. If the bill is an important one, the minister may make a brief speech, stating its main ...
Nigeria's upper legislative house, the Senate, adopted the bill on Wednesday, completing its passage through parliament after the lower house's approval on Tuesday. Nigeria's parliament passes ...
After the first coup and under the short-lived military government of Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria was reorganized under a central government.Following the counter-coup which resulted in Aguiyi-Ironsi's deposition and assassination, Nigeria was reorganized as a federal country, with three of the regions being divided into newer entities and all first-level subdivisions being renamed as states:
The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the country. There are four distinct legal systems in Nigeria, which include English law, Common law, Customary law, and Sharia Law. English law in Nigeria is derived from the colonial Nigeria, while common law is a development from its post-colonial independence. [1]