How to Register a Political Party in Nigeria Every Nigerian has the right to join and register any political party of their choice. This is a fundamental right guaranteed by Section 40 of the 1999 constitution. Under Nigerian law, any individual interested in running...
What is the Constitution One of the most common ways we get asked questions on our platform is ‘what does the constitution say about ….’ or ‘this happened to me, is it constitutional?’ The 1999 Nigerian Constitution is the supreme law of the land of the Federal...
Local Government Councillor in Nigeria: Requirements Nigeria has 774 Local Governments Areas (LGA). Each LGA is administered by a Local Government Council. The Council comprises of the Chairman who is the Chief Executive of the LGA, and other elected members referred...
Nigeria seems to incessantly be going through cycles of fuel scarcity, the reasons why we are having these constant fuel shortages is not the point of this article, but how Nigerians can protect their rights in these circumstances. The law of economics is that when...
11 Rights Every Nigerian Should Know About Every Nigerian has rights, duties, liabilities and privileges, which are provided for in the hundreds of laws that exist in Nigeria. However, there are certain rights that basically trump all other ones. They are rights that...
For a bit of fun, we at LawPàdí decided to dig into the Nigerian Law statute books and our case law to find some weird and strange laws that we believe are still applicable in modern day Nigeria. Under Nigerian Law, a wife of a Christian marriage is not...
