Nigeria: Constitutional & Administrative Law

Nigeria's adoption of AI-powered facial recognition at major airports and automated credit scoring by digital lenders raises urgent questions about constitutional privacy protections. With Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution drafted before modern biometric surveillance existed, can its guarantee of privacy extend to algorithmic profiling and mass data collection?

Nigeria's Constitution does not expressly guarantee a standalone right to a clean environment in its fundamental rights chapter, yet severe environmental pollution can engage protected rights to life and dignity. This analysis examines how Nigerian courts have navigated the intersection between environmental degradation and constitutional human rights, exploring landmark cases and pending legislative reforms that may reshape environmental justice.

Nigerian data protection law remains silent on what happens to personal data after death, creating a legal vacuum that has allowed the posthumous exposure of sensitive information belonging to prominent figures. This article examines whether privacy rights should extend beyond biological death, drawing on recent high-profile cases and proposing legislative reforms to protect the deceased and their surviving families.

Lagos faces a severe housing crisis with 3.4 million homes needed, but the solution is blocked not by lack of land or demand, but by Nigeria's Land Use Act of 1978. This legal framework has created a consent regime where fewer than 5% of land parcels are formally titled, leaving property owners in years-long battles to prove ownership and transforming land into "dead capital" that cannot be mortgaged or developed. The article examines how this constitutional bottleneck, combined with mortgage rates up to 28

Nigeria's public sector accountability framework, anchored in the Constitution and the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, mandates asset declaration and ethical conduct for public officers. Despite robust legal provisions requiring disclosure of assets, the system faces critical challenges including inadequate verification capacity, weak enforcement mechanisms, and limited transparency. This comprehensive analysis examines the constitutional framework, identifies systemic weaknesses, and proposes prac

The Supreme Court's decision in Maryam Sanda v C.O.P has sparked renewed debate over a critical constitutional question: can the executive exercise its prerogative of mercy while a convict's appeal remains pending before the courts? This ancient power, preserved in Nigeria's Constitution as a humane corrective to the criminal justice system, now stands at the intersection of executive authority and judicial process. The case raises fundamental questions about the separation of powers and the proper timing o

Just recently, a plaintiff filed a constitutional challenge against key provisions of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA), a crucial piece of banking legislation in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act 2025 introduces sweeping changes to motor vehicle insurance regulation, expanding mandatory coverage requirements and increasing liability limits. How will these reforms impact vehicle owners, operators, and insurers operating within Nigeria's transport sector?

Medical errors are an inevitable reality of human healthcare systems, but the legal and ethical crisis emerges when those errors are concealed rather than disclosed. As Nigeria undergoes healthcare reforms between 2023...