LagosState Law
Lagos State VAPP Law, 2007 (as amended 2021)
Violence Against Persons (Prohibition). Pre-dates the federal VAPP Act 2015. Mandatory sex-offender register.
Law No. 9, 2007
State enactments
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LagosState Law
Lagos State Land Use Charge Law, 2018
Consolidated ground rent, tenement rate and neighbourhood improvement charge into a single levy.
Law No. 11, 2018
LagosState Law
Lagos State Coroners' System Law, 2007
Mandatory inquest into deaths in custody, gunshot wounds, and police shootings.
Law No. 7, 2007
LagosState Law
Lagos State Administration of Criminal Justice Law, 2021
State counterpart to the federal ACJA 2015. Abolishes holding charges; mandatory plea bargain framework.
Law No. 10, 2021
LagosState Law
Lagos State Public Health Law, 2015
Disease surveillance, sanitation, mortuary regulation. Activated for COVID-19 response in 2020.
Law No. 4, 2015
LagosState Law
Lagos State Domestic Violence Law, 2007
Civil protection orders independent of criminal prosecution.
Law No. 15, 2007
RiversState Law
Rivers State Anti-Cultism Law, 2018
Death penalty for membership of proscribed cult groups; secret-society proscription powers.
Law No. 6, 2018
KanoState Law
Kano State Sharia Penal Code Law, 2000
Codified Islamic criminal law for Muslim residents; hudud punishments. Twelve northern States enacted similar codes 1999–2001.
Law No. 7, 2000
ZamfaraState Law
Zamfara State Sharia Penal Code, 2000
First northern State to extend Sharia to criminal matters under the Fourth Republic.
Law No. 5, 2000
AnambraState Law
Anambra State Public Property Protection Law, 2009
Recovery of property of public officers; complement to federal anti-corruption regime.
Law No. 8, 2009
EkitiState Law
Ekiti State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) Law, 2019
Five-year minimum for rape; widow disinheritance criminalised.
Law No. 3, 2019
EbonyiState Law
Ebonyi State Administration of Criminal Justice Law, 2021
Domesticates ACJA; magisterial visits to police cells every month.
Law No. 12, 2021
Cross RiverState Law
Cross River State Forestry Commission Law, 2010
Commercial logging ban on community forests; carbon credit revenue framework.
Law No. 4, 2010
EdoState Law
Edo State Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law, 2018
Complements federal NAPTIP Act; victim-rehabilitation fund.
Law No. 6, 2018
KadunaState Law
Kaduna State Religious Preaching Law, 2016
Licensing of preachers; controversial — challenged at the Federal High Court.
Law No. 7, 2016
PlateauState Law
Plateau State Anti-Open Grazing Law, 2018
Restricts cattle herding to designated ranches; among first state grazing-ban statutes.
Law No. 1, 2018
BenueState Law
Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law, 2017
First state grazing-ban statute; constitutional challenge dismissed 2018.
Law No. 1, 2017
BayelsaState Law
Bayelsa State Oil and Gas Commission Law, 2019
State-level participation in extractive sector oversight under PIA framework.
Law No. 5, 2019
DeltaState Law
Delta State Tenancy Law, 2017
Caps annual rent increases; written tenancy agreements mandatory.
Law No. 9, 2017
OyoState Law
Oyo State Mineral Development Agency Law, 2019
State participation in solid-minerals regulation in concert with federal Mines Act.
Law No. 3, 2019
OndoState Law
Ondo State Amotekun Corps Law, 2020
Western Nigeria Security Network — state-level community policing outfit.
Law No. 1, 2020
OsunState Law
Osun State Public Holidays Law, 2014
Recognises traditional Yoruba religious days as public holidays alongside Christian and Islamic.
Law No. 4, 2014
OgunState Law
Ogun State Land Administration and Use Law, 2018
Electronic land registry; digitised C-of-O issuance.
Law No. 8, 2018
EnuguState Law
Enugu State Coal City Development Levy Law, 2016
Infrastructure development levy on businesses and high-income earners.
Law No. 7, 2016
AbiaState Law
Abia State Internal Revenue Service Law, 2017
Autonomous SBIR; consolidated state tax administration.
Law No. 4, 2017
ImoState Law
Imo State Local Government Administration Law, 2020
27 LGAs framework; Caretaker Committee provisions repeatedly contested.
Law No. 2, 2020
Akwa IbomState Law
Akwa Ibom State Tenancy Law, 2014
Caps rent escalation; quit-notice periods regulated.
Law No. 5, 2014
SokotoState Law
Sokoto State Sharia Penal Code, 2000
Application of Sharia criminal jurisdiction in Muslim majority State.
Law No. 9, 2000
JigawaState Law
Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Law, 2009
Domesticates UBEC Act; state matching grant mechanism.
Law No. 6, 2009
KatsinaState Law
Katsina State Public Procurement Law, 2017
State-level due-process commission; open competitive bidding.
Law No. 3, 2017
FCTState Law
FCT Internal Revenue Service Act, 2015
Federal Act establishing the FCT-IRS as PIT authority for FCT residents.
Act No. 12, 2015
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