The Republic
Lagos State

Lagos State · Sub-category

State Acts & Laws

  • Lagos State VAPP Law, 2007 (as amended 2021) (2007) Governor of the day: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (out-going) → Babatunde Raji Fashola (in-coming) Violence Against Persons (Prohibition). Pre-dates the federal VAPP Act 2015. Mandatory sex-offender register. Citation: Law No. 9, 2007
  • Lagos State Land Use Charge Law, 2018 (2018) Governor of the day: Akinwunmi Ambode Consolidated ground rent, tenement rate and neighbourhood improvement charge into a single levy. Citation: Law No. 11, 2018Climate-Conflict Escalator
  • Lagos State Coroners' System Law, 2007 (2007) Governor of the day: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (out-going) → Babatunde Raji Fashola (in-coming) Mandatory inquest into deaths in custody, gunshot wounds, and police shootings. Citation: Law No. 7, 2007
  • Lagos State Administration of Criminal Justice Law, 2021 (2021) Governor of the day: Babajide Sanwo-Olu State counterpart to the federal ACJA 2015. Abolishes holding charges; mandatory plea bargain framework. Citation: Law No. 10, 2021
  • Lagos State Public Health Law, 2015 (2015) Governor of the day: Akinwunmi Ambode Disease surveillance, sanitation, mortuary regulation. Activated for COVID-19 response in 2020. Citation: Law No. 4, 2015
  • Lagos State Domestic Violence Law, 2007 (2007) Governor of the day: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (out-going) → Babatunde Raji Fashola (in-coming) Civil protection orders independent of criminal prosecution. Citation: Law No. 15, 2007
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.