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Resource Centre Updated: September 2026
The collection has been reviewed and updated to reflect recent legislative changes, including newly enacted legislation and updated court rules.
The collection has been reviewed and updated to reflect recent legislative changes, including newly enacted legislation and updated court rules.
Important: This resource centre provides access to selected Nigerian legislation, constitutional materials, court rules and other legal instruments. The documents are provided for convenient online reference and reading. Laws and rules may subsequently be amended, repealed, replaced, affected by judicial decisions, or modified by practice directions and other legal instruments. Users should verify the current legal position before relying on any document.
Recently Updated Resources
- ELECTORAL ACT 2026
- JOINT REVENUE BOARD ESTABLISHMENT ACT 2025
- NIGERIA REVENUE SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT ACT 2025
- NIGERIA TAX ACT 2025
- NIGERIA TAX ADMINISTRATION ACT 2025
- INVESTMENTS AND SECURITIES ACT 2025
Constitutional and Human Rights
- CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999
- FIRST ALTERATION ACT 2010
- THIRD ALTERATION ACT 2010
- AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
- FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS (ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE) RULES
- FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2011
Criminal Law and Justice
- ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT (ACJA) 2015
- CRIMINAL CODE ACT
- ANTI-TORTURE ACT 2017
- ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION ESTABLISHMENT ACT 2004
- CORRUPT PRACTICES AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES ACT 2000
- CYBERCRIMES (PROHIBITION, PREVENTION, ETC.) ACT 2015, AS AMENDED IN 2024
- SAME-SEX MARRIAGE (PROHIBITION) ACT 2013
- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (PROHIBITION) ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2015
- NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE ACT 2019
- PROCEEDS OF CRIME (RECOVERY AND MANAGEMENT) ACT 2022
- TERRORISM (PREVENTION AND PROHIBITION) ACT 2022
- MONEY LAUNDERING (PREVENTION AND PROHIBITION) ACT 2022
Courts and Procedure
- SUPREME COURT RULES 2024
- COURT OF APPEAL RULES 2021
- FEDERAL HIGH COURT (CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2019
- NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT RULES 2017
- NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT OF NIGERIA PRACTICE DIRECTION 2022
- JUDGEMENT ENFORCEMENT RULES
- SHERIFFS AND CIVIL PROCESS ACT
- FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) ACT
Business and Commercial
- COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 2020
- ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION ACT 2023
- INVESTMENTS AND SECURITIES ACT 2025
- FEDERAL COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 2018
- NIGERIA INVESTMENT PROMOTION COMMISSION ACT
- NIGERIA CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT
Property and Housing
- LAND USE ACT
- NIGERIAN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACT
- NATIONAL HOUSING FUND ACT
- LAGOS STATE TENANCY LAW 2011
- RECOVERY OF PREMISES ACT
Family and Children
- CHILD RIGHTS ACT
- FCT HIGH COURT CHILD RIGHTS ACT RULES (ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE) 2015
- MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT
- MATRIMONIAL CAUSES RULES
Employment and Pensions
Evidence and Legal Practice
- EVIDENCE ACT 2011 AND EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2023
- INTERPRETATION ACT
- LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT
- OATHS ACT
- RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR LEGAL PRACTITIONERS 2023
- LEGAL PRACTITIONERS’ REMUNERATION ORDER 2023
- LEGAL PRACTITIONERS DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE RULES 2020
Taxation
- NIGERIA TAX ACT 2025
- NIGERIA TAX ADMINISTRATION ACT 2025
- JOINT REVENUE BOARD ESTABLISHMENT ACT 2025
- NIGERIA REVENUE SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT ACT 2025
- FINANCE ACT 2020
Electoral and Public Administration
Health and Regulatory
Intellectual Property
Data, Technology and Communications
- NIGERIA DATA PROTECTION ACT 2023
- NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003
- CYBERCRIMES (PROHIBITION, PREVENTION, ETC.) ACT 2015, AS AMENDED IN 2024
Aviation, Electricity and Petroleum
Financial and Foreign Exchange
Gaming
Education
Insurance
- INSURANCE ACT 2003 Historical reference only. The Insurance Act 2003 has been repealed by the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act 2025.