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After General Muhammadu Buhari took over government on 31 March 1983, some sections of the 1979 republican constitution under which the civilian regime operated, were suspended. Political activities were banned and the constitution remained...
On 19 March 1963 the Republican Constitution was passed into law by the federal parliament and became operational on 1 March 1963. It was a follow-up to the constitutional conference held in Lagos on...
From 23 March to 26 March 1957, there was a constitutional conference in London arranged mainly to correct the deficiencies of Lyttleton Constitution of 1954 and which took the following decisions: 1. Establishment of...
After the military took over governance in 1966 and the 1963 Republican Constitution was set aside, there were many steps taken towards the drafting of a new constitution for Nigeria. The Aguiyi Ironsi regime...
Federation is coming together of autonomous states in which there exist relationship between the central government so created and the component states that formed the federation. The federal constitution they operate is the source...
Why did Nigeria adopt the federal system of government? Well this write up highlights the reasons which include: Heterogeneous nature of the country Nigeria is made up of diverse people with varying language, culture,...
A confederation is a union of independent and sovereign states that have come together on common ground to share constitutional powers among themselves and the central government so created. In a confederation, constitutional powers...
The full explanation of Nigeria’s federalism. By Federalism, we mean a system whereby constitutional powers are shared or divided between the central (Federal) government and the component states that formed the federation for the...
Below are the merits and advantages of Military Rule in Nigeria. There’s no need saying it, civilian rule is better than military rule. This can be seen from recent happening in countries like North...
Below are the demerits / disadvantages of military rule In Nigeria It had been ascertained that there were few advantages attributed to military rule in Nigeria. Forget all those talks of it been the...
The effectiveness and ineffectiveness of international constitution over member countries of the United Nations is explained at length in this article. Just like the domestic constitution of most countries, the international constitution has universal...
Some important features of the 1979 republican constitution includes: 1. The adoption of Presidential System of government as opposed to the parliamentary system being used before. 2. The President of the country under the...
The scope of this article allow us to delve very well into the provisions of international constitution by the United Nations in brief. The United Nations’ Charter was signed in March 1945 by 51 members....
There are various means or ways by which pressure groups in Nigeria use in trying to achieve their aims, these include: 1. Strikes and Boycotts Occupational pressure groups may employ strikes and boycotts to...
A pressure group may be defined as any group of people bound together by some common interests or profession who engage in some activities to influence government policies to their own advantage. They sometimes...