Government

In Nigeria, the principle of checks and balances helps to ensure that no single branch of government (executive, legislative, or judicial) becomes too powerful.

a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities.

A constitution is a set of fundamental rules that determine how a country or state is run.

A decree is an official order given by a government or by a person with power. For example, the president can issue a decree making

Due process is the carrying out of legal matters according to established rules and principles and that individuals be treated fairly and their rights respected.

In Nigeria, the military rules the people through decrees and edicts. Laws passed by the central government during military regimes are known as decrees while

all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.

The executive, also referred to as the executive branch or executive power, is the term commonly used to describe that part of government which enforces

Gerrymandering constituencies is the process of dividing or arranging constituencies to favour a particular political party or candidate in the election.