http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200518-133659-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/nigerias-emergency-legal-response-to-covid-19-a-worthy-sacrifice-for-public-health/ Nigeria’s Emergency (Legal) Response to COVID-19: A Worthy Sacrifice for Public Health? Abdulrauf, Lukman eng 2020-05-18 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Coronavirus COVID 19 emergency powers Human Rights Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Like many other countries across the world, Nigeria has called upon emergency powers to deal with COVID-19 without, however, having declared a state of emergency. The use of emergency powers in Nigeria in the fight against COVID-19 is not only peculiar but problematic for a number of reasons.