Market Intelligence

A business owner is preparing to launch a new product. With a limited marketing budget and little time to spare, the owner turns to an artificial intelligence tool to create a logo. Within minutes, the tool produces a professional-looking design. Encouraged by the result, the owner uses the same tool to generate product images, promotional banners and social media captions.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in collaboration with the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), commenced the rollout of the Zero-Rated Data Access to Approved Educational Platforms and Content Initiative on 1 October 2026.

The third quarter of 2026 brought significant developments across Nigeria’s entertainment and creative economy. Courts delivered notable rulings on authorship, recording contracts and collective management, regulators moved on film censorship and digital enforcement, and global AI-related copyright litigation continued to escalate. This edition of the Entertainment Law Digest covers the key developments.

Nigeria's fragmented legal landscape for online intermediaries creates a complex web of obligations across multiple regulatory frameworks. This analysis maps the distinct liability regimes governing access providers, hosting services, search engines, and social platforms, revealing how notice requirements, takedown procedures, and safe harbour protections vary by function and content type. Understanding which rules apply to each intermediary role is essential for reducing exposure while preserving the prote

When Oscar Pistorius competed at the 2012 Olympics, he opened a legal question that remains unresolved: what standard should govern whether a prosthetic limb constitutes equipment or a body part in competitive athletics? This analysis examines three landmark cases—Pistorius, Oliveira, and Rehm—that expose fundamental gaps in sports arbitration, revealing how a classification formula with demonstrated demographic bias operates without meaningful judicial oversight.

Nigeria's film industry has evolved from informal, relationship-driven financing through the Alaba International Market to attracting institutional investors and private equity funds. However, this rapid growth has outpaced the development of transparent legal and financial infrastructure, creating a critical gap between Nollywood's global commercial ambitions and the documentation practices needed to support sophisticated investment structures.