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Congratulations! Your start-up is taking off, and you want to expand it by raising money. Regardless of the option of funding chosen, raising capital can be quite a tedious process...

The client/investor had entered into a Share Purchase Agreement ("SPA") to acquire a minority stake in a technology company. The SPA included a Material Adverse Change (MAC) clause, which allowed the investor...

Any business owner who intends to operate a money lending business in Oyo State, Nigeria must obtain the money lending license of the state. The grant, refusal and revocation of money lender's...

Businesses seeking to raise capital have a choice between equity or debt financing.

The Central Bank of Nigeria on 21 April 2017 announced that it has set up a special foreign exchange window for investors, exporters and end users.

The attitude of investors in developed economies towards risk has evolved from the initial position of diversifying risk exposures between varying portfolios of assets into the treatment of risk as an asset eligible for trading on regulated markets.

Can a bank restrict a customer's account without a court order? According to the Court of Appeal, the answer is yes.

Although the CDI has been criticized by many due to its ability to engender systemic risk; especially the more exotic types.

His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has presented the 2023 Federal Government Budget Proposals at the joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja.

The revocation takes effect from 11 July 2019 and it is to be applied prospectively.

When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released its June 13, 2025 circular—"Temporary Suspension of Dividend Payments...

The annual enactment of the Finance Acts clearly shows the Federal Government's commitment to review the extant tax laws and make progressive changes to Nigeria's fiscal frameworks to align them with economic realities and global best practices...

For example, the regulations require PSBs to issue cards and install ATMs rather than giving them the option of a purely digital proposition.

Following the redesigning of the currency (Naira i.e. 200, 500 & 1000) of Nigeria, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a memo dated 6th December 2022 and referenced BSD/DIR/PUB/LAB/015/069 to all Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and other financial institutions in furtherance to its cashless policy.

Nigeria's financial system is skewed towards short-term financing, making it difficult to obtain long-term funds for project and infrastructural development. Infrastructure includes...

Recent reports by the Securities and Exchange Commission show that there has been an increase in the total net asset value of CIS in Nigeria, from N782.64 billion in May 2019, to N1.322 trillion in May 2020.

The evolving landscape of the Nigerian foreign exchange market has prompted the Central Bank of Nigeria ("CBN") to take decisive steps to bolster its efficiency.