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The enactment of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (“CAMA 2020”) introduced a significant development in Nigerian corporate law by permitting the incorporation of private companies with a single shareholder1. This represented a departure from the position under the repealed Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990, which required every company to have a minimum of two shareholders.

Historically, Africa has always been known for its ancient trade routes that criss-crossed the continent promoting commerce, ensuring political interaction and of course sometimes resulting in war.

INCOTERMS, or International Commercial Terms, are a set of standardized international trade terms published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Rather than creating an entirely new bureaucracy, the CBN's fintech regulatory capacity can be strengthened by establishing a specialized department or bureau within the CBN to handle digital finance.

It signifies the country does not completely meet the FATF's standards for combating money laundering and terrorist financing (Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") Counter-Terrorism Financing ("CTF") frameworks) and , but is earnestly trying to.

Where Public and Private sector deploy strategically to target community from policy to statutory obligation to action the combination will intentionally create innovation close gaps and drive measurable environmental outcomes, climate financing gaps, and transition toward greener more sustainable economies.

The signing of the Nigeria's National Carbon Market Framework (NCMF) 2024 is a welcome development operationalising the 2021 Climate Change Act.

The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to a simulation of human intelligence that can rationalize and take actions that have the best chance of achieving a specific goal.

On 31 July 2026, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (the "Board" or "NCDMB") and the Bank of Industry ("BOI") inaugurated the Investment Committee of the Nigerian Content Equity Fund ("NCEF") in Lagos. On its face, this looks like routine institutional housekeeping, the sort of announcement that passes through the trade press in a day and is forgotten. It is not. The NCEF is the first equity product to be offered under the Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (the "NCI Fund"), the financing programme operated by the Board under section 104 of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010 (the "NOGICD Act").

Sub-Saharan Africa has a significant debt profile, owed mostly to international lenders, including sovereign States, multi-lateral agencies and multi-nationals. For instance, with a projected external debt...

For decades, electricity in Nigeria was centralised and controlled by a centralised grid. The 2013 implementation of the power privatisation policy brought with it new hope...

It is tempting, when analysing the financing of public-private partnerships, to proceed in the natural order that comes to lawyers: first legal framework, then structure, then instruments, and finally the numbers. That order, however, produces a somewhat distorted picture. Financing is not simply one part or aspect of a larger project; it is, in a sense, the whole project.

Collaboration is an integral feature of modern music production. A commercially successful song may involve songwriters, composers, producers, arrangers, sound engineers, session musicians and other contributors, each performing different functions in bringing a musical project to completion.

The Hydrocarbons sector have played and still play a vital role in the economic growth of Nigeria and Africa.

This collaboration raises a critical question under data protection law: who is responsible for ensuring compliance when two or more entities jointly determine the purposes and means of processing?

Following the enactment of the Electricity Act, 2023 (the "Electricity Act"), and the Fifth Alteration to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry ("NESI") and ultimately, the electricity sector has undergone significant reform.

The FIFA World Cup 2026, currently hosted in North America across the United States, Canada and Mexico will generate substantial value from commercial activities including broadcasting rights, sponsorships, merchandising, licensing and digital engagement. These commercial activities are sustained by a network of intellectual property (IP) rights, including trademarks, copyright, patents and image rights.