In the past year, the whistle blowing concept has become increasingly popular in the fight against corruption in Nigeria.

Putsimply, the company cannot access foreign exchange at the official rate or market for remittances outside of Nigeria under the unregistered contract.

On 13 April, 2017 the Federal High Court sitting at Abuja (the Court), with the Honourable Justice G.O. Kolawole presiding, held the activities of the NIPOST in seeking to enforce the provisions of the Stamp Duties Act, 1939 to be illegal.

On 29 December 2017, the Nigerian President signed into law the Niger-Delta Development Commission (Establishment)(Amendment) Act ("Amendment Act").

Economies across the globe have begun responding to the Covid-19 pandemic not only medically but in economic terms, with various monetary and fiscal interventions

Following the recent ‘naming and shaming' of tax defaulters and their bankers by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (‘FIRS' or "the Service", used interchangeably)

This piece is a sequel to our briefing note titled "The Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste and Pollution) Regulations, 2018: A New Dawn" wherein we did an overview of the Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste and Pollution) Regulations, 2018.

On Thursday, February 8, 2018, the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode signed the Lagos State Electric Power Sector Reform bill into law (the "Law").

On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria announced its reconsideration and passage of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2018 (the "Bill").

On Monday the 22nd of July 2019 news broke that one Mr. Precious Owolabi, a youth corps member serving at Channels Television News in Abuja

The PSC Amendment Act provides for stiff penal provisions with regards to its violation.

Overtime, it has continued to be a raging controversy among legal minds on whether leave of Court should indeed be required for service of an originating process sealed from the registry of a State judicial division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria to another.

Further to the release of the Flare Gas (Prevention of Waste and Pollution) Regulations, 2018 and the subsequent re-launch of the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme ("NGFCP")

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service ("FIRS") issued a Public Notice ("FIRS Notice") directing principal companies, especially those in the fast-moving consumer goods

With the effect of the Corona Virus Disease ("Covid-19"), Organizations all around the world have compulsorily had to migrate their daily business activities and transactions to remote work platforms.

By its circular dated September 13, 2018 the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released the Regulations on Instant (Inter - Bank) Electronic Funds Transfer Services in Nigeria (the Regulations).

The Nigeria Data Protection Regulations 2019 (the "NDPR" ) was enacted pursuant to the National Information Technology Development Agency ("NITDA") Act of 2007 (the "Act") to provide safeguards on ...

Taxation of non-residents in Nigeria has been quite an interesting area of tax law considering the dynamism of commerce and increase in trans-border transactions by multinational enterprises.

NAICOM's power to administer, supervise, regulate and control the insurance industry is derived both from its establishment Act and the Insurance Act.

The Regulations do not clearly distinguish whether the Guarantee Fee under the Deliver or Pay Agreement and the Tariffs under the GSA are payable together.