The Nigeria Startup Act 2022 On the 19th of October 2022, his Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, accented to the Nigeria start up bill earlier passed by the National Assembly. The President...
SOME KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR A TECH START-UP (PART 1)
TECH START-UP With the drastic shift from agrarian and industrial ages, the future is now tied to providing knowledge-based solutions to practical problems. Without building factories, young entrepren...
PREEMPTIVE PROVISIONS IN A JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENT
The proposed ExxonMobil/Seplat share acquisition brings to light two issues: the impact a preemptive clause under a joint operating agreement (JOA) is likely to have on merger and acquisition transact...
PROCEDURAL ARBITRABILITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE DECISION IN MEKWUNYE V. IMOUKHUEDE (2019) 13 NWLR (PT. 1690) 439
Dispute resolution under the Nigerian legal system has moved from a total reliance on litigation to including alternative dispute mechanisms, as well as a preference for the same because of their perc...
Conversion of Private Companies to Public Companies Limited by Shares in Nigeria
Within a period of roughly 13 years from its advent, cryptocurrency has gained wide recognition as a digital asset and has attracted interesting, albeit different and conflicting, reactions from econo...
TRADEMARK PROTECTION
A Trademark according to the dictionary is a symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product. Take the Apple logo of Apple Inc. or the swoosh of Ni...
WHY YOU SHOULD REGISTER THAT NEW BUSINESS
Technological advancements and availability have helped in making the world a global village. This advantage has been utilized by almost everyone. New business and startups are beginning to get custom...