By: Margaret Ogbonnah Esq. Introduction The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as part of its statutory obligations, is charged with the responsibility of ensuring Monetary and Price Stability in Nigeria. To effectively carry out this mandate, the CBN from time to time formulates and monitor the effective implementation of monitory policies in order to ensure sanity in the financial system.…
By Jeremiah E. Aneji Esq. MIDRP Introduction Corporate Merger and Acquisition are viable tools of corporate expansion and stability. It has also aided the survival of several businesses by providing the much-needed resources and manpower to weather tough and unpredictable business terrains. For a merger or an acquisition to attain its desired results, several factors are to be put in…
By Omatseyin Fredrick Esq. LL.M Investment Law and Policy. Introduction. Financial institutions require security as collateral before granting loans to borrowers. Securities are collaterals in form of assets or property offered or pledged by individuals or corporate entities for the issuance of a loan from a bank and when the borrower fails to repay the loan, the bank can take…
By Uroko Luke Agada Esq. FIPMA, Notary Pubic INTRODUCTION: The Nigeria mining sector continues to draw increasing investor interests, particularly foreign, resulting from its evident role as a viable alternative to the country’s oil-based economy. It therefore becomes imperative to understand the basic legal framework governing the sector. In doing so, this paper seeks to do a general overview of…
By: Michael K. Bielonwu Esq., MCIArb., FIDR. Introduction: Sports law generally refers to the body of laws, rules, and regulations guiding a particular sport. This transcends the actual sporting activities to life outside the sporting arena. Therefore, in this series, we shall look at how the law has evolved over the years as it concerns football, either on or off…
By Omatseyin Fredrick Esq. The Nigerian energy supply crisis refers to the present failure of the Nigerian power sector to provide adequate electricity supply to meet both domestic and industrial needs sufficient to support a rapidly growing economy like ours. Currently, only 45% of Nigeria’s population is connected to the national grid and due to this reason, a large percentage of…
By Margaret Ogbonnah. INTRODUCTION Cybercrimes is an illegal activity carried out over the internet which targets the security of computer systems and the data processed by them. A lot of people in the world, mostly Nigerians have limited knowledge of the crime occurring in cyberspace, known as cybercrime. Cybercrime happens in the world of computers and the Internet. This kind of crime has a…
By Uroko L. Agada Esq., FIPMA, NOTARY PUBLIC INTRODUCTION The doctrine of Respondeat Superior is a fixative responsibility doctrine. It fixes the responsibility of a fault or damage on another due to the special relationship that exist between them or that the parties maintain, like employer/employee, parent/child, husband/wife and so on. It is used interchangeably with vicarious liability and for the purpose of this…
By Jeremiah E. Aneji Introduction Merger & Acquisition describes businesses’ strategies to give them a competitive edge over rivals, increasing the prospects for multidimensional expansions as far as state antitrust laws will allow.¹ It is that part of corporate reengineering that focuses on the buying, selling and consolidation of companies². It is a veritable source of business expansion in any thriving economy and…
By Michael K. Bielonwu Esq. MCIArb, FIDR Agada, U. Luke Esq. FIPMA, Notary Public Omatseyin, O. Fredrick Esq (LLM), MSCGN, MCILRM Jeremiah E. Aneji Esq. MIDR Margaret E. Ogbonnah 1.0 INTRODUCTION The campaign for consumer rights in Nigeria has become imperative. This is so because Nigerian consumers have suffered a great deal at the hands of Vendors, Suppliers, and Service…
