In this series of questions and answers, we provide an overview of the competition-related aspect of the merger control process in Nigeria
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ArticlesCorporate LawCONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL NO. 19, 2022 AND SWIFT ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN NIGERIA: A COMMENTARY.
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration) Bill No. 19, 2022 (“the Bill”) sought to amend Chapter VII, Part IV of the Principal Act (the 1999 Constitution), by inserting after the existing section 287, a new section ‘287A’, that will comprise 10 (ten) clauses. Clause 2 of the Bill proposed to mandate every trial superior court of record to deliver judgment on a matter before it, within 270 days (about nine months) from the date of the filing.
According to Clause 2, the Bill clearly defines its scope as applying to companies incorporated under the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (“CAMA”) and registered as start-ups per the provisions of Clause 13 of the Bill, and also organisations whose activities affect the creation, support and incubations of labelled start-ups in Nigeria. Non-technology companies, holding companies or subsidiaries of
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)on the 31st of May 2020 issued Guidelines for the Award and Operations of Marginal Fields in Nigeria, 2020 (“the Guidelines”). The aim of the Guidelines is
In the modern context of capital raising, Crowdfunding is a relatively novel method for funding for-profit ventures/projects which allows individual founders/promoters to request funding from many individuals in
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