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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued new guidelines for the Licensing of Banks and Other Financial Institutions on Anti- Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Countering Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Financing (AML/CFT/ CPF).

The Nigeria Startup Act is a legal and institutional framework for the development of startups in Nigeria by providing an enabling environment for the establishment, development, and operation of startups in Nigeria,

Streamsowers & Köhn is happy to have acted as counsel to EbonyLife Studios on its collaboration with Sony Pictures Television on the creation of ÀLÓ; a brand new writers'. The initiative which offers a new avenue of expression to writers of African heritage...

The bill seeks to amend the 2020 Appropriations Act and authorize the issue of the total sum of ₦10,509,654,033,053 only from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation, of which: ₦398,505,979,362 is for Statutory Transfers; ₦2,951,710,000,000 is for Debt Service;

The bill seeks to transfer the subject matter of minimum wage prescription from the Exclusive Legislative List set out under Part I of the Second Schedule to the Concurrent Legislative List set out under Part II of the Second Schedule of the Constitution.

The bill seeks to make comprehensive provisions for the use and control of explosives in Nigeria. The Bill went through the Second reading and was referred to the Committee on National Securities and Intelligence.

The bill seeks to repeal and replace the existing Quarantine Act and aims to empower the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (the “NCDC”), particularly the Director -General of the NCDC (the “D-G of the NCDC”) to take more proactive in preventing/responding to an infectious disease outbreak.

The bill seeks to authorize the issue of the total sum of ₦13,082,420,568,233 (Thirteen Trillion, Eighty-Two Billion, Four Hundred and Twenty Million, Five Hundred and Sixty-Eight Thousand, Two Hundred and Thirty-Three Naira) only from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation, of which:

The Finance Bill, 2020, seeks to achieve the following outcomes

The bill seeks to allow creditor banks to track the account(s) of loan defaulters through their Bank Verification Number (BVN) and recover past and due obligation without recourse to the borrower. The bill empowers banks to deduct money from the account of loan defaulters.