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The House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on 25 March 2020, passed the “Emergency Economic Stimulus Bill 2020”, in a bid to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bill proposes [...]
As part of the Federal Government's intervention efforts to manage the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of Finance, Budget & National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed announced the introduction of a fiscal stimulus [...]
On 15 April 2020, the Nigerian Stock Exchange ('"NSE") released a ‘Guidance on Companies’ Virtual Board, Committee and Management Meetings’ (the “Guidance”). According to the NSE, the Guidance is in response to the shift from conventional physical meetings [...]
on March 30 2020, the Federal Government of Nigeria led by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari made the COVID19 Regulations as a response to the outbreak of the deadly pandemic in Nigeria. The Regulation was made [...]
The above Guidelines was issued on March 26 2020. According to this guidelines, public companies are entitled to take advantage of section 230 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act on the use of proxies. However, [...]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration recently released its guidelines on the cessation of movement within its territory. The Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of FCT, Mr. Anthony Ogunleye noted that new observations have been [...]
The Regulations was contrived by the Edo State Government on the 30 of March 2020. The regulations is made pursuant to the Public Health Law of Western Region of 1959 and section 8 of the Quarantine [...]
The Department of Petroleum Resources issued a circular dated March 30 2020. This circular was made pursuant to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on COVID19 of 29 March 2020. To this end certain measures are meant [...]
CIArb offers this Guidance Note on Remote Dispute Resolution Proceedings to provide parties to existing and future disputes, as well as neutrals, a guide for conducting proceedings in any circumstance where parties to the dispute [...]
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), in compliance with the federal government directive that all non-essential federal government workers are to desist from commuting and working from office location, issued a directive on [...]
The Nigerian Government in order to curb the spread the coronavirus pandemic announced a lockdown for the first time in March in certain states. This was done in order to ensure all citizens are safe [...]
Throughout the world, the covid-19 has been a clog on the economic prosperity of several countries. Things are not the way they used to be. Businesses have stopped making profits due to the restriction of [...]
Many countries have risen to fight the Covid-19 pandemic by making the Healthcare Sector more robust. More facilities have been deployed to different healthcare care centers across the world to ensure that all health practitioners [...]
To fight the Covid-19 pandemic, different individuals, corporate organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations have started donating to the project. In furtherance of this welcome development, the Central Bank of Nigeria issued a circular 8 April 2020 informing [...]
On Monday March 23, 2020, Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) through a circular gave notice of the temporary closure of all of its trading floors and announced that all its traders [...]
In light of the global pandemic of COVID-19 and in furtherance to an earlier circular on March 24, 2020 issued by the commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through another circular on March 31, [...]
On the 24th of March, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) issued the guidelines concerning market focused adjustments to be adopted in the interim in response to the effects of COVID19. Below is a [...]
The unabating spread of the coronavirus (COVID 19) has seen several nations issuing directives to their nationals to stay indoors in order to contain the spread of the virus. This situation has led to employees [...]
The President, Muhammadu Buhari on 30 March 2020 signed into law, the COVID-19 Regulations 2020, pursuant to the powers conferred on the President, under the Quarantine Act. The Regulations seeks to amongst other things, enforce [...]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”) on 16 March, 2020 issued a circular to deposit money banks and the general public, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and spill overs. The circular provides for an extension [...]
