By a letter to the Senate President dated 28th March 2019, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria declined to assent to the National Housing Fund (Establishment) Bill 2018 (“the Bill”) which was earlier passed [...]
Recently, the Central Bank of Nigeria issued the Regulations on End-to-End Electronic Payment of Salaries, Pensions and Other Remittances, Suppliers and revenue collections in Nigeria (the Regulation). The Regulation seeks to promote safe and effective [...]
The International Trademark Association (INTA) will be holding a two day training workshop for the officials of the Trademarks Office in Abuja, Nigeria. One of our Partners, Davidson Oturu, will be a facilitator at the workshop [...]
Our Oluwasemilore Atewologun (Associate) and Chizaram Uzodinma (Associate) will be attending the 1st Annual African Arbitration Association Conference scheduled to take place on the 3rd and 4th of April 2019 at the International Convention Centre in [...]
ǼLEX has been nominated to receive a special recognition award at the PEBEC Awards Ceremony, set to hold on Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 in Abuja, Nigeria. This award is in recognition of the firm's contribution [...]
ǼLEX is proud to be one of the sponsors of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) Annual Conference taking place in Nairobi Kenya.
At the PEBEC Awards ceremony held at the Presidential Villa yesterday 3rd April, 2019, ǼLEX received an award for its contribution towards capacity building in the 2018 ease of doing business reforms in Nigeria. The [...]
We congratulate Mrs. Funke Adekoya SAN for winning the the 'WOMEN IN LAW AWARD' at the 7 Wonder Women Awards Ceremony Ball. This award was facilitated through a partnership between Guardian Woman and Lexan Media Services [...]
In the second part of this series, our Ademola Adeyoju delves further into the union between Financial Technology (FinTech) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). You may click on the link to access part 1 of the article: [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving innovation and as technology advances, so too does the ability to use AI in diverse ways. This has led to the recent uptrend in AI deployment by start-ups and large [...]
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Adesegun Akin-Olugbade has joined the firm as International Counsel. He joins the firm after over 30 years of working in the legal profession and financial services sector. He was [...]
Members of our Infrastructure Practice Group recently contributed to volume 13, issue 3 of the IBA Construction Law International (CLInt) Journal, 2018. Our Olusina Sipasi (Partner) and Chizaram Uzodinma (Associate) provided answers to the CLInt [...]
Senior Associate Perenami Momodu from our Insolvency Practice will be delivering a presentation at the Focus Group Session of The Enabling Business Environment Secretariat (EBES). Her presentation will focus on the expected insolvency reforms in [...]
ǼLEX Partner, Mrs. Funke Adekoya SAN, has been appointed as a member of the Expert Study Group commissioned to coordinate the conduct of the Commonwealth International Arbitration Study. The appointment comes on the heels of the [...]
Introduction A local company which intends to employ foreigners in Nigeria is required to assume immigration formalities as well as certain responsibilities for such employees. This entails obtaining several approvals and permits required by the Nigeria [...]
INTRODUCTION The Companies and Allied Matters Act Chapter C20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 (CAMA) was enacted in 1990. Although it was an improvement of the repealed Companies Act 1968, it can be [...]
INTRODUCTION The doctrine of legitimate expectation demands that a public authority respects and applies its stated position or sustained practice in exercising its powers. It is a principle of fairness in the exercise of public powers [...]
INTRODUCTION In March 2018, the Court of Appeal upheld the ruling of the Federal High Court (the trial Court) and decided that the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) acted beyond its statutory powers [...]
INTRODUCTION Through the years, Nigeria has lacked comprehensive legislation which protects against the misuse and mismanagement of personal data. However, on 28th January 2019, the National Information Technology Development Agency’s (NITDA) took a bold step towards [...]
