The Corporate Affairs Commission (“the Commission”) has issued a public notice stating that the Commission will be open to customers with effect from Wednesday 6 May 2020 and has provided guidelines in this regard. According [...]
The National Judicial Council (NJC) on 4 May 2020 released a Circular addressed to all Heads of Courts/Judicial Bodies, Federal and State Judiciaries. The Circular was issued following the Guidelines issued by the Presidential Task [...]
The Chief Judge of Oyo State on 28th April 2020 issued Practice Directions on court sittings in Oyo State. The Practice Directions are made in line with the COVID-19 Regulations and pursuant to the Quarantine [...]
On 29th April 2020, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court released a circular on remote hearing in the Federal High Court. In the circular, the Chief Judge warned against sudden applications of remote [...]
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant virtual reality the world has been thrust into, the Lagos State Judiciary has released Practice Directions for remote hearing of cases. The Practice Directions apply to [...]
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Friday, February 28, 2020 in one of its releases addressed concerns of the general public on price gouging, unreasonable and arbitrary increase in process of protective [...]
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 Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) issued a circular sharing recommended practices that are proving effective in managing the spread of the Corona Virus across the industry. According to the circular, strategies adopted by Industry [...]
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (“NECA”) on 25 April 2020, issued circular addressing Employment Contracts and salary obligations to employees during the COVID-19 lockdown. According to NECA, employers’ obligations to pay wages to its staff [...]
The Federal Capital Territory Inland Revenue Service has issued a public notice extending the due date for filing Individual Income Tax Returns from 31 March 2020 to 30 June 2020, particularly for residents of the Federal [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
