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FCTA NEW GUIDELINES ON THE LOCKDOWN IN ABUJA
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 [...]
EDO STATE DANGEROUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE (EMERGENCY PREVENTION) REGULATIONS
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 [...]
DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES CIRCULAR ON COVID19
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 [...]
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS GUIDANCE NOTES ON REMOTE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEEDINGS
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 [...]
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) COVID-19 DIRECTIVE
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 [...]
TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CHEQUE CLEARING IN THE NIGERIAN CLEARING SYSTEM
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 [...]
GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE N50 BILLION TARGETED CREDIT FACILITY
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 [...]
GUIDELINES FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE N100 BILLION CREDIT SUPPORT FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR
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 [...]
CONTRIBUTIONS/DONATIONS TO CBN-LED COVID-19 RELIEF FUND ACCOUNT DOMILICILED WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
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 [...]
Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Response to COVID-19
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 [...]
Securities and Exchange Commission issues Additional Guidelines on COVID-19
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 [...]
Securities and Exchange Commission issues Guidelines on COVID-19
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 [...]
COVID-19 – Protecting trade secrets with a remote workforce
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 [...]
COVID-19 REGULATIONS 2020
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 [...]
CBN POLICIES AND GUIDELINES IN LIGHT OF COVID-19
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 [...]
FISCAL STIMULUS MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID – 19 PANDEMIC AND OIL PRICE FISCAL SHOCK
The Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget & National Planning, on Monday, 6 April 2020 announced that the President, Muhammadu Buhari approved a Fiscal Stimulus Package, as part of intervention efforts to [...]
PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON EXTENSION OF RESTRICTION ORDER
President Muhammadu Buhari on 13 April 2020 announced the extension of the 14-day restriction which was initially put in place on 30 March 2020, for another 14 days in Lagos, [...]
DATA PRIVACY CHECKLIST FOR WORKING REMOTELY IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, employees have had to work remotely in a manner that can best be described as unprecedented. There are however several risks involved in remote working [...]
NIGERIA COVID-19 LEGAL ISSUES
Download PDF TAB L E OF CONTENTS Banking & Finance Dispute Resolution (Litigation/Arbitration) Energy Infrastructure Insolvency Insurance Labour & Employment Mergers & Acquisitions (M [...]
COVID-19 ALERT: OFFICE CLOSURE
Following the spread of the coronavirus in Nigeria and in Ghana where we have our offices, the respective governments have directed that office facilities be closed and employees have been [...]