One great way of expanding one’s business is to establish it in other countries like Nigeria, but why foreign direct investments in Nigeria? Nigeria is the most populous African nation, Nigeria continues to attract an increasing number of Foreign Direct investments annually. According to the UNCTAD 2021 World Investment Report, Nigeria’s inflow of Foreign Direct…
50 Years of Civil Practice in the Federal High Court of Nigeria The Federal High Court succeeded the Federal Revenue Court which came into being in 1973. During the 50 years of existence of the Court, it has had 4 developmental stages in terms of Rules of practice. These are the formative Era,…
Nigeria’s court procedural landscape is sluggish and inefficient and needs Reform For decades, civil litigation in Nigeria has been besmirched by leprous devices, seemingly concocted to defeat the ends of justice. Lawyers created these devices to keep themselves looking busy while achieving little. Lawyers wake up in the morning, don their wigs and gowns,…
Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL), through its Associate Partner, Beverley Agbakoba-Onyejianya is pleased to have collaborated with the Sports Industry Working Group (SIWG) comprising the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports (“the Ministry”), and critical sector stakeholders in the sports industry in the formulation of the National Sports Industry Policy(NSIP).…
This Article discusses the issues surrounding Federal Government Land, the payment of Ground Rent and the perfection of Land Title to Lands vested in the Federal Government of Nigeria looking at the extant laws regulating the powers of the State Government to administer and control Lands within their territories. From the promulgation of the Land…