The Quarantine Act V. NCDC Act Debate: Legislative Congruity, Legislative Superfluity, or Implied Repeal?
The advent of COVID-19 in Nigeria brought about the urgent need for governments to put in place measures to curtail the spread of the…
COVID-19 and Competition Law – Nigerian Intervention, and Lessons from Around the World
Since Coronavirus was officially declared a pandemic on 11th March 2020 by the World Health Organization, it has ignited difficult times for individuals, businesses and the global economy in general. There is virtually no…
COVID-19 and Competition Law – Nigerian Intervention, and Lessons from Around the World
Since Coronavirus was officially declared a pandemic on 11th March 2020 by the World Health Organization, it has ignited difficult times for individuals…
COVID-19 & The Nigerian Music Industry
COVID-19 is no doubt changing global lifestyle including music consumption. Tours, live performances, shows and album releases have had to…
Competition & Consumer Protection in a Covid-19 Marketplace
As part of our continued support to our clients faced with unprecedented legal and business issues occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic…
COVID-19: Right to Privacy of Infected Persons
As a result of the spread of the COVID-19 virus, governments around the world are taking measures, some of them extreme, to ensure the safety…
Navigating Transfer Pricing Concerns in the Covid Season
In its latest Interim Economic Outlook of March 2020, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warns that the…
COVID-19: OUR SERVICES TO YOU POST-LOCKDOWN
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Hope you are keeping safe and well.
It’s been five weeks since the Federal Government of Nigeria imposed the lock down in some States…
COVID-19: The 2020 Lagos State Practice Directions for Remote Hearing
As Nigeria continues in its fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic, measures are still being put in place to curb the spread of the disease. However, the…
COVID -19: Impact on Oil Prices; Implication on the Nigerian Oil Industry
In the wake of the fight against Covid-19, many countries of the world were faced with no other option than to take drastic measures to contain…
COVID-19: Privacy and Security Risks in the use of Video Conferencing Tools
Until recently, hours spent in conference rooms each day were a staple of office life, many organisations heavily relied on physical meetings in order to…
COVID-19: Impact on the Insurance Industry
With over two million confirmed cases, COVID-19 is no doubt the biggest challenge facing humanity today and it continues to transform…
COVID-19: Implications for Mergers Between Competitors
Competition and consumer protection authorities around the world have been kept particularly busy by the COVID-19 outbreak. Our…
COVID-19: Threat to the Future of Tech?
In his book Need, Speed, and Greed (How the New Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness and Tame World’s…
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Proposed Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Like all major experiences that happen with life, lessons are learnt, approaches are changed, behaviours are shaped and plans are made…
COVID-19: Implications, Challenges and Opportunities for Private Equity in Nigeria
Being a volatile ecosystem, susceptible to external shocks and global uncertainties, not the least because it is a mono-economy determined…
COVID-19: Impact on the Banking and Financial Services Sector
If polls were held for nominations for the title of ‘Most Talked About Person of the Year’, COVID-19 will be the undisputed winner of the title, as it is…
OALP Webinar | COVID-19: Legal Issues in a Pandemic 2.0
As the world continues to fight COVID-19, we remain committed in our resolve to continue to support our clients in navigating these challenging times…
COVID-19: Central Bank of Nigeria N50BN COVID-19 Intervention Fund (MSME & Household Loans)
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made available N50bn (“the Fund”) by way of Targeted Credit Facility (the “Facility”) intended to serve as…
COVID-19: Health Insurance and Life Cover for Frontline Health Workers
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, governments, healthcare institutions, private companies and individuals globally are responding…
COVID-19 – Competition and Consumer Protection
In these unprecedented times arising from the COVID-19 outbreak, nations around the world have had to tackle the effects of the pandemic on…
COVID19- FAQs for Businesses
As the world battles the outbreak of COVID-19, we understand that our clients are faced with unprecedented legal challenges as it relates to their…
COVID-19- CBN Provides NGN 100 Billion Credit Support to Nigeria’s Healthcare Sector
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought some of the world’s most sophisticated healthcare systems to their knees; and forced Nigeria to stand face to…
COVID19- Nigerian Film Industry Impacts and Business Continuity Measures
The 2020 revenue for the Nigerian Film Industry (“NFI”) was projected at USD1 billion. The Nigerian Box Office (“NBO”), which is an important part of the…
COVID-19- The Pandemic and Employment Related Issues
The debilitating market conditions following the outbreak of COVID-19 is a cause for concern to many. The Pandemic has transmuted into an…
COVID-19: NERC Order on Continuity of Service in the Electricity Supply Industry
President Muhammadu Buhari on 30 March 2020, pursuant to his powers under the Quarantine Act,1 issued a regulation directing the cessation…
COVID-19: NERC Suspends the Planned Increase in End User Electricity Tariffs
Sequel to its issuance of the minor review of the Multi-Year Tariff Order 2015 and the Minimum Remittance Order for the year 2020 in December 2019…
COVID-19: Impact on the Conduct of General Meetings in Nigeria
In order to curb the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Federal Government of Nigeria has placed some States in Nigeria on a total…
The World’s Big Opponent: Impact of COVID-19 on Arbitration in Africa
The continuous spread of the COVID-19 virus has no doubt grounded economic activities all over the world to a complete halt, even as…
Maritime Contracts: Impact of COVID-19 on Time Charterparties in the Nigerian Maritime Sector
As the world currently grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic in ensuring that its transmission globally is curbed and ultimately eradicated…
COVID-19: Contracting Issues
As the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to impact and ground human activities globally, World leaders scramble to mitigate the deleterious effect…
OALP Webinar | COVID-19: Legal Issues in a Pandemic 1.0
As the world continues to fight COVID-19, we understand that our clients will be faced with unprecedented legal and business issues occasioned…
COVID-19- Survive and Thrive – How to Optimise Being on Lockdown
As the world is currently battling with the unprecedented spread of COVID-19 across the globe, which recently reared its ugly head in Nigeria…
COVID-19: President Buhari Restricts Movements in some Nigerian States
President Buhari has directed the cessation of all movements in Lagos, Ogun and the FCT for an initial period of 14 days with effect from 11pm on…
Highlights of Executive Interventions in Selected States
With the astronomical increase in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 across the globe, various countries in the world have…
COVID-19: Central Banking a COVID-19 Economy
The novel strain of coronavirus – Covid19 needs no further introduction as it continues to dominate newspaper frontpages…
COVID-19: Impact on Business and Tax Implications
Given the gross reduction in the volume of economic activities in most countries, including Nigeria; and in some cases, a complete halt…
FIRS Intervention in Response to COVID-19
In a bid to ameliorate some of the potential impacts of the pandemic on businesses in Nigeria, the Executive Chairman of…
COVID-19: Our Commitment to your Health and Safety
Globally, the workplace continues to evolve in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as events continue to unfold and the extent and impact…
COVID-19 Pandemic : Business Impact and Legal Implications
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic. With the shut-down of global stock markets, restrictions on trade…