#CSR: How to Manage Oil Spills in Nigeria
Oil spills can have severe environmental and economic impacts, so it’s important to manage them effectively. Here are some steps that can be taken to manage oil spills in…H
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Venture Capital Financing versus Terrorist Financing, Victims Caught in the Middle, vis a vis The Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill 2021
Imagine that you have a start up which seeks to develop an artificial pancreas in the hopes of curing diabetes and you make some progress in the process, which is actually scaleable and you get venture capital funds for your start up and you are able to create drugs, as well as the artificial pancreas. Surely, that would be lovely. It would be both creating a business and solving a unique indemic problem in the global community.
#Legal: Clauses to Protect Founders in Private Equity and Venture Capital Deals
However, only $10 million had been dispensed, with Alta Semper refusing to disburse the rest. Mrs Bukky George of Health Plus Ltd brought legal action against Alter Semper Capital. When legal action is brought, obviously it is no longer pleasant between the parties, so things like the attempted/alleged removal of the founder from the day to day running of the Health…
#Legal: Financial Agreements and Covid 19
Covid 19 has brought serious implications to present day financial contracts/facility agreements, requiring lenders and borrowers to contemplate adjusting their terms and any additional leeways to prevent events of default from kicking in. Such moves have included governments and central banks asking other banks to grant compulsory moratoria to borrowers, reduction of interest rates on intervention facilities, etc.
#Legal: The Netflix Syndicated ‘Lion Heart’, Syndicated Loans and other Syndicated Stories
The Netflix Syndicated Lionheart movie, co-produced by Chinny Onwugbenu and Veteran Actress, Genevieve Nnaji was released to its movie viewing platform on the 4th of January 2018, leaving the millennial Nigeria abuzz on the rise of the Nigerian Film Industry…
The Law of Hacking, According to Movie Merry Men, The Real Yoruba Demons.
Filled with so many comical scenes as well as some praise worthy action scenes, this movie is quite enjoyable, but not only that, it presents an apposite canvass to paint in detail certain crimes prohibited under Nigerian Law. These crimes include hacking (cybercrime), conspiracy, receiving stolen property, accessary after the fact and so many others…
#Legal: Top Clauses to include in Your Facility Management Agreement.
Of course, it goes without saying that in order to have an enforceable Facility Management contract, it should be in writing. However, because the services in such contract may be broad and at the same time dynamic or flexible, owners and intending owners of property need to take certain things into consideration as regards specific clauses in such contracts.
#Law: Starting a Business in Nigeria and its Tax Implications
When starting a business, one of the foremost things one might consider would be what kind of business to incorporate. In contemplating that, tax implications might be one of the pertinent factors. What is the coolest kind of company to incorporate with the least amount of tax?