Business Law and Corporate Law

Wealthy African families are shifting their approach to family offices, prioritizing governance frameworks and ownership structures over investment strategy as they transition from founder-led wealth to multigenerational stewardship. This distinctly African model addresses the structural gaps that emerge when significant portfolios grow across operating businesses, real estate, and global investments without coordinated ownership frameworks or formal governance systems.

Under the Act, settlors who are typically petroleum operators, are required to establish and fund these trusts for the benefit of host communities.

Love is many things and often spoken about in emotional terms like affection, sacrifice, partnership and shared history. But families who endure understand something else: Love is also structure.

In today's digital workplace, it is common for employers to provide employees with laptops and other electronic devices to facilitate the performance of their duties. Questions often arise, however, where an employee resigns unexpectedly, is suspended pending investigation, or is suspected of misconduct.

As artificial intelligence transforms business operations at unprecedented speed, boards of directors face a critical governance challenge: managing AI deployment within existing legal frameworks while navigating regulatory gaps. This analysis examines how Nigerian corporate law places AI governance squarely within boardroom responsibility, exploring the intersection of fiduciary duties, emerging legislation, and the unique liability questions raised when AI systems act with agency but without accountabilit

Family businesses are the quiet engine of the global economy, accounting for a large share of the jobs and output of almost every country on earth. Yet they share one stubborn weakness: most do not outlive the people who build them. Studies of family enterprises find repeatedly that only a minority survive into the second generation, and fewer into the third.1 The problem is rarely a lack of talent or ambition. It is a lack of structure.

Nigeria is modernizing its financial markets through two major regulatory developments: a Presidential Executive Order establishing coordinated oversight of virtual assets, and proposed SEC rules governing cross-border securities trading. These reforms aim to create a more transparent investment ecosystem while balancing innovation with investor protection and regulatory clarity.

Nigeria has taken another significant step towards bringing virtual assets, cryptocurrency businesses and blockchain-enabled financial services within a more coordinated regulatory framework. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026 should not be viewed as another attempt to prohibit digital assets. Nor does it replace the existing powers of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Nigeria Revenue Service or other relevant agencies.

Nigeria's Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026 introduces a coordinated regulatory framework for digital assets, establishing a Virtual Asset Council to strengthen cooperation among existing authorities while preserving their statutory mandates.

Family businesses are the quiet engine of the global economy, accounting for a large share of the jobs and output of almost every country on earth. Yet they share one stubborn weakness: most do not outlive the people who build them. Studies of family enterprises find repeatedly that only a minority survive into the second generation, and fewer into the third.1 The problem is rarely a lack of talent or ambition. It is a lack of structure.

Nigeria’s real estate sector has become one of the most valuable and resilient parts of the national economy, with a projected market value above $2.42 trillion by 2026.1 For institutional buyers and high-net-worth Investors, property offers a hedge against inflation and a source of steady returns- and that appetite keeps the deals flowing.

This article explores the comprehensive framework of trade dress and get-up protection in Nigeria, examining how visual elements beyond traditional trademarks can secure brand identity. It delves into the legal mechanisms available for protecting the overall appearance and presentation of products in the Nigerian market.