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Regulatory Update: Highlights Of The Guidelines, Letters, Circulars And Notifications Issued In September 2025

The Central Bank of Nigeria ("CBN"), the National Pension Commission ("PenCom"), the Nigerian Immigration Service ("NIS"), the Federal Inland Revenue Service...

Nigeria Finance

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Advocaat Law Practice

Regulatory Update: Key Legal And Compliance Changes In The Cbn Guidelines For The Operations Of Agent Banking In Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday, October 6 2025, issued new operational guidelines for Agent Banking in Nigeria. The purpose of the Guidelines is to strengthen and secure the enabling environment for providing...

Nigeria Finance

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Pavestones Legal

Examining The Prohibition On Financial Assistance And Its Impact On Leveraged Buyouts

In the dynamic landscape of modern corporate finance, leveraged buyouts ("LBOs") have emerged as a powerful tool for corporate restructuring and value creation.

Nigeria Finance

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G ELIAS

Climate Financing: Debt-To-Nature And Debt-For-Climate Swaps

Sub-Saharan Africa has a significant debt profile, owed mostly to international lenders, including sovereign States, multi-lateral agencies and multi-nationals. For instance, with a projected external debt...

Worldwide Finance

ALP NG & Co

Legal Insights On The Central Bank Of Nigeria Open Banking Initiative

Nigeria Finance

Syntegral Legal Practice

Starting A Point Of Sale (POS) Business In Nigeria

Nigeria Finance

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Firmus Advisory

Open Banking In Nigeria: Privacy Concerns & Compliance Obligations

Nigeria Finance

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The Trusted Advisors

Forbearance With Strings: Lessons From The CBN's 2025 Conditional Relief To Banks

Nigeria Finance

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Tope Adebayo LP

Recapitalisation Options For BDC Operators: What The New CBN Guidelines Mean

Nigeria Finance

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Duale Ovia & Alex-Adedipe

A 2025 Playbook For Private Capital In Nigeria: Charting Change

Nigeria Finance

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Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

CBN's Open Banking Guidelines: Implications For Non-Bank Entities

Nigeria Finance

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Balogun Harold

Nigeria's Open Banking: Data Access Considerations

Nigeria Finance

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Balogun Harold

Money Lending Licence In Nigeria: All You Need To Know

Nigeria Finance

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The Trusted Advisors

Project Finance In Nigeria: Leveraging Step-In Rights To Secure Lender Investments

Nigeria Finance

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Tope Adebayo LP

Understanding Commercial And Microfinance Banking Licenses In Nigeria (TALP's Fintech Series 3)

Nigeria Technology

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Tope Adebayo LP

Emerging Legal Issues In International Trade | AELEX ITPG Webinar 2024 (Video)

Nigeria International

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AELEX

AI In Filmmaking: The Impact Of Generative Content In Filmmaking

Nigeria Technology

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Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

Continuing Conversations At Horizon 2.0

Nigeria Commercial

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Stren & Blan Partners

From Four Walls To No Walls: Nigeria's Public Companies Go Virtual

Nigeria Commercial

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Tunde & Adisa

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Capital Adequacy/BASEL

Regulatory Update: The Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act 2025 – Navigating Compliance

On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, the Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed into law the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act (NIIRA or the "Act") 2025.

Nigeria Insurance

PL

Pavestones Legal

Recapitalisation Options For BDC Operators: What The New CBN Guidelines Mean

In this article, Simisola Eyisanmi and Bankole Oke explore the recapitalisation strategies available to BDCs, from equity and debt financing to mergers and retained earnings, within the context of Nigeria's evolving capital market.

Nigeria Finance

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Duale Ovia & Alex-Adedipe

Recapitalization Of Nigerian Banks Through Rights Issues And Public Offering: Challenges And Prospects

The Central Bank of Nigeria ("CBN"), being the country's apex bank and the regulator of the banking sector, has as one of its key objectives to promote a sound financial system.

Nigeria Finance

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Alliance Law Firm

An Overview Of The Regulatory Changes In The Nigerian Banking & Finance Sector In 2024 And Outlook For 2025

Nigeria Finance

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Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

Beyond Banks And Debt Markets:as A More Flexible Alternative Financing Option For Businesses

Nigeria Finance

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Tope Adebayo LP

Regulatory Update: Increase In The Minimum Share Capital Requirements For Banks

Nigeria Finance

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Tope Adebayo LP

Islamic Finance In Nigeria: 2024 Year In Review And 2025 Outlook

Nigeria Finance

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Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

Differences Between Microfinance Banks And Money Lending Companies In Nigeria

Nigeria Finance

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Resolution Law Firm

Exploring The Corporate Affairs Commission's Comprehensive Guidelines For Banking Sector Recapitalization

Nigeria Finance

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Stren & Blan Partners

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Debt Capital Markets

Understanding The Full Extent Of Amcon's Power To Seize A Property Through Lawsuits Involving The Recovery Of Debts: A Review Of The Decision In Amcon -V- Funmilayo Adeyemi (Unreported: Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1696/2018, Judgement Delivered On 15 July 2020)

The surest way to preserve a debtor's property from dissipation is that the property be attached by a Court order against eventual disposal while proceedings...

Nigeria Real Estate

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Abdu-Salam Abbas & Co

Minimum Share Capital Threshold For Company Registration In Nigeria

Several laws and regulations govern the business sectors in Nigeria. Some of these laws stipulate the minimum share capital required of businesses. Consequently, when a company fails to meet the minimum.

Nigeria Commercial

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Aekley Solicitors

Regulatory Mapping In The Nigerian Fintech Sector (TALP's Fintech Series 4)

Nigeria's Fintech revolution is unstoppable, but so are the regulators. With over 430 companies now transforming how money moves, from digital banking and mobile payments to blockchain...

Nigeria Technology

TA

Tope Adebayo LP

Climate Financing: Debt-To-Nature And Debt-For-Climate Swaps

Worldwide Finance

ALP NG & Co

The Role Of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) In Corporate Finance And Investments

Nigeria Commercial

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The Trusted Advisors

Nigeria's Historic Tax Reform: A Game-Changer With Missing Pieces

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Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

Regulatory Update: Corporate Affairs Commission Issues New Schedule Of Fees

Nigeria Commercial

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Moroom Africa Legal Consults

The Implications Of Debt Financing And Equity Financing On Businesses

Nigeria Commercial

Compos Mentis Legal Practitioners

An Overview Of The Nigerian Investment And Securities Act 2025

Nigeria Finance

Gresyndale Legal

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Charges, Mortgages, Indemnities

Aviation: Financing And Leasing 2025

If the interest in an engine installed in an airframe is held by a person other than the person who holds interest in the airframe, the risk of title annexation does exist...

Nigeria Transport

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Streamsowers & Kohn

Regulatory Update: Corporate Affairs Commission Issues New Schedule Of Fees

The Corporate Affairs Commission (the "CAC") has issued a new schedule of fees (the "Revised Schedule"), superseding the previous regime that governed the cost of incorporation...

Nigeria Commercial

FS

Moroom Africa Legal Consults

Tax Compliance Checklist For Businesses In Nigeria

Operating a business in Nigeria entails more than the delivery of quality goods or services; it also demands strict adherence to applicable tax laws and regulations.

Adeola Oyinlade & Co

The Hidden Costs Of Doing Business In Nigeria: A Call For Reform

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AELEX

How To Perform A Legal Search At The Nigerian Land Registry

Nigeria Real Estate

TT

The Trusted Advisors

Aviation: Finance And Leasing 2024

Nigeria Transport

SK

Streamsowers & Kohn

Demystifying Bank Charges: Legal Implications, Types, And Customer Rights

Nigeria Finance

TT

The Trusted Advisors

CBN Revocation Of Licences – KALEPRON ATTORNEYS' REVIEW

Nigeria Finance

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Kalepron Attorneys

Taxes Levied On Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Nigeria Commercial

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Kalepron Attorneys

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Financial Services

Regulatory Update: Highlights Of The Guidelines, Letters, Circulars And Notifications Issued In September 2025

The Central Bank of Nigeria ("CBN"), the National Pension Commission ("PenCom"), the Nigerian Immigration Service ("NIS"), the Federal Inland Revenue Service...

Nigeria Finance

AP

Advocaat Law Practice

An Overview Of Key Provisons In Nigeria's Investment And Securities Act 2025

The Investments and Securities Act 2025 (the "Act" or ISA 2025), signed into law in March 2025 by President Bola Tinubu marks a significant overhaul of Nigeria's capital market framework.

Nigeria Commercial

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Lexworth Legal Partners

The Bank Loan That Disappeared: How One Missed Step Left A Security Trustee Hanging

In Nigeria's corporate finance space, there's an assumption that a few signed documents are enough to protect a trustee.

Nigeria Commercial

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Charis Legal Practice

Regulatory Update: Key Legal And Compliance Changes In The Cbn Guidelines For The Operations Of Agent Banking In Nigeria

Nigeria Finance

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Pavestones Legal

News Alert: Investment And Securities Act, 2025

Nigeria Commercial

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DCSL Corporate Services Limited

(Policy Analysis Of The 2025 Tax Reform Acts) Pt.3- The Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Act 2025, And The Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Act, 2025

TA

Tunde & Adisa

Regulatory Mapping In The Nigerian Fintech Sector (TALP's Fintech Series 4)

Nigeria Technology

TA

Tope Adebayo LP

Examining The Prohibition On Financial Assistance And Its Impact On Leveraged Buyouts

Nigeria Finance

GE

G ELIAS

Climate Financing: Debt-To-Nature And Debt-For-Climate Swaps

Worldwide Finance

ALP NG & Co

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Lawspectives: Debt Recovery By Gabriel Cornelius (Video)

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Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

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