Law students are the bedrock of future legal scholarship. So, it comes as no surprise that the top echelon of Nigerian lawyers has developed initiatives to instill excellent values in the brightest of law students in the country. Sina Akinmusire, our interviewee on January’s edition of the Law Student of the Month is a recent […]
Quite recently, the rate of career mobility has witnessed an exponential rise, especially with more professionals expressing interest in finance and tech roles. Yet, there’s a more nuanced career switch within the legal profession that is quite common but hardly spoken of. We address this issue in our Lawyer of the Month interview with Chidi […]
Finding an easy headway in careers may prove difficult and taxing. This might be a result of adaptation to workspaces and pressures attributed thereto, which might prove to be uneasy and tedious. It is okay to feel overwhelmed by the uncertainty the future holds, especially as it regards career paths, and this is why it […]
Internships and Job Opportunities 1. Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe Recruitment Exercise Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe is seeking to employ Associates in the following departments: Litigation Telecommunications, Media & Technology Capital Markets Job Description To provide expert legal support and advice to clients; take instructions from clients; and advise on necessary courses of legal action. Clients […]
Although blockchain is predominantly utilised in the financial sector today, its value is noticeably more, being that it is widely associated with cryptocurrencies. Similarly, as an integral part of the effective functioning of the state, the quest for bettering and improving taxation is infinite. This paper sets out to examine blockchain and its design while exploring its potential for the tax economy.
It is the generally accepted view that the powers of various courts are limited by their territorial jurisdiction. The Judgment given in a particular jurisdiction may have no force or power beyond the jurisdiction in which the Judgment was given save where other jurisdictions have agreed to such judgments to be enforceable in their territories. In light of the above, this article explains the limitation to the application of foreign judgements in Nigeria.
“Eneke the bird says that since men have learned to shoot without missing, he has learned to fly without perching”. Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart. Nigeria’s fledgling fintech industry has recorded a number of successes in recent years. In 2019, foreign direct investments in Nigeria’s fintech space grew to $460,000,000 (Four Hundred And Sixty Million […]
BY IBRAHIM USMAN WALI Many global corporate arrangements and rearrangements today are technologically concentrated. Start-ups and corporates alike are being purchased and sold solely for their tech substance. In the tech sector, particularly software, the bulk of proprietary rights are intangible, thereby making them Intellectual Property assets. Just like tangibles, Intellectual Property rights in software […]
INTRODUCTION The Nigerian music industry is one of the country’s fastest-growing sectors with an estimated worth of $39 million as of 2016 and projected to reach a 73 million dollar figure by 2021 according to a PWC report. The industry’s huge prospect has attracted global attention and direct involvement of the world’s biggest music labels. […]
Content Dividend tax Dividend tax policy Where to Find Qualified Dividends Dividend Tax Rates in 2023 Dividend income How Are Dividends Taxed? Qualified and Nonqualified Dividend Tax Rates Equity-financed corporate investments are also generally taxed more heavily than non-corporate investments. Recall that non-corporate investments are subject to a single layer of taxation.20 Differentials in tax […]
