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Investment bank is a type of bank that acts as an intermediary that undertakes large and complex financial transactions on behalf other companies or government. Such financial transactions include underwriting/ issuing house for securities issuing companies and investors, facilitating merger of 2 competitors,…

Introduction With the rapid growth of technology, Start-ups have continually found ways to improve financial services. This trend has been matched by the growing appetite of consumers globally, for faster and more convenient financial services. The financial sector in Nigeria has witnessed a…

A trade union is an organization made up of members and its membership must be made up mainly of workers. Its main aim is to protect and advance the interests of its members in the workplace. Trade Unions Act is the main…

The Nigerian Police Service Commission was established under Section 153 of the Nigerian constitution and the Police Service Commission Establishment Act of 2001. The commission is an oversight body over the Nigeria Police Force. It has the power to appoint, promote and discipline all police officers of the Nigerian…

The procedure to conduct search and verify a land titles in Lagos State at the Land Registry cuts across different stages. The overall purpose of verifying a landed property is to check if the land has a good root of title and also…

In summary, Open Banking is a system that grants third-party providers (TPPs) open access to consumer banking, transactions, and other financial data from banks and non-bank financial institutions(NBFIs) through the use of Application Programming Interface (API). With Open Banking, customers can share their…

Introduction. The Nigerian Trade Marks Act[1] (Act) prohibits the registration of a trademark which is confusingly similar to an already existing trademark and which is likely to deceive or cause confusion in the course of trade[2]. While the provision of the law couldn’t…

INTRODUCTION In December 2021, it was widely reported that the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court had declared marriages conducted at the Federal Marriage Registry in Ikoyi illegal. Despite the reassurances of the Federal Government that marriages conducted at the Federal Marriage…

INTRODUCTION Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is fast becoming popular as a relatively easier method of resolving disputes across the world and intellectual property (“IP”) is not an exception. This is apparent from the rising number of disputes handled by the World Intellectual…