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Summary Of Key Changes To The Investment And Securities Act 2025

The Investments and Securities Act ("ISA") 2025 marks a significant milestone in Nigeria's capital market regulation, coming into effect 18 years after the Investment and Securities Act 2007 (the "Repealed Act").

Nigeria Finance

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PwC Nigeria

Innovating Commodity Finance: The Legal Framework For Warehouse Receipts Under Nigeria's ISA 2025

The commodity market is a significant driver of Nigeria's economic output, contributing between one - third and two - fifths of the national GDP .

Nigeria Finance

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Stren & Blan Partners

The Compliance Alert An Overview Of The Operational Guidelines For Open Banking In Nigeria Compliance

The traditional banking system was defined by structural inefficiencies which included high cost of transactions, limited financial access, lack of transparency, and most of all dawdling service delivery.

Nigeria Finance

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Babalakin & Co.

The CBN's Draft Guidelines On ATM Operations: Emerging Compliance And Regulatory Trends In Nigeria's Banking Landscape

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday, October 9 2025, issued draft guidelines for the operation of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in Nigeria ("Guidelines").

Nigeria Finance

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Pavestones Legal

Unlocking Capital – Creating Security Interests In Nigeria's Upstream Petroleum Sector

Nigeria Finance

AP

Advocaat Law Practice

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

Nigeria Finance

AP

Advocaat Law 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

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

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

uA

Firmus Advisory

Open Banking In Nigeria: Privacy Concerns & Compliance Obligations

Nigeria Finance

TT

The Trusted Advisors

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

Nigeria Finance

TA

Tope Adebayo LP

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

Nigeria Finance

DO

Duale Ovia & Alex-Adedipe

Resolving Erroneous Electronic Transfers Without Court Orders: Examining The Central Bank Of Nigeria Regulation On Instant (Inter-Bank) Electronic Funds Transfer Services

Nigeria Finance

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G ELIAS

Understanding The Hotel Occupancy And Restaurant Consumption Tax Law Of Lagos State

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SimmonsCooper Partners

Legal Implications Of Ransomware In Nigeria: Legal Risks, Regulatory Duties And Cybersecurity Compliance

Nigeria Technology

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Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

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

Nigeria Finance

PL

Pavestones Legal

Emerging Issues On The Admissibility Of Electronic Evidence In Nigeria: An Examination Of Notable Judicial Authorities

Nigeria Litigation

Compos Mentis Legal Practitioners

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Capital Adequacy/BASEL

Nigeria's Insurance Industry Reform Act, 2025: A Deep Dive Into Reform And Its Challenges

After 22 years, Nigeria's insurance sector finally experienced a regulatory transformation as President Bola Tinubu assented to the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Bill...

Nigeria Insurance

AP

Advocaat Law Practice

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

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

TA

Tope Adebayo LP

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

Nigeria Finance

TA

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

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Debt Capital Markets

Summary Of Key Changes To The Investment And Securities Act 2025

The Investments and Securities Act ("ISA") 2025 marks a significant milestone in Nigeria's capital market regulation, coming into effect 18 years after the Investment and Securities Act 2007 (the "Repealed Act").

Nigeria Finance

PW

PwC Nigeria

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

AS

Aekley Solicitors

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

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

TT

The Trusted Advisors

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

OA

Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

Regulatory Update: Corporate Affairs Commission Issues New Schedule Of Fees

Nigeria Commercial

FS

Moroom Africa Legal Consults

The Implications Of Debt Financing And Equity Financing On Businesses

Nigeria Commercial

Compos Mentis Legal Practitioners

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Charges, Mortgages, Indemnities

Unlocking Capital – Creating Security Interests In Nigeria's Upstream Petroleum Sector

The enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 and the subsequent Nigerian Upstream Petroleum (Assignment of Interests) Regulations...

Nigeria Finance

AP

Advocaat Law Practice

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

SK

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

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

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Financial Services

IP Finance: Leveraging Intellectual Property Assets

IP Finance (Intellectual Property Finance) is the concept of treating intellectual property assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and design rights as economic and financial assets...

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O. Kayode & Co.

Nigeria's Solar Mini-Grid Surge: A Blueprint For Emerging Markets?

On September 9, 2025, United Capital Infrastructure Fund (UCIF) announced the signing of a $3.2 million dollars (approximately N5 billion naira) revolving credit facility with Nigeria's leading clean energy company, Husk Power Energy Systems Nigeria Limited (Husk Power) at the Africa Climate Summit (ACS) in Addis Ababa.

TA

Tope Adebayo LP

Summary Of Key Changes To The Investment And Securities Act 2025

The Investments and Securities Act ("ISA") 2025 marks a significant milestone in Nigeria's capital market regulation, coming into effect 18 years after the Investment and Securities Act 2007 (the "Repealed Act").

Nigeria Finance

PW

PwC Nigeria

Innovating Commodity Finance: The Legal Framework For Warehouse Receipts Under Nigeria's ISA 2025

Nigeria Finance

SB

Stren & Blan Partners

The Compliance Alert An Overview Of The Operational Guidelines For Open Banking In Nigeria Compliance

Nigeria Finance

BC

Babalakin & Co.

The CBN's Draft Guidelines On ATM Operations: Emerging Compliance And Regulatory Trends In Nigeria's Banking Landscape

Nigeria Finance

PL

Pavestones Legal

Training As Control: Why Compliance Training Is Every Institution's First Line Of Defence

Nigeria Compliance

Syntegral Legal Practice

Data Privacy Considerations On Open Banking In Nigeria

Nigeria Privacy

AP

Advocaat Law Practice

Nigeria's Insurance Industry Reform Act, 2025: A Deep Dive Into Reform And Its Challenges

Nigeria Insurance

AP

Advocaat Law Practice

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Lawspectives: Debt Recovery By Gabriel Cornelius (Video)

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Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

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