12/30/2021
Union Bank of Nigeria was established in 1917 and is one of Nigeria's long-standing and most respected financial institutions, offering a portfolio of banking services to individuals, SMEs, commercial and corporate clients.
12/29/2021
The joint committee is made up of representatives from FCCPC, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
12/29/2021
Law firm Ahmednasir, Abdikadir and Company Advocates argues that the process of placing Imperial Bank under statutory management was unlawful.
12/20/2021
Following BoG’s preliminary investigations which have shown that these claims are fake, BoG has referred such matters to EOCO for further investigation.
12/16/2021
Malcolm Moller, Managing Partner of Appleby’s Mauritius office said “We are delighted to have been nominated for this award which is a direct reflection of our team’s commitment and dedication to helping clients meet their business objec
12/08/2021
In simple terms a “loop” structure was generally created when South African resident individuals, companies, trusts and private equity funds transferred funds or assets from South Africa into a foreign structure
12/08/2021
The LAC held that the facts did not show that any of the three comparators mentioned by the employee justified the conclusion that the salary differentiation was based on a prohibited ground of discrimination.
11/29/2021
Ecobank pointed out that “this is simply a desperate and misplaced measure on the part of Daniel Ofori in the light of the current proceedings before the Supreme Court”.
11/25/2021
The case was brought to court by the Anti-Corruption Commission of Seychelles (ACCS).
11/23/2021
The draft Disciplinary Rules are open for public comment until 18 January 2022.
11/19/2021
The development of an online filing system and the creation of an AFSA Southern African Development Community (SADC) division with a panel of International commercial arbitrators are a welcomed advancement.
11/18/2021
The need to do this typically arises where the opposing party in arbitration against which the award has been issued refuses to comply with the arbitral tribunal’s decision.
11/18/2021
A former chairman of the Pensions Reform Task Team (PRTT) in Nigeria, has been convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment for money laundering and other charges, reports Alfred Olufemi.
11/10/2021
Okon Abang, a judge at a federal high court in Abuja, sentenced Maina to eight years in prison on Nov. 8 after finding him and his company guilty of all twelve counts (essentially of money laundering) filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
11/08/2021
Justices Roselyn Nambuye, Patrick Kiage and Jamila Mohammed, however dismissed the plea, saying there was nothing in the second appeal by Absa, which is of great public interest or requires constitutional interpretation for Supreme Court address.
11/04/2021
The legal battle between him and the company dragged on until March 2020.
11/04/2021
At the hearing of the case on Wednesday (November 3), Justice Toyin Oyekan-Abdullahi, noted that some banks are yet to comply with the court’s October 20, 2021 order granted in favour of the investors.
11/03/2021
Open Banking is premised on data access and leveraging of customer data to enable innovation and competition in banking
10/29/2021
Baker McKenzie supported Standard Chartered Bank’s in-house legal team on this complex cross-border transaction sequence, led by Helen Pinder, Head of Legal, Capital Markets ( Europe, Africa, Americas & MENAP).
10/29/2021
This is due to rising fraud and labour turnover within the industry.