The COVID-19 pandemic continues to significantly affect everything from workplaces, to enterprises, corporations, and national…
7 April 2020
Copyrights and the Music Business
The Nigerian music industry is arguably the most vibrant in Africa, with a reported total revenue of US$39 million in 2016…
31 March 2020
Templars Legislative Watch: The Generating Sets (Prohibition/Ban) Bill 2020
It has been suggested that Nigeria requires approximately 50,000 MW to achieve uninterrupted power supply. However, it…
30 March 2020
Templars Thought Leadership: COVID-19; Managing Legal risks at the Workplace
The World Health Organisation (WHO) finally declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus1 (COVID 19) as a global…
24 February 2020
Legal and Commercial Implications of the Lagos State Motorbike Ban
It is no longer news that the Lagos State Government (“LASG”) has officially banned motorbike and tricycle-taxis, otherwise…
21 February 2020
Templars Legislative Watch – The Nigerian Content Development and Enforcement Bill
The Bill seeks to ensure that first consideration should be given to Nigerian operators in the issuance of licences and permits in the designated…
17 February 2020
The National Policy on Methanol Fuel Production Technology
Nigeria has the 9th largest proven natural gas reserves in the world with approximately 200 trillion cubic feet (tcf). Despite having the largest reserves…
4 February 2020
Templars Thought Leadership – The Impact of the Finance Act on Digital Taxation in Nigeria
The enactment of the Finance Act 2020 on 13 January 2020 introduced various changes to principal tax legislations in Nigeria…
6 January 2020
Templars Legislative Watch: Aviation Sector Bills
In what has been a series of legislative activities within the nation’s aviation sector, the President recently ratified the Montreal and the Beijing Protocols…
9 December 2019
The Finance Bill in five minutes
The finance bill would alter the corporate tax regime with the aim of fostering MSME growth…
3 December 2019
AFCFTA: A blessing or a curse to Nigeria
After a lot of grandstanding, Nigeria on 7th July 2019 appended her signature and engendered the coming into force of the African…
25 November 2019
Templars Legislative Watch: Finance Bill, 2019: SB. 140
On Thursday, 21 November 2019, the Senate passed the Finance Bill, 2019. The Bill seeks to amend seven (7) existing tax and fiscal…