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The Act does not repeal the Evidence Act 2011 (“the Principal Act”) but introduces key innovations to bring the Principal Act in line with global.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/nigerian-evidence-law-accommodates-technological-advancements) [Commercial Crime](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Templars](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/templars) ## [The What and Why of Nigeria’s Grey Listing by the Financial Action Task Force and its Implications on Businesses Operating in Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-what-and-why-of-nigerias-grey-listing-by-the-financial-action-task-force-and-its-implications-on-businesses-operating-in-nigeria) This designation indicates increased monitoring by FATF as both countries actively work to address strategic deficiencies in combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/investigations-white-collar-and-compliance-digest) [Corporate Commercial](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Templars](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/templars) ## [Stress-Testing the Legal Regime for Single-Member Private Companies](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/stress-testing-the-legal-regime-for-single-member-private-companies) The legal framework for single member private companies was one of the major reforms introduced by the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA). In principle, this corporate structure allows for the formation, management, and operation of a private company, by a singl.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/stress-testing-the-legal-regime-for-single-member-private-companies) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Tax](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) [Templars](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/templars) ## [Nigeria’s Imposition of Excise Tax on Phone Calls, Text Messages and Data Usage – Implications on Businesses](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/nigerias-imposition-of-excise-tax-on-phone-calls-text-messages-and-data-usage-implications-on-businesses) Taxation is not just a tool to generate revenue for the government. It is also deployed to encourage businesses, fight social vices, lift majority of the citizenry out of poverty, and, overall, balance social and economic needs of the society. When a country focuses its a.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/nigerias-imposition-of-excise-tax-on-phone-calls-text-messages-and-data-usage-implications-on-businesses) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Tax](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) [International agreements](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/international-agreements) [Templars](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/templars) ## [The Implications of Nigeria’s Refusal to Endorse the OECD/G20 IF Digital Tax Deal](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-implications-of-nigerias-refusal-to-endorse-the-oecd/g20-if-digital-tax-deal) The internet has simplified communication and eradicated distance; however, it has also brought its own challenges. While the generation of remote income has expanded to continents where companies have neither presence nor jurisdiction, the controversy of digital ta.. 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