--- title: Afriwise Blog | Nigeria (13) description: Nigeria | (13) --- [![Afriwise](https://insights.afriwise.com/hubfs/Logos/Afriwise/Afriwise%20logo.svg)](https://afriwise.com/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) - [Insights](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [Solutions](https://afriwise.com/solutions/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - Insights - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) # Welcome to Africa’s legal blog Never miss a beat on Africa's legal and regulatory landscape. - [Legislation (287)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) - [South Africa (227)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) - [Nigeria (157)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) - [Kenya (151)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) - [Financial Services (128)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) - [ICT (106)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) - [Tanzania (102)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) - [Regulation (87)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/regulation) - [Corporate Commercial (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) - [Tax (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) - [Case discussion (78)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) - [Uganda (66)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) - [Intellectual Property (58)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) - [Energy & Natural Resources (57)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) - [Ghana (55)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) - [Employment and labour (52)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) - [Data Protection (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-protection) - [Mozambique (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mozambique) - [Commercial Crime (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) - [Competition/Antitrust (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) - [Dispute Resolution (47)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) - [Mauritius (46)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) - [Environment (44)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) - [Zambia (38)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) - [Projects and Procurement (26)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [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.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-implications-of-nigerias-refusal-to-endorse-the-oecd/g20-if-digital-tax-deal) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Energy & Natural Resources](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Olaniwun Ajayi](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/olaniwun-ajayi) ## [NNPC Limited: Understanding the Hybrid Identity of Nigeria’s National Oil Company](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/nnpc-limited-understanding-the-legal-status-of-nigerias-national-energy-company) With the historic passage of the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021 (the PIA) there has been an overhaul of the legal and regulatory landscape of the Nigerian oil and gas industry, extending to the establishment of key institutions as regulators of technical and commercial acti.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/nnpc-limited-understanding-the-legal-status-of-nigerias-national-energy-company) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Intellectual Property](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) [Trademark infringement](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/trademark-infringement) [Banwo & Ighodalo](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/banwo-ighodalo) ## [Trademark Infringement: Analyzing The Concept Of “Confusingly Similar Trademarks"](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/trademark-infringement-analyzing-the-concept-of-confusingly-similar-trademarks) 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 be any cleare.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/trademark-infringement-analyzing-the-concept-of-confusingly-similar-trademarks) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Tax](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) [Case discussion](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) [ǼLEX](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ǽlex) ## [AELEX secures landmark judgment on whether legislation should apply to trading conducted prior to its enactment, even if tax filings are made after enactment](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/aelex-secures-landmark-judgment-on-whether-legislation-should-apply-to-trading-conducted-prior-to-its-enactment-even-if-tax-filings-are-made-after-enactment) On 27 June 2022, AELEX secured a landmark judgement for Accugas Limited (“Accugas”) at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court (“the “FHC) by moving the FHC to hold that the Finance Act, 2019 (“FA 2019”), which was assented to on 13 January 2020 should not apply to t.. 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Specifically, the public has expressed concerns that the Code is yet another attempt by the Nigerian Government to re.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/exploring-the-nitda-code-of-practice-and-its-potential-impact-on-social-media-and-online-platforms) [Commercial Crime](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [OALP](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/oalp) ## [Money Laundering Prevention and Prohibition Act 2022: Enhanced Anti Money Laundering Regime in Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/money-laundering-prevention-and-prohibition-act-2022-enhanced-anti-money-laundering-regime-in-nigeria) The passage of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 – which repealed the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, No. 11, 2011 – has introduced significant changes to the legal and institutional framework for the prevention and prohibition of money.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/money-laundering-prevention-and-prohibition-act-2022-enhanced-anti-money-laundering-regime-in-nigeria) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Contracts](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/contracts) [Projects and Procurement](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [ǼLEX](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ǽlex) ## [A Review of the Contractor's Power](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/a-review-of-the-contractors-power) When project owners refuse to pay contractors or have denied them access to the construction sites, contractors react in several ways. One such reaction is to suspend further performance of works until payment is made or access to the site is given. However, the contracto.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/a-review-of-the-contractors-power) [Commercial Crime](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [OALP](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/oalp) ## [The Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act, 2022: Revitalizing Nigeria’s Anti-Graft War](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-proceeds-of-crime-recovery-and-management-act-2022-revitalizing-nigerias-anti-graft-war) On 12 May 2022 the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act came into effect. Drawing from local experience in the anti-graft war, and noticeably influenced by international instruments such as the UN Convention on Corruption, the.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-proceeds-of-crime-recovery-and-management-act-2022-revitalizing-nigerias-anti-graft-war) [Commercial Crime](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Anti-Money laundering](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/anti-money-laundering) [Combatting of Financing of terrorism](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/combatting-of-financing-of-terrorism) [Aluko & Oyebode](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/aluko-oyebode) ## [Assent of New Laws on Anti-Money Laundering/ Combatting of Financing of Terrorism in Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/assent-of-new-laws-on-anti-money-laundering/-combatting-of-financing-of-terrorism-in-nigeria) On 12 May 2022, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari as part of the efforts to strengthen the AML/CFT regime in Nigeria signed into law the following Bills; (i) Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022 (ii) Terrorism (Preventi.. 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