--- title: Afriwise Blog | Nigeria (16) description: Nigeria | (16) --- [![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) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Goldsmiths Solicitors](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/goldsmiths-solicitors) ## [Legal Recap for the Year 2021](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/legal-recap-for-the-year-2021) 2021 was an incredibly busy and exciting year in the Nigerian legal and regulatory landscape. There were major and far-reaching changes in the legal and regulatory frameworks relating to Oil and Gas, FinTech, Banking and Finance, etc. There were also some very brave and l.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/legal-recap-for-the-year-2021) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Fintech](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/fintech) [Regulatory](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/regulatory) [G. Elias & Co.](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/g.-elias-co) ## [The Regulatory Framework of the eNaira](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-regulatory-framework-of-the-enaira) The Central Bank of Nigeria (the ‘’CBN’’) recently issued the Regulatory Guidelines on the eNaira (the ‘’Guidelines’’). The Guidelines was issued pursuant to Section 19 of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007 (“CBN Act”) and the Banks and Other Financial Institut.. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/regulation-of-fintech-in-nigeria-difference-between-mmos-psbs-and-mfbs-version-2.0) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Environment](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Climate change](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/climate-change) [Templars](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/templars) ## [Climate Change And Energy Transition: Is Nigeria on Course With Its New Climate Change Act 2021](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/climate-change-and-energy-transition-is-nigeria-on-course-with-its-new-climate-change-act-2021) The year 2021 will remain historic as the year in which Nigeria made unprecedented and spirited efforts towards the reform of its energy sector through various legislative and policy initiatives. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/climate-change-and-energy-transition-is-nigeria-on-course-with-its-new-climate-change-act-2021) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [ICT](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) [Right to privacy](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/right-to-privacy) [Right to be forgotten](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/right-to-be-forgotten) [Templars](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/templars) ## [Right to Be Forgotten: TEMPLARS Successfully Defends Google](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/right-to-be-forgotten-templars-successfully-defends-google) 26 October 2021, a High Court (HC) sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, dismissed a claim for the enforcement of the right to the erasure of personal data, privacy rights and other fundamental rights against Google LLC. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/trademarks-and-cultural-appropriation-what-is-really-unprotectable) [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) [Punuka](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/punuka) ## [Court Delivers Ruling on Pioneer Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/court-delivers-ruling-on-pioneer-company-voluntary-arrangement-cva-in-nigeria) It is no longer news that the provisions of the new Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020, which repealed and replaced the erstwhile Companies and Matters Act (CAMA), 1990 introduced several innovations aimed at improving business operation in Nigeria and the prot.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/court-delivers-ruling-on-pioneer-company-voluntary-arrangement-cva-in-nigeria) [Corporate Commercial](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Pavestones](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/pavestones) ## [The Nigerian Startup Bill](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-nigerian-startup-bill) The recently introduced Nigerian Startup Bill (“Bill”) is one development that is expected to improve the business environment for Startups in Nigeria when passed into law. It is aimed at creating a favourable environment for Startups by: providing incentives; removing re.. 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