--- title: Afriwise Blog | Nigeria (17) description: Nigeria | (17) --- [![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) [Intellectual Property](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Jackson, Etti & Edu](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/jackson-etti-edu) ## [The Impact of Section 43(2) of the Plant Variety Protection Act 2021](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-impact-of-section-432-of-the-plant-variety-protection-act-2021) The introduction of the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) in Nigeria created intellectual property (IP) right incentives to breeders as well as an access to foreign collaboration. The lack of a regulatory framework protecting IP in new plant varieties had discouraged forei.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-impact-of-section-432-of-the-plant-variety-protection-act-2021) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Intellectual Property](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) [S.P.A. Ajibade & Co.](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/s.p.a.-ajibade-co) ## [Is registration of copyright a requirement for proving infringement? A critical analysis of the ruling of the Federal High Court in the case of Paul Allen Oche v. Nigerian Breweries Plc & 3 Ors.](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/is-registration-of-copyright-a-requirement-for-proving-infringement-a-critical-analysis-of-the-ruling-of-the-federal-high-court-in-the-case-of-paul-allen-oc-1635334095048) Copyright under the Nigerian Copyright Act,\[2\] is a legal protection granted to creators or originators of creative works, whether Literary, Musical, Artistic or Cinematographic works or an adaptation of any of these eligible works.\[3\] Copyright confers an exclusive and a.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/is-registration-of-copyright-a-requirement-for-proving-infringement-a-critical-analysis-of-the-ruling-of-the-federal-high-court-in-the-case-of-paul-allen-oc-1635334095048) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Tax](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) [Energy & Natural Resources](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) [Petroleum Industry Act](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/petroleum-industry-act) [Goldsmiths Solicitors](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/goldsmiths-solicitors) ## [The Tax and Fiscal Regime under the Petroleum Industry Act 2021](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-tax-and-fiscal-regime-under-the-petroleum-industry-act-2021) In our third series examining the main provisions of the newly enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), we consider some of the tax and fiscal provisions under the Act. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-tax-and-fiscal-regime-under-the-petroleum-industry-act-2021) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Tax](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) [Value Added Tax (VAT)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/value-added-tax-vat) [Templars](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/templars) ## [Attorney General of Rivers State vs. Federal Inland Revenue Service: A Review of the Pros and Cons of this Landmark VAT Decision](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/attorney-general-of-rivers-state-vs.-federal-inland-revenue-service-a-review-of-the-pros-and-cons-of-this-landmark-vat-decision) The recent decision in the case between Attorney General of Rivers State vs Federal Inland Revenue Service & Attorney General of the Federation by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt rendered a groundbreaking decision on the implementation and collection o.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/attorney-general-of-rivers-state-vs.-federal-inland-revenue-service-a-review-of-the-pros-and-cons-of-this-landmark-vat-decision) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Insolvency and Restructuring](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/insolvency-and-restructuring) [Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/udo-udoma-belo-osagie) ## [Innovations in corporate insolvency in Nigeria under the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/innovations-in-corporate-insolvency-in-nigeria-under-the-companies-and-allied-matters-act-2020) #### On 7th August 2020, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, assented to the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (“CAMA 2020”) which repealed and replaced the .. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/innovations-in-corporate-insolvency-in-nigeria-under-the-companies-and-allied-matters-act-2020) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Employment Law](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-law) [ǼLEX](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ǽlex) ## [Contracts of Employment and Limitation Laws: is The National Industrial Court Rewriting the Law?](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/contracts-of-employment-and-limitation-laws-is-the-national-industrial-court-rewriting-the-law) As a general principle, limitation laws apply to all civil actions. Consequently, once an action is caught by a limitation law, it cannot be sustained, and a court is divested of the jurisdiction to entertain it.   However recently, the National Indus.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/contracts-of-employment-and-limitation-laws-is-the-national-industrial-court-rewriting-the-law) [Corporate Commercial](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Goldsmiths Solicitors](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/goldsmiths-solicitors) ## [How a Foreigner can Register a Local Company in Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/how-a-foreigner-can-register-a-local-company-in-nigeria) Nigeria operates a free-market economy and there are no restrictions on foreigners setting up companies in Nigeria. Subject to the laws of Nigeria, a foreign individual or entity can set up a fully owned company in Nigeria and operate, emplo.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/how-a-foreigner-can-register-a-local-company-in-nigeria) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Financial Services](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) [Cryptocurrencies](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/cryptocurrencies) [Pavestones](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/pavestones) ## [eNaira - The Future of Digital Currency in Nigeria?](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/enaira-the-future-of-digital-currency-in-nigeria) On the 5th day of February 2021, the Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”) instructed banks and other financial institutions to refrain from dealing with cryptocurrency (a digital currency) and facilitating payment for cryptocurrency exchanges. With this, various crypto-b.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/enaira-the-future-of-digital-currency-in-nigeria) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Financial Services](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) [Fintech](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/fintech) [ǼLEX](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ǽlex) ## [Requirements for dealing in Foreign Securities in Nigeria and the role of the Regulators](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/requirements-for-dealing-in-foreign-securities-in-nigeria-and-the-role-of-the-regulators) There has been a lot of interest in the activities of investment technology companies (investment tech) as some of them have been utilising platforms offering securities of foreign companies to investors in Nigeria. However, these platforms have had to contend with .. 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