The outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has disrupted the world’s economy. As already known, the virus was first detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, it soon spread to other countries of the world, with many international travel hubs like London and New York being badly hit.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020 declared COVID-19 a global pandemic owing to the fact that it has universally become a threatening illness affecting over 110 countries in the world and continuously spreading at a geometric rate. In January 2020, the agency had termed it a ‘public health emergency of international concern’.
The National Pension Commission (“PENCOM”) on 28
I was indeed elated when I received the invitation from the Faculty of Law of this citadel of learning, to speak to the students. This is because I consider every speech made to young people (not just aspirants to the Bar) as an opportunity to contribute positively towards shaping their future.
The concept of intellectual property is a fascinating area of law that covers generally; the protection of the expression of ideas as 'works' under copyright; the protection of inventions under patent; and the protection of logos under trademarks.
The importance of energy stability and efficiency cannot be overemphasized for the advancement and development for economies across the world.
Nigeria is abuzz with crowdfunding. In 2021, Nigerian startups raised over $1.6 billion in funding.¹ Out of about $4 billion startups funding that Africa attracted in 2021, Nigeria earned the largest chunk of $1.37 billion.² One of the major tools presently being employed to garner such humongous funding is the innovation of crowdfunding. According to Regulation 1 of the SEC Rules on Crowdfunding 2021, crowdfunding is the process ... read more
J-K Gadzama LLP has appointed Mr. Francis Oronsaye as the new Managing Partner of the Firm. The appointment is geared towards the efficient management of the Firm.
Prior to his appointment as the firm's Managing Partner, Mr. Oronsaye had previously served as the firm’s Deputy Managing Partner.
He took over from Mrs. Geraldine Mbah, who served the firm exceptionally and was celebrated with a sendoff party earlier this year. She is currently in the United States of America to further her legal education.
In other news, the firm is pleased to announce the promotion of Mr. Darlington Onyekwere and Mr. Madu Joe-Kyari Gadzama from Junior Partners to Partners. Similarly, Mr. Oluniyi Adediji and Mr. Jerry Ombugadu Musa were admitted into the firm’s partnership as Junior Partners.
The firm wishes them the best as they assume their new positions.
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by Madu J. Gadzama and Sarah J. Atumga
J-K Gadzama LLP
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Open banking is an emerging financial services model that focuses on the portability and open availability of customer data held by financial institutions. Open banking is also known as “open bank data.”
Simply put; open banking is a banking practice that enables ordinary people to grant permission for our financial data to be securely shared between banks and other financial service providers through the use of application programming interfaces (APIs).
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