Your Incineration Clause Just Failed: Drafting Exit Rights Under Nigerian Law That Survive NIPC, SEC, and FIRS Scrutiny The carefully crafted exit clause in your shareholders’ agreement may already be unenforceable. Nigeria’s regulatory triple lock, the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), routinely […]

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Common Nigerian Scams Common Nigerian Scams: Awareness and Prevention The phenomenon of Nigerian scams, widely recognized under the legal nomenclature of “419 fraud,” represents a sophisticated, multi-layered criminal industry that has evolved from crude postal letters into a global digital operation. Named after Section 419 of the Nigerian Criminal Code, these schemes exploit the fundamental […]