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13/08/2026

Happy International Youth’s Day

11/08/2026

The take home for everyone on the Okoye brothers quarrel is that before you go into a business with anyone be it your brother, your wife, your mother or your friend, insist that there be a clearly written contract or agreement- whenever there’s a gentleman’s agreement or a business anchored on a word of mouth without a corresponding written agreement, in all cases it all ends up in a fight.
Insisting on a contract with the other person doesn’t mean you don’t trust that person, rather the contract is merely to be an anchor or a rule book everyone can always reference.
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Due to so many requests we do get, we charge legal retainership before we can officially become anyone’s lawyer, provide legal advisory or consultation.

10/08/2026

As an offshoot of the ICT law department of the Law Capitol, the Law Capitol Innovation Hub provides legal and administrative support and co-working space to tech founders and their startups.
We have partnered with some tech experts who are ready to act as mentors and supervisors.
Also, as an icing on the cake, we have 5k USD or its naira equivalent to invest as seed capital in two of the startups.

We only have 10 slots available. Send your expression of interest via email: [email protected]

07/08/2026

If you run a cryptocurrency platform or you do P2P, apply to get a licence from the SEC. The SEC Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Program (ARIP) has made it easier and faster.

Some of the key requirements in getting the licence include;
1. Evidence of the retention of a solicitor to process and file the application.
2. A “No Objection Letter” from any sectoral regulator under whose licence the applicant currently operates, where applicable.
3. Evidence of payment of the prescribed non-refundable application fee
4. Evidence of the prescribed shareholders’ funds.
5. A Fidelity Bond covering not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the shareholders’ funds.
6. Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission.
7. Memorandum and Articles of Association containing the appropriate business objects.
8. CAC documents evidencing the company’s share capital, allotments, and particulars of directors.
9. Latest Audited Financial Statements or such financial information as may be applicable.
10. Tax Identification Number (TIN) and Tax Clearance Certificate.
11. Valid means of identification of principal officers, including the National Identification Number (NIN) and Bank Verification Number (BVN).
12. Evidence of registration with the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), where applicable.
13. A Sworn Undertaking confirming compliance with the Investment and Securities Act, 2025, and the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission

04/08/2026

If after buying a house and you are still subjected to pay a compulsory service charge which was not previously disclosed to you before the purchase then it’s extortion from the estate company and you should report to the FCCPC.

02/08/2026

Last week, the FCT High Court gave a judgment, ordering Mr Douglas Jack Agu popularly known as Runtown to pay his former management, Eric Manny Entertainment the sum of N319m for breaching the recording contract he had with Eric Manny when he left the label in 2016.

As an artiste, these are some key things in your record deal that you should look out for and insist on:
Insist on owning your masters or co-owning the master with the label and not you signing off your masters fully to the label.

Insist on owning the trademark of your name. Wondering why Kiss Daniel changed his name to Kizz Daniel, this is the reason. When he fell out with his label “G Wordwide” the label asked him to stop using the name Kiss Daniel on the grounds that the trademark to the name belongs to the label.
Insist that your deliverables be fully captured in the contract. If the label for instance, needs you to do 5 tracks, or 2 albums, insist that it be captured in the contract, and if you know that you will not be able to deliver that number of projects, renegotiate that clause.

Insist on a reversionary interest clause in the contract. This implies that every musical right, content, and IP reverts back to you one hundred percent after the effluxion of the contract

Agree on a workable sharing formula from the onset. If the label taking 80% of the earnings and of your deals and giving you 20% feels like cheating to you, renegotiate the sharing formula before signing the contract.

Insist that every spending be accounted for. This is how some artistes end up owing the label a huge amount of money after the contract has ended because some labels do claim that they invested billions in the development and marketing of the artist and they didn’t recoup their investment and the artiste should pay back. Let there be a financial record evidencing every spending.

Insist that every money spent on you at the course of your career be an investment instead of a loan.

31/07/2026

A promise made or a contract entered while being drunk or in a drunken state is valid and enforceable in law, it can only be voided or become unenforceable if you can show cause that you were truly/ heavily drunk while making the promise or entering the contract and that the other party was fully aware of you drunken state and decided to advantage of the situation and persuaded you into making the promise or entering the contract- this is when the contract can become invalid.

27/07/2026

To legally protect your assets during marriage is via signing a nuptial agreement or by creating of legal trust where you no longer legally own your properties.

A legal trust protects property from forfeiture when the settlor successfully transfers ownership to a separate entity before any legal liability arises.

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