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On Wednesday, the price of the dollar dropped to as low as N270. Ok scratch that, it dropped to as low as N290. No scratch that too, it dropped to as low as N310. I am confused! I bet you are confused too! Don’t worry even parallel market operators are confused! No one knows the […]

Source: Bloomberg Stocks: Nigerian Stocks rallied on Thursday as improved sentiment led to gains. The benchmark NSE All Share Index gained 159.39 points to end trading at 24,042.73 points. Market Capitalisation similarly increased by N54.81 billion to N8.26 trillion. Naira: The naira fell against the dollar on the parallel market on Thursday as speculators took […]Read More

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) said it is making efforts to educate the populace on the Contributory Pension Scheme as the public appears uninterested. In an interactive session during the ongoing Social Media Week (SMW) in Lagos, the commission acknowledged the need for a more proactive engagements by the Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) to improve […]

Growing up, for some reason I watched a lot of boxing fights, firstly on DBN and later on Channels. One of the all-time great fights is Rumble in the Jungle – Ali v Foreman – a bout which was the focus of the film Ali starring Will Smith. Coming into the fight George Foreman, had […]

A scathing report by Reuters has bashed the remote-control approach taken by Nigeria’s president in running the country. President Buhari has visited 26 countries in 9 months, but has still not visited the most critical parts of his country’s domestic economy. Lagos, its commercial capital, and the Niger Delta – the backbone of the Nation’s […]Read More

On Wednesday, shares of FBN Holdings Plc fell 4.4 per cent to N3.47 per share, its lowest since August 2003, following warning that earnings for the full year ended December 31, 2015 would be lower than those of 2014. However, some market analysts said this is a proactive measure as the market only reacted negatively […]

Slap on some green, don a funny hat, and get yourself — and your lawyer marketing — to the parade, for St. Patrick’s Day is coming. Whether you do a St. Patrick’s Day blog post, talk your snake-hating firm up on social media, or buy up billboards along a parade route, there could be a […]

If your company’s reputation is under assault, in court or in the media, is your law department prepared? If you said, “probably not,” you’re not alone. Most corporate legal departments don’t have an up-to-date strategy for reacting to a crisis such as high-profile litigation. Yet having a clear crisis communication plan can be essential to […]Read More

The Ninth Circuit’s recent decision concerning “The Hurt Locker” film is important for those defendants who author screenplays or make film’s based on real people and real events. Such stories, the Ninth Circuit concluded, are “fully protected speech.” It’s been several years since Mstr. Sgt. Jeffrey S. Sarver brought his suit. Who knew that what […]Read More

In a case that is illustrative to those who lease-out residential property, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the lower trial court’s dismissal of a discrimination suit in the plaintiff’s favor because it found that the apartment complex had violated the Fair Housing Act. Of particular note is the court’s declaration that […]Read More

You can marry for love, you can marry for money, you can marry as part of a bet. But if you marry for a green card, your marriage won’t count for immigration and naturalization purposes. And if you’re caught marrying in order to evade U.S. immigration laws, you’re banned from ever getting a visa or […]Read More

The Internet is a fickle beast. The collective power of just a tiny fraction of the Internet’s 3.2 billion users can make your cat famous in a minute, as it did with Grumpy Cat, whose net worth is estimated to be as high as $100 million dollars. But the Internet’s attention can also destroy lives, […]Read More