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Background Across the globe, many countries, including China, South Africa and member states of the European Union have taken steps in recent years to tighten the legal framework for the protection of data and personal information within their respective jurisdictions. Quite...

Introduction The growth of any nation’s economy is tied implicitly to the level and efficiency of its public infrastructure, principal amongst which is transportation. It is therefore imperative for every progressive nation to have a functional and efficient transport system,...

Introduction On 2nd February 2018, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, signed the Presidential Executive Order 005, “Planning and Execution of Projects, Promotion of Nigerian Content in Contracts, Science, Engineering and Technology.” The Order...

INTRODUCTION  On 15th May, 2017, the Federal Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, declared four categories of eligible customers in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). By the declaration, electricity customers who fall within any of the...

A.    Background Out of the estimated 37 million micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria, only 31% are able to access credit for their businesses from local financial institutions (commercial and micro finance banks). As at Q4 2015, loans to MSMEs...

A.    Introduction For over five decades, the petroleum industry in Nigeria has remained the bedrock of the Nigerian economy (it accounts for 90% of foreign exchange earnings and about 80% of recurrent and capital expenditures). In spite of this, there have been calls from...

Introduction On 15th May, 2017, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola issued a policy directive to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) declaring four categories of eligible customers in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry...

A.    Introduction The Nigerian technology industry has witnessed explosive growth at a geometric progression of 34% year-on-year in the last decade; becoming the fastest-growing and one of the largest contributors to the economy. Its contribution to GDP grew from less than 1%...

A.    BACKGROUND Nigeria has maintained a liberalized foreign exchange market since the enactment of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act in 1995. The Act established an autonomous foreign exchange market and guaranteed the unconditional...

Introduction        The Nigerian economy fell into a recession in the second quarter (Q2) of 2016, as it recorded a GDP growth rate of -2.06% (www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/report/434) owing, amongst other variables, to the fall in the price of oil. In a bid to resolve the current...

A. Introduction A value added service (VAS) is any service other than voice calls provided over a mobile network to subscribers. In Nigeria, VAS is big business and the most popular VAS is probably caller ring back tunes. The Nigerian VAS industry, estimated to be worth $200...

As at July 2016, the total installed power generation capacity in Nigeria, a country of over 187 million people (www.worldometers.info), was 12,522MW; 85% of which is gas-fired (thermal) and 15% is hydro-generated. The country achieved its highest peak generation output of...