In July 2019, shortly before the annual vacation of courts in Nigeria, my firm received a brief from a distraught client. His case was that the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) had frozen all his bank accounts and taken over his assets. His matter was urgent, and he was desperate. The matter was slated

Introduction Oil serves as a major source of foreign exchange and income for countries with crude oil as one of their major natural resources. The economies of oil play important roles in the shaping of economic, political and foreign policies of nations. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) constitutes a powerful bloc in oil

Introduction Following the outbreak and wild spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, later labeled a Pandemic. This necessitated grounding to a halt movement, human-social, political and economic activities globally. Owing to the sporadic nature of this virus in Nigeria

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The future impact of the pandemic is almost impossible to predict accurately. It seems that the pandemic will have a significant impact on the operations of companies. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, it is critical that energy companies assess their risk exposure under existing contracts and contracts under negotiations. It is rightly also