On September 28 and 29, 2015, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) in collaboration with the Growth & Employment Project (GEM) and sponsored by the World Bank, organised the 2nd Nigerian Digital Music Summit themed “Establishing the Basic Rules of Engagement in the Digital Environment”. The two-day event provided an opportunity for key players in the...Read More

Introduction Since mobile money was introduced in Nigeria in 2011, there have been reservations, ambivalence and criticism of the efficiency of the Mobile Money Operators (MMOs) in the payments ecosystem, with most critics citing insufficient capital and lack of industry knowledge by the MMOs as a big challenge. Nigeria currently has 21 licensed Mobile Money...Read More

INTRODUCTION The music industry is rapidly evolving into a purely digital industry, with streaming and downloading advancing as the primary means of gaining access to music. According to IFPI’s Digital Music Report 2015, revenues from digital music services in 2014, for the first time, was at par with those from physical sales, representing 46% of...Read More

Introduction Businesses rise and fall as a result of how they deal with their intellectual property among other things. The intellectual property of a business includes trade marks, patents, designs and copyrights. While the above may be true for businesses, it may not be for personalities. It is undoubtedly the fact that celebrities across various...Read More

This paper seeks to shed more light on the provisions of the law relating to taxation of religious bodies. This has become necessary to balance the state of our laws with the emotion-laden clamor for enforcement of tax collections against such entities in view of the eerie display of wealth and ostentatious living of some...Read More