Introduction Nigeria, like most parts of the world, is beset with the worst social and economic crisis imaginable, resulting in decline in revenues, fall in price of commodities, disrupted supply chains and rising debt obligations. The world is enmeshed in the severe, devasating impacts of the novel Corona virus, and Read more…
In order to carry out telecommunications business in Nigeria, steps must be taken to first obtain a license from the NCC.[1] Such a licence, when issued, is the legal document that grants the licensee (holder of such a licence) the permission to engage in telecommunications business or to provide telecommunications Read more…
Introduction The world is a global village and despite the fact that Modern States have become borderless in this technological age, there is still a burning desire by persons of different nationalities to carry out physical transactions across borders. Such transactions could be legitimate, in terms of foreign investments[1], international Read more…
On the 9th of January 2020, six Governors of the Southwestern states of Nigeria launched the Western Nigeria Security Network, WNSN, code-named: ‘Operation Amotekun’. The WNSN was anticipated to cover Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Lagos and Ekiti states and on its launch, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Governor Read more…
Abstract The Nigerian Copyright law is one that is more evident on paper than in action. The rising trend of piracy, which assumes new forms every day, has definitely become an unwelcome threat to the success of a number of industries, particularly the entertainment market in Nigeria. This paper seeks Read more…
Abstract In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Nigerian Communication Commissions (NCC), hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”, by virtue of Sections 70 and Section 134 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003 (NCA 2003) hereinafter referred to as “the Act”, the Commission promulgated the Type Approval Regulations 2008 (hereinafter Read more…
In concordance to HARLEM’s CSR initiatives of providing a platform for learning, re-learning and further learning to our young, brilliant, ever-focused undergraduates and graduates in Nigerian Universities, we are excited to announce the completion of 2019 Internship Program, having interned the following students for the year 2019, in batches: Ayomide Read more…
The enactment of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 (hereinafter referred to as NCA 2003), which demonopolised the telecommunication sector by allowing new entrants, birthed the principles governing interconnectivity. There arose the need to ensure that interconnecting parties were regulated in their agreement to connect their networks. The principles governing interconnectivity Read more…
When is a contract said to exist between a subscriber/consumer and a service provider? As soon as a subscriber acquires and activates his SIM (Subscriber Identity Module), a contract is consummated with the service provider, provided the subscriber also registers his SIM in line with the directives of the Commission. Read more…
