Ayodele Ashiata Kadiri

All questions Introduction i The Investments and Securities Act 2007 The Nigerian capital market is regulated by a panoply of laws, chief among them being the Investments and Securities Act 2007, as amended (ISA). Divided into 18 parts, the ISA establishes the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

All questions The year in review i Developments affecting debt and equity offerings From the second half of 2017, the federal government has been pioneering the issuance of new products in the market. The first was the seven-year 100 billion naira sovereign sukuk bond issued in September 2017. On 18 December 2017, Nigeria issued a five-year 10.69-billion-naira sovereign green bond, which is the world's first Climate Bonds Initiative certified sovereign bond.

All questions Types of patent A patent granted under the PDA provides protection only in Nigeria. Under the PDA, a patent is granted in relation to an invention for a product or process that is new or constitutes an improvement on a patented activity and results from inventive activity and is capable of industrial application.3 Those requirements are conjunctive. An invention must satisfy the requirements of novelty and industrial applicability.