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- What an employee really costs in 2026Salary is only part of the bill. Before the next minimum wage deal lands, every employer should know the full cost of a person on the payroll, and the much higher cost of keeping them off it.3 min read
- “I quit!” and “you can’t work for a competitor”: getting exits rightMost employment disputes we see start at the exit. One side leaves in anger, or the other tries to stop them working anywhere else. A July 2026 Court of Appeal decision shows the cost of getting the second part wrong.3 min read
- Won an oil block, or bidding in 2026? Your consortium agreement matters more than your bidThirty-one companies won 37 blocks in Nigeria’s 2025 licensing round. Each has 90 days from its offer letter to meet the award conditions or lose the block. For consortia, the hardest condition is often agreeing with each other.3 min read
- Lagos’s new tenancy bill: the rules are not the problem. Enforcement is.Lagos already has a law that limits advance rent. Demands for two years upfront are still common. A new law will only help if it changes what happens at the door, not just what is written in the statute book.4 min read