Category: Sports

OPINION: Mediation & The Entertainment Industry

The music industry is constantly growing with many young creatives becoming artistes and hoping to “blow”” one day.. This yearning may make some artistes enter into contracts that can be very unrewarding thereby bringing disputes in future.

FIFA Suspends Sierra Leone

On October 7, 2018, the bureau of FIFA council suspended the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) with immediate effect due to government interference. The Sierra Leone Government removed …

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Who Owns The Skin Of A Player?

As ridiculous as this question might seem, it is actually a very important question in the world of sports especially in American sports where there is a collective …

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Super Eagles Coach, Salisu Yusuf Banned For One Year & Fined $5,000 By The Nigerian Football Federation.

A viral video was released online to BBC Africa Eye by renowned Ghanaian Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, of a Nigerian Football Super Eagles Coach receiving a bribe of …

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Sports: Wizkid & Nike Sign Deal For “Starboy” Football Jersey Collection

Starboy- Wizkid, Nigerian and international singing sensation has been involved in lots of tour merchandising, pop-ups and lately, collaborated with American multinational Sportswear Corporation, Nike for a new …

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Bants On The Law 101 : Sports Law & Athlete’s Rights

Bants On The Law 101 : Sports Law & Athlete's Rights

Trademarking a Business With Jay-z

Trademark is a form of intellectual property, with roots from common law and the English system as far back as 1875. Trademarks are basically used to distinguish goods …

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Nigerian Footballers Association Demands $10B Royalty for “Invasion” of the English Premier League in Nigeria

It hit the news recently that the National Association of Nigerian Footballers (NANF), complained about the “invasion“ of Nigeria by foreign football leagues, particularly the English Premier League …

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Nigeria’s ‘Cool Runnings’ Team Set For Winter Olympics

Quite like Derice Bannock in the popular 1993 sports movie ‘Cool Runnings’, having herself had little success at the Summer Olympics, Seun Adigun leads a group of ladies …

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