Nigerian politics remains well and alive and boy is it murky and crazy! Can you believe the national election was postponed? The national elections will now be held as late as April 9th, 2011 with later dates anticipated. Anyway, two issues have been raised during the country’s ongoing election campaign(s).[...]
Chris Austria is a rather impressive man. He is the Director for Music Licensing at Independent Distribution Collective, a San Francisco music distribution company. He is also a tiger expert. I had the privilege of interviewing him for the music business and law column I author at Notjustok.com. My goal[...]
To say I was highly vexed when I saw a release, yesterday, of an alleged video for a song titled ‘Oleku’ by Nigeria’s musician Ice Prince, would be an understatement. ‘Oleku’ was a hit song last year in Nigeria with musicians in other African countries attempting remixes. It is also[...]
These days, I am getting used to receiving messages from legal colleagues within and outside Africa curious about Africa’s intellectual property laws and specifically, Nigeria’s as it pertains to its fashion and entertainment industries. If you are interested in knowing what I have to say (I always have a lot[...]
Style House Files (stylehousefiles.com) a blog owned by fellow attorney, Omoyemi Akerele, who turned one of Nigeria’s leading stylist interviews yours truly. Akerele since moving from law to fashion has served prominent roles in Nigeria’s fashion industry including at one point being Fashion Editor for South Africa’s popular subsidiary True[...]