Came online sometime last year and saw people arguing over a government project and firing insults at different parties. It happened that I was part of the team handling the transaction so I couldn’t speak. Just casually amused.
Even if I wasn’t one of the lawyers on the deal, I still wouldn’t comment. A non-lawyer can rile me up to have a full blown argument here. If I understand that you’re ignorant, and unteachable, it doesn’t matter that you can’t see it. I ignore you as a favour.
As a rule of thumb, if you are not a lawyer, don’t attempt an argument on legal issues. If you are a lawyer and the conversation is brewing from an area of practice you have not dabbled into, let the guys who run the show, speak.
It’s actually arguable that lawyers are the most enlightened professionals anywhere. Probably not the smartest, but in terms of how much information they could have about every day issues both in private and public sectors, only government officials come close.
Listen to lawyers on legal issues. Actually, listen to lawyers on pretty much everything.
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If you’re a young person trying to find your feet, trying to hold down what you’re currently into and you keep doubting yourself, this is for you.
You will be shocked at how many incompetent people are bulldozing their ways through life and winning, simply because they’re not insecure. So ruthless about life, they’re not worried by the fact that anyone would think they’re not good enough.
You will be shocked at the number of competent, creative and intelligent people who literally get lost in this world because they are insecure. Some completely forget they were always in the conversation. They never do. So they never become.
At top-tier level of legal practice, nobody talks about the stress enough. Few hours of sleep, practically no free weekends, working late nights almost every single day, not enough time for healthy relationships even.
There’s not enough time for proper romantic relationships. If I go to a cinema or a bar, I could be constrained to leave early and get back to work. You can’t spontaneously make long appointments. Every plan can be cancelled. If you abandon work, it bites you later.
Everything is timed. You have to be available always. Millions-of-dollar transactions depend on you. It literally eats into your mind. How many things can you concentrate on at a time? All it takes is one call or email and everything else drops in priority.
Not so long after the Hebrews rejoiced over leaving Egypt and all the suffering they were faced with, they grew nostalgic, rebellious and bored. They were not beaten anymore. God sent manna and quail. It was a far much better life than they had endured.
Yet, they still grew bored of God’s exciting miracles — parting the Red Sea and all. They decided to forge a golden calf and enjoy a new kind of worship. They grumbled, sought foreign women and irritated God to the extent that they got barred from the promised land.
Bringing it home a bit, most of us remember golden moments of childhood and as we grow older, it becomes even more golden in our memories. We conveniently forget the anxieties and insecurities that surrounded our childhood.
I shared my experiences in my final year with some students in De Mountford University, UK. They went speechless. In my Part 5 at the university, I set out to make a 5.0 GPA, graduate with a first class.
To provide context, I didn’t need a 5.0 in my finals to graduate with a first. But the first lesson a Nigerian public student learns is that there is nothing arithmetic about academic outcomes. You could get an F, even when it was mathematically impossible.
To make a 5.0, I did two major things both with one objective: make sure even the worst lecturer cannot ignore your script. First, I abandoned every cliched sentence or phrase common to law students in my answer scripts. Second, I memorized all my cases with citations.
I don’t think the trade of foreign securities on platforms like Bamboo can be voided on the strength of this publication. CMOs are warned to desist. Bamboo and the likes are advised to register their shares on Nigerian exchanges. But for now it’s no more than an advice.
On whether the activities of companies like Bamboo truly offend sections 67-70 of the Investment & Securities Act, it appears that they do. Perhaps these companies may have good arguments for how they’re not “issuing shares or securities” to the public but the law is quite clear
What I am not sure SEC can do is close down the digital operations of these bodies. It is not even clear how the SEC intends to punish Capital Market Operators involved in these trades. Technology really does our government dirty.
During my undergraduate days, I had one dominant mentality that helped me a lot. The mentality that at the end of the day, we do not matter so much. It usually made me come off as over zealous but I’d never have had it any other way.
I did as much as I could. I would write endless articles and post on several group chats. I’d grab any opportunity to be part of something. When there were no competitions, I would organize face-offs with other schools and participate. I wrote my scripts.
The mentality was always that even if people like what I do or think that I’m over-zealous, none of these opinions last. I’m not so important. Besides opinions change. Today you’re cool, tomorrow you’re probably doing too much. Eventually, people face themselves and let you be.