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FOLORUNSHO ALAKIJA: Is her marriage still existing under the law? by LegalJoe

Generally, where a man and woman proceed to contract a marriage under the Marriage Act, it is one of the legal requirements of such marriage that both parties cohabit together under the

March 17, 2024

Opinion

Sunday With LegalJoe: If you owe rent, can Landlord seize and sell your properties?

This is so because many of the times, the entry and seizure of properties of tenants by landlords are done maliciously, putting tenants in precarious conditions.

February 5, 2023

Law

Skit-maker Lord Lamba or BBN Queen Mercy; who gets the child in law?

The past few months have had the media talking about the controversial relationship between queen mercy of BBN and lord lamba.

March 24, 2024

Features

Tomato Paste Saga: who is at fault in law, Chioma or Erisco?

The review stirred reactions from the public, and the involvement of the Nigerian police heightened the situation.

March 10, 2024

Columns·Opinions

The bank can restrict you from withdrawing your money, but when, how?

Where a PND has been placed on an account, the owner of such account can not make any financial transactions as little as buying of airtime and data, and transferring money to

July 16, 2023

Feature·Law·Opinions

Can A Man Rape His Wife?

Following from the above, it suffices to state that consent is paramount in the act of sexual intimacy and where such consent has not been granted or it is obtained by force

July 9, 2023

Law

ORO RITUAL; LEGAL OR ILLEGAL?

The public policy test means public welfare, public good and public interest. Public policy means the security and welfare of the individual and the state in general.

June 11, 2023

Features·Law

After divorce, who gets the child, the husband or the wife?

The legal custody is the decision making authority granted by the court, i.e. the power to make and take any decision as regards the child.

May 28, 2023

Law

Can a petition stop Tinubu’s swearing-in as president?

The 2023 general elections which the people holds was marred by irregularities and produced Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All progressive congress candidate as president-elect has since been subject to criticism and legal

May 21, 2023

Law

Idi Igi: how a deceased person’s property is shared in Yoruba, Bini lands

It has become very common for family members to fight themselves on the death of the original family head because of the distribution of the property left behind and who is to

April 30, 2023

Columns·Law