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Breaking promise to marry: is it a crime?

Consequently, where a man has promised to marry a woman and thereafter, goes ahead to break the promise or calls of the engagement, he would be liable for breach of promise to

October 8, 2023

Law

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

After Divorce, Can A Husband/Wife Seek Maintenance?

Put simply, not as in the days of old or the conventional mentality that only a woman can seek to be maintained after the dissolution of a marriage.

June 25, 2023

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

Who can inherit property of a deceased under Igbo customary law?

There have been several contentions amongst Igbo brothers or family members as regards who really is to inherit the properties of their father who had died without leaving a Will and as

May 14, 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

Your tenancy agreement is illegal without this legal requirements met

Any lease or tenancy agreement or contract which lacks in the above requirements is a faulty lease contract and it can have various consequences for both the landlord and the tenant, depending

April 23, 2023

Columns

The conditions a candidate must meet before declaration as governor-elect

Many people in Lagos state have since held the view as regards the governorship election that, Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour popularly called GRV whose roots they claim are not Yoruba, should not be

March 12, 2023

Law·Opinions