WILL AND TESTAMENTS

HAVE YOU MADE YOUR WILL? I am not ready to die, are you wishing me death? Oh! You were sent by my village people etc These are the answers you get for asking a typical Nigerian whether he or she has drafted his WILL.

In order not to be one of many that would most likely answer with such, please sit back and read why you need a WILL.

PRESIDENT BUHARI & HIS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory today dismissed all the 18 counts charges including gratification against Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court and his wife, Olubowale Ademola and a Senior Advocate ,Mr Joe Agi.

NIGERIAN SENATE AND MATTERS ARISING

The Nigerian Senate has been involved in quite a number of disquieting situations in recent weeks, the Certificate scandal involving Senator Dino Melaye, a similar case that has landed his colleague in gaol and the suspension of Senator Ali Ndume, a well read and highly controversial legislator.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

We may not have power over what others write but we definitely have power to educate people on what is right .I am not throwing shades neither is this write up pointing at anyone, it is just a need to put the wrong right. 

There are so many write ups on the net this

CHILD MOLESTATION: SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHT OF A CHILD

Two men, identified as Adekunle Adesanya and Tolomo Utele have appeared before the Ebutte Metta Chief Magistrate Court on Monday for allegedly raping a 19 years old girl, The accused persons are being tried on a two-count charge of conspiracy and rape, the offences contravened Section 258 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State ,2011 which Section 258 prescribed Life imprisonment for the offence.

ACTOR, YOMI FABIYI & THE NDLEA

Actor and movie producer , Yomi Fabiyi has threatened to drag the NDLEA to the Supreme Court if they do not act right by paying his colleague Babatunde Omidina (Baba Suwe) the sum of N25 Million awarded in his favor by a court of competent jurisdiction after he was arrested and tortured for allegedly ingesting cocaine in year 2011.He maintained that some pipes used by the agency in their cause of investigation and torture of his colleague has affected his health and he deserved to be compensated.

JUDICIARY V. DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECURITY

The Department of State Sservice DSS, between friday night and saturday morning invaded the house of two Supreme Court Judges,ustices Walter Onnoghen and Sylvester Ngwuta,also two federal High Court Judges,Justice Adeniyi Ademola and Nnamdi Dimgba.

CONSANGUINITY

I got my first question after the first post,without blowing my trumpet some people actually missed me ,i miss you all too especially the way you make me feel after viewing the page-views after every post.....lol. The question goes thus....

Can siblings get married to siblings under our law or is it just a Yoruba thing, so i cant fall in love with my sister in law's brother or my bother's wife's brother'

PROPOSED SALE OF NIGERIA'S NATIONAL ASSESTS

It is no longer news at least on social media that the Federal Government is planning to sell Nigeria's National Assets to individuals, rumor or not, we have decided to educate our readers on the implication of selling Nation Assets, what National Assets are for those who does not know.

National Assets according to google, is a total monetary value of the capital goods and services, including net foreign balance and tangible assets, owned by a nation at a particular period of time , used in a nation's overall economic analysis and planning, these can also be referred to as national net worth.

Nigeria's assets includes but not limited to (a) Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (b) Refineries (c) Nigeria Port Authority (d) Government Shares etc

We are back.........YES we are

It is a great pleasure to be back again, my sincere apologies for leaving for soooo long without a word from me. I am truly sorry.

Legal blogging is my passion as Law is my first love but circumstances, society, time atimes prevent us from living our dreams. I am not promising the whole world but i will never leave you again, because you care ***Kisses

I say thank you to everyone who checked on me, those who refused to leave or delete me off their Black Berry Mssenger (BBM) , some sent mails which were mostly was ignored by me, i am truly sorry it wasn't intentional. Our New BBM Pin is 5EEF80F5 add us and lets keep educating ourselves.

We shall be educating ourselves as usual by relating law with trends ranging from Politics, Entertainmemt, Marital Issues, Rights of Employers and Employees to mention a few. Also, questions /advise will be treaated.

Thanks for the love always.

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STATUTE BAR: SUGABELLY V. MUSTAPHA AUDU

A lady by the name SugarBelly on her Twitter handle has alleged Mustapha Audu, son of the immediate past Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress Prince Abubakre Audu who died last week before the election was concluded, while the Nation and mostly APC members in Kogi State Nigeria where morning the sudden death of Prince Audu, Sugabelly took to herTwitter handle by calling him monster who deserves to die.

KOGI: DEATH OF GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE OF APC

Prince Abubakre Audu, the All Progressive Congress candidate in the yesterday governorship election, reportedly slumped and died this afternoon.It was gathered that he died of undisclosed medical reasons after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared his election inconclusive. (May his soul Rest in Peace)

This left several questions unanswered among Nigerians, so i feel its time to break the long silence too.

The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on death of governor elect before oath of office.............

FALSE DECLARATION OF ASSETS: DR. BUKOLA SARAKI

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has granted the application of the prosecution counsel and issued a bench warrant on the accused and asked the Inspector General of Police and other relevant security agencies in the country to produce him to appear before it on Monday 21st September, 2015 over allegation of false and improper declaration of assets during his tenure as Governor of Kwara State .............CULLED FROM SAHARA REPORTERS

CANAL KNOWLEDGE:OUR LIMITATIONS

A 34 years old Muhammed Ahmed has been arraigned in court by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps in Oshogbo for allegedly having sex with his 14 years old daughter.It was gathered that the accused had allegedly been having canal knowledge of the girls since April until he was arrested following a tip-off by one of his neighbors.

ASABA BROTHEL::HOME OF TEENAGE GIRLS

A bar where teenage girls dance naked have been uncovered by a vigilante group with the operator  arrested in Asaba. The bar which is situated in Asaba host bizarre activities, like pornographic shows.Girls from neighboring states are said to be among the teenagers arrested.

TOYIN & ADENIYI JOHNSON

This caption caught my attention 'Toyin Aimakhu divorced' the first thing i asked myself was 'how long has she been on the process? then i read the story only to discover that she just changed her status on her social media handle from MRS to Miss and this got people talking, also it was reported that the husband Adeniyi Johnson moved out of their Lekki home to an unknown place.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA

Mrs. Esther Nicole Otubo is one out of many Nigerians who engage in human trafficking by recruiting young girls for prostitution outside the country, this woman dont just recruit them for prostitution but also order innocent girls to stand naked  in front of the camera  , the video recording of this girls were to blackmail them in case they refused to pay their daily dividends  to her but as they say 'nothing last forever'

This trafficker was apprehended when she did same to one Ms Precious from Edo state Nigeria, who went to the United Arab Emirate in a bid to seek better opportunity outside Nigeria. She became one of many victims of Ms Esther Nicole like many others.Other Madams include Madam Ann and Madam Ebony, who has since been apprehended by the police .

LESBIANISM AND THE NIGERIAN LAW

It is important for us as parent to be careful who our children associates with, our friends? our maids? cousins? uncles? etc, what influence they have on them, negative or positive one.

SEX IN MARRIAGE- I WILL DENY MY HUSBAND SEX UNTIL HER PAYS HIS DEBT

I will deny my husband sex until he pays his debt- Wife.This headline caught my attention , i opened it, realized its still marital issues which has been treated several times, in fact i have told myself to always refer people to earlier write-ups on divorce, marriage, separation than write again but on another though, it means the awareness is still limited to some set of people................so i have to continue until every one is duly informed as this is the reason behind me blogging. INFORMATION IS POWER. Please read below the body of the headline you read above.

DUAL CITIZENSHIP : SENATOR BUKOLA SARAKI

There's a popular saying that, if you don't know your history, Please join the Nigeria Politics, the story of how your great grand parent met and married will be told once you contest or you are appointed into a public office in Nigeria.

This is the case of the controversial President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, despite the people calling on the All Progressives party Chieftains to sheath their swords and let peace reign in the interest of Nigeria and spirit of change, new things seems to be emerging, the most recent is the question as to whether Senator Bukola Saraki is qualified to be a senate president by virtue of his citizenship in the United Kingdom with passport NO: 306077175.

This is purely a constitutional matter and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will be used to trash this, not just because of the Senate President but for future references.

First, who is qualified to be a member of the National Assembly? 

A person is qualified for election as a member of if Section 65 (1a) senate if he is a citizen of Nigeria and has attained the age of thirty-five years old  (b) House of Representatives , if he is a citizen of Nigeria and has attained the age of thirty years (2) a person shall be qualified for election if he has been educated up to atleast school certificate or its equivalent 

Disqualification for election to the Senate?

No person shall be qualified for election to the Senate or House of Representatives Section 66 (a) subject to the provision of section 28 of this constitution , he has voluntarily acquired the citizenship to a country other than Nigeria or, except in such cases as may be prescribed by the National Assembly , has made declaration of  allegiance to such a country.

Section 28 of the Constitution of FRN? 

Subject to the other provisions of this section , a person shall forfeith his Nigerian citizenship, if not being a citizen of Nigeria by birth, he acquires or retains the citizenship or nationality of a country , other than Nigeria , of which he is not a citizen by birth.