Introduction The emergence and proliferation of social media has given a lot of persons from different demographic a platform to express an unfettered right to expression which may or may not lead to defamation. People are able to share their opinions which may be based on unconfirmed information and by doing so, spread possibly untrue…
Introduction Marriages can either be celebrated under; the Act, Customary Law or Islamic Law. Most people do not enter into a marriage contract with the intention of an impending divorce. However, divorce is a part of the risks in marriage and the Law has put mechanisms in place to mitigate the outcome of this risk. …
There has been a lot of misleading information about how married people can get divorced. A lot of Nigerians are under the false impression that a marriage between a man and a woman can be dissolved by signing the ‘divorce papers’. This misconception has been fueled by the bogus stories on social media and even…
Introduction Most times, when you approach an adult as to whether or not he has his Will ready, the expected answers are ‘God forbid’, ‘Sudden death is not my portion’ and the likes. Nobody enjoys the talk of death but we cannot deny that it is inevitable for every mortal soul and that the aftermath…
Nothing is certain except death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin, 1789 Introduction Payment of income taxes is inevitable and evasion of it is a criminal offence as provided in section 40 of the Federal Inland Revenue Service Act, 2007. The payment of income tax by a legal entity is a civic obligation as stipulated under Section…
