The Electricity Act, 2023 and your Rights Regarding DisCos – Distribution Companies (Electricity) in Nigeria

NEPA, PHCN and currently DisCos i.e. Distribution Companies. These are all the names that represent electricity generation in Nigeria. Due to the enactment of the Electricity Act, 2023 which repealed the Electric Power Sector Reform Act, 2005, this article has been updated to reflect the current Act and our previous 2019 article on “Your Rights…

What is Mobile Money and How is it Governed?

We have all been hearing about mobile money, but do we know what it is really about or how it is governed? By the end of this article, you will understand what mobile money is, the bodies responsible for regulating mobile money, the participants of mobile money, its benefits and the laws by which it…

Are Premarital Contracts Legal and Binding in Nigeria?

We live in an age where more youths are business minded and investment forward, unsurprisingly people are beginning to have more assets at a young age. As a result people are more cautious when it comes to marriage as they begin to worry about what may happen to these hard earned assets in the event…

Is it a Crime to Fight in Public in Nigeria?

Now, I know I’m not the only one who gets excited when I’m outside and a fight breaks out between two people or a group of people. It’s like “Oh my goodness, what’s happening?” or “who’s fighting, what did he do?” or “is it because of man?” Fights break out almost all the time at…

Land and Land Ownership in Nigeria

Land. Ala. Ile. Kasa. It has become commonplace in our society. We walk it, we love it, we live on it (some in it), we buy it, we sell it, we farm it, we own it. It has become so valuable that some kill for it. It begs the question, what is Land? Why is…

The Law and Indecent Acts in Nigeria

Since we were children, our society has made it obvious that indecent acts will not be condoned. A society is largely responsible for what is termed or considered to be “indecent”, however, there is a general agreement that certain acts are globally considered to be indecent. Acts that fall under this category usually involve children…

Tenancy; The Practice In Various Jurisdictions Across Nigeria

Accommodation is of fundamental importance to humans, thus; drastic increase in population over the past few decades have occasioned a more formal and generally acceptable set of principles governing tenancy, tenant-landlord relations as well as ejection of a tenant from a property. In the struggle to keep pace with the growth in population, it is…