Wrongful Bank Transfer Vs. 419 (Fraud): Difference in Money Recovery?

Entering a wrong digit when typing in bank details can instantly change the beneficiary. Same thing can apply when the correct digits are entered but the wrong bank is chosen. You can read more about mobile money and how is it governed here. While checking the beneficiary name can easily solve this, however as humans errors are sometimes unavoidable. Given the…

Meet the street lawyers

Our Team We are a select group of Nigerian lawyers who share a common goal – to educate and enlighten the average Nigerian about their rights by explaining the law using simple and easy to understand terms. Onyinyechi “Kiva” Ezeoke Desmond Otikpa Chinenye “Nenye” Mbachu Nenye is a Corporate lawyer and a poet.  She has…

Investigation and Arraignment by Security Agencies; An Overview of the Right to Personal Liberties of Nigerians

The Task of Crime Prevention/ Detention Crime prevention and/or policing in every society is agreed across all schools of thought to be a very difficult task. However,  a country like ours, it is more difficult considering the absence of necessary technology based apparatus of investigation like a collective database of all citizens and residents of…

Adoption of a Child in Nigeria

Before, natural birth was seen to be the only true way to raise a child but today, there are numerous ways a couple or individual can raise a child and one of them is Adoption of a child. Laws Governing Adoption in Nigeria The 1999 Constitution The Child’s Right Act The Eastern Nigeria Adoption Law,…