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Business Law

Post-Incorporation Matters (for SME’s): Key Things to Note After Your Small Business Has Been Registered

Posted on by gaustineokeke

For any Venture, Organisation, Association, or similar endeavour to enjoy legal status, it must first be incorporated. Definition of Incorporation ‘Incorporation’ refers to the registration of a business venture, Charity Organisation, Association, etc. with the statutory body legally empowered to oversee such registration – which, pursuant to the provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters…

Police, Security Agents and Public Officers

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

Posted on by kivaonyi

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…

Featured Miscellaneous Laws

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

Posted on by kivaonyi

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 Due to the enactment of the Electricity Act, 2023 which repealed the Electric Power Sector Reform Act, 2005, this article has been updated to reflect the current Act and our previous 2019 article on “Your Rights…

Family Law

Are Premarital Contracts Legal and Binding in Nigeria?

Posted on by iefemena

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…

Criminal Law Miscellaneous Laws

Is it a Crime to Fight in Public in Nigeria?

Posted on by cvmbachu

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 Law

Land and Land Ownership in Nigeria

Posted on by Telliwords

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…

Laws on Morality

The Law and Indecent Acts in Nigeria

Posted on by kivaonyi

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…

Property Law

Tenancy; The Practice In Various Jurisdictions Across Nigeria

Posted on by kivaonyi

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…