DO YOU KNOW THAT NAIRA HOARDERS/TRADERS CAN BE ARRESTED AND JAILED?
‘Bankers have hoarded the new redesigned naira to sell to rich people’ ‘POS Operators are hiding the new naira notes to sell at exorbitant amount to customers’ ‘Some Nigerians are …
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CAN A NEW PROPERTY OWNER EVICT EXISTING TENANTS?
Alhaji Ali just finished negotiations and payment for a 4 story building containing several flats in Gwarinpa area of Abuja. The building is fully occupied by paying tenants. The agent …
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE WHERE A PASSENGER FAILS TO WEAR HIS SEATBELT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION?
Know the law and your rights, through our law reports made simple for lawyers and non-lawyers FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY COMMISSIONV.BARR. OSUOBENI EKOI AKPOSCA/A/612/2016 Facts Barrister Akpos was on transit on …
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE USE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF BEGGING FOR ALMS IN PUBLIC IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE PUNISHABLE WITH IMPRISONMENT?
A disability is any condition which makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or interact with the world around them. These conditions, or impairments, may be …
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE SENT TO JAIL FOR PUTTING TRIBAL MARKS ON A CHILD?
Historically, tribal markings were used in Nigeria for identification purposes, the prevalence of people being separated from family members as a result of kidnappings related to communal conflict or the …
DOES THE SUCCESSFUL PLEA OF THE DEFENCE OF PROVOCATION LEAD TO A DISCHARGE AND ACQUITTAL IN A MURDER CHARGE?
Know the law and your rights, through our law reports made simple for lawyers and non-lawyers One of the most heinous crimes known to man is the offence of Murder, …
LEGAL TITBIT: ON WHAT GROUND CAN A PERSON WHO SIGNED A DOCUMENT OF CONTRACT CLAIM NON EST FACTUM (IT IS NOT MY DEED)
Know the law and your rights, through our law reports made simple for lawyers and non-lawyers NON EST FACTUM is a Latin word for (IT IS NOT MY DEED) it …
IS ‘CHURCH WEDDING’ LEGAL?
A ‘church’ wedding does not confer any legal status on a marriage if such a church is not licensed. Often times, a church wedding is always mistaken for a ‘Statutory …
Did you know that putting tattoo or skin marks whether tribal marks or not on a child is prohibited by law and anyone convicted of such an offence is liable to a fine of N 5,000 or one month imprisonment?
Section 24 of the Child Rights Act states: (1) No person shall tattoo or make a skin mark or cause any tattoo or skin mark to be made on a …
RIGHTS OF A SUSPECTED PERSON WHEN HIS/HER STATEMENT IS BEING RECORDED BY THE POLICE
Where a suspect is arrested on allegation of having committed an offence, he/she must not be compelled to make a statement. The choice to make a statement must be voluntary …
RIGHT TO DIGNITY OF HUMAN PERSON
Section 34 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) provides for the right to dignity of human person. It provides as follows: (1) Every individual …
DO YOU KNOW THAT SHARING OFFENSIVE, OBSCENE, FALSE OR INTIMIDATING MESSAGES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA IS AN OFFENCE UNDER NIGERIAN LAW?
It is important in this era of social media prevalence that every active online user is familiar with the provisions of the Cyber Crimes Prohibition Act. When a person sends …