Learning Law from Home (LL.H)

Growing up in the ancient city of Benin, it was a common sight to behold graveyards around residential apartments. While some families placed it conspicuously at the front yard of their houses, others kept it from the glare of the public, behind the family house. The indiscriminate use of dwelling-houses as burial sites is a common practice all over Nigeria. Not too many Nigerians are aware that to bury any corpse in a house, building, premises, yard, garden, compound, or within a hundred yards of any dwelling-house, or in open space within a town is an offence unless the approval of the President or the Governor is first sought. One must know that in our legal jurisprudence, ignorance of the law is never a shield to an accused person facing criminal charge. I am unaware of anyone who has been prosecuted for this offence. However, the fact that no offender has been prosecuted on account of this offence, does not invalidate the provision.   The relevant provision of the law that...

    THE BEST WAY TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AS HUSBAND AND WIFE During marriage, it is not uncommon for husband and wife to agree to jointly acquire property for use or to reside in as their matrimonial home throughout their lifetime. In recent times, the concept of marriage has assumed different meaning in different societies. But for the purpose of this essay, marriage is a legal contract by which a man and woman become husband and wife, and in obedience to divine injunction, agree to co-exist as one forever. In reality, many unions do not actually last forever because they crumble even for the flimsiest of excuses. The high esteem in which people viewed marriage institution is gradually fading away, although, nobody goes into marriage with intention to fall apart, yet they actually do fall apart. The Cause(s)   The learned sir Emeka Chianu traced this unfortunate situation to the persistence of westernization through modern communication and information technology. ...

Death is an inevitable fact of life. It is a debt everyone must pay in respective of age, religion or social status. The enlightened are known by the way and manner they prepare for it. Without mincing words, making a Will is one of the most pragmatic ways a person can prepare for this unavoidable fate of mankind. More importantly, when a Will is in place, family members of the deceased are saved from unnecessary tussle, conflict and chaos that accompany the estate of man who dies without specific instructions concerning his estate. Generally speaking, the surest way to rest in peace even in death, is for a person to make proper arrangements for his family while his faculties are still intact. What is a Will? A Will is a legal document voluntarily executed according to the prevailing law by a person of a sound mind by which he/she prescribes the manner his/her assets (including real and personal properties) will be distributed after death. The person making the will is called testator ...