By SEPREBOFA M. OYEGHE ESQ Meaning of Marriage under the Matrimonial Causes Act- Marriage includes a purported marriage that is void but does not include one entered into according to Muslim rites or other customary law. See Section 69, Matrimonial Causes Act. Modes of…
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THE PRESS: Rights and Limitations under the Law (Part 1) SEPREBOFA M. OYEGHE ESQ. The right to freedom of expression and the press is one of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution which is the fons et origo of…
ROLE OF JUDGE IN ADVERSARIAL SYSTEM: Need To Hold The Balance To Act In Interest Of Justice MEANING OF THE PHRASE ‘INTEREST OF JUSTICE’ The phrase “Interest of justice” is now like a song in the judicial process. Counsel love it so much. The…
S. M. OYEGHE “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest”…Ellie Wiesel “Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence”…Leonardo Da Vinci “To sin by silence, when they should protest,…
It is fast becoming the norm that the law enforcement agents particularly the police are readily contacted and engaged to recover debts from debtors. And the police in their usual gestapo approach adopts all draconian means including arrest, torture or intimidation to recover the…
RULE OF LAW: On need for Supremacy of the Rule of Law far and above National Security and Interest and the danger in Disobeying Court Orders. The Rule of Law by its natures connotes among others, that everything in the governance of man in…