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It was a hectic day at the office today, and Effiong had to spend the night at his friend’s Apartment again.

He couldn’t adapt to the collapse of a once beautiful family. The frequent fights and arguments have finally degenerated into unending chaos, leading to an abrupt separation between his parents.

It was finally time to hear the final verdict of the judge regarding the divorce petition filed by Mrs. Adeaze against her husband Mr. Amadi after several complaints of his infidelity after 25 years of being married to him.

Judgment was given, and the parties are now officially divorced. Mrs Adeaze has refused to vacate the property despite the dissolution order. According to her, “she would rather die than give up a property she tly built with her husband”.

The dilemma remains: Who takes what, given the fact that Mrs. Adeaze was only traditionally married to her husband—what a typical Igbo man would call payment of Ikwu ugwo isi (bride price)?

Marriage under Nigerian Law

Nigerian Law recognises three kinds of marriage: Statutory, Customary, and Islamic.

Under customary and Islamic marriage, a woman’s right to own property varies and is determined by the culture where the marriage takes place. Nigeria has diverse cultures and traditions. For instance, a woman married under the Igbo customary law is not permitted to own properties to the exclusion of her husband, and at divorce, she is not entitled to any property, as she is generally regarded as the man’s property and is not expected to entertain any form of equality.

Conversely, the Idoma community allows women to own properties separate from their husbands; invariably, she can also inherit family property at divorce. The situation is different with respect to the marriage celebrated under the Act, otherwise referred to as statutory marriage, which allows a woman to own property even when an order for dissolution of the marriage is granted by the court.

Usually, the court exercises its discretion to ensure that family properties are divided equitably and fairly.

The combined provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 reinforces the right of a woman over family properties at divorce.

Importantly, Section 43 of the Constitution provides: “Every citizen of Nigeria shall have the right to acquire and own immovable property anywhere in Nigeria’’.

This section exclusively states that citizens of Nigeria are free to acquire and own immovable property, this immovable property includes fixed property like lands, factories etc. Every citizen of Nigeria is thus entitled to own immovable property according to Section 43 of the Nigerian Constitution regardless of the location, locality, gender and tribe.

In addition to this section a non- Nigerian woman married to a Nigerian husband can own properties in Nigeria only on the condition that she becomes ed as a citizen having fulfilled the necessary conditions for registration after marriage (1). Consequently, upon registration as a citizen she falls under the category of citizens who can conveniently own properties in Nigeria.

Section 42 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria provides for the right to freedom from discrimination. It states;

“A citizen of Nigeria of a particular community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion shall not by reason only that he is such a person be subjected either expressly by; or in the practical application of any law in force in Nigeria or any executive or istrative action of the government, to disabilities or restrictions to which citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religious or political opinions are not made subject;

From the combined provision of Section 44 and 42 of the constitution, it goes without saying that the right to own properties is not restricted to gender or marital status.

The above provisions imply that every citizen, whether male or female has the right not to be discriminated against on any basis.

Under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, section 72 with respect to settlement of property provides as follows: “The court may, in proceedings under this act, by order require the parties to the marriage, or either one of them, to make, for the benefit of all or any of the parties to, and the children of, the marriage, such a settlement of property to which the parties are, or either of them is, entitled (whether in possession or reversion) as the court considers just and equitable in the circumstances of the case.”

This provision implies that the court recognizes the beneficial interests of the spouses during divorce.

Thus, making the right of women to property at divorce explicit. However, this right is not automatic as a spouse who claims an interest in the property is required to show evidence of financial contribution to the purchase of the property. In the case of Essien v Essien (2009) 9NWLR (pt. 1146) 306, 331, the court stated that direct financial contribution to the acquisition of a matrimonial home or the repayment of a mortgage is established in other to infer t ownership. In Amadi v Nwosu (2); Sodipe v Sodipe (3)similar principle was upheld by the court.

It is our view that the aforementioned provision applies to marriage under the Act and may not make allowances for marriages under the customary and Islamic law perhaps given the varying provisions of peculiar customary and Islamic law with respect to the right of married women to properties. However, the provisions of the Married Women Property Act 1882 have laid to rest the arguments erupting from this very controversial discussion.

Mrs. Adeaze being married under the Igbo customs and tradition which limits women’s right to take over the property built with their spouse during the subsistence of the marriage at divorce, holds no water having regard to Married Women’s Property Act (MWPA), 1882. Section 1 of the Act (4) provides thus:

“A married woman shall in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be capable of acquiring holding and disposing by will or otherwise of any real or personal property as her separate property in the same manner as if she were a feme sole (5), without the intervention of any trustee”

It is pertinent to note that the MWPA does not regulate the redistribution or readjustment of matrimonial property between spouses on the dissolution of a statutory marriage. The primary aim of the MWPA in respect of disputed property between spouses is for the court to determine questions of ownership of property between spouses as it thinks fit. Whenever there is a property-related dispute between spouses, therefore, Nigerian courts interpret the provisions of the MWPA strictly to determine the extent of a spouse’s interest in the property of the other spouse. For a spouse to succeed, he or she must prove having made a direct financial contribution to the purchase or development of the disputed property based on the ordinary rules of property law

Mrs. Adaeze is entitled to the property she tly owned with her husband at divorce, notwithstanding the position of the Igbo customary law.

Also, there is a resulting trust that naturally arises when both parties acquire property during the pendency of their marriage.[6] In such situations, the law presumes that the parties intended that the property be shared. The reasoning behind the concept of a resulting trust is essentially that it would be unfair to deny the individual who financially contributed to a property some sort of interest in that property.7 Accordingly, under the resulting trust, Mrs. Adaeze who contributed to the purchase of the property holds a beneficial interest and her husband becomes the trustee.

Furthermore, any custom that seeks to discriminate against a woman to own property tly acquired during the pendency of a marriage will go against the principle of equity and fairness (7). Generally, customary law is recognized as a source of law in Nigeria. However, a custom sought to be enforced must not be repugnant to natural justice, good conscience and equity.

The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the grundnorm acknowledges the right of every citizen to own moveable and immoveable properties and the freedom against discrimination by reason of sex, birth etc. ( Thus, it is our argument that a custom that prevents the right of a woman over the property at divorce is clearly in contravention and inconsistency with the provision of the constitution and shall be void to the extent of its inconsistency(9) and is therefore repugnant to natural justice, equity and a good conscience (10).

CONCLUSION

Notwithstanding the position of the law, this custom is very much in practice. Thus, there is a need for a paradigm shift from this practice. It is the view of the writer, that the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1973 is amended, adding an addendum that would encom the area of protecting the right of a woman over family property married under customary law at divorce, as the right to own property is constitutional, thus should not be limited simply because the marriage was contracted under customary law and not statutorily.

Although, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 establishes the right of a woman over property in divorce, under the stringent proof of financial contribution. More often than not, this strict approach may lead to a miscarriage of justice for the woman who has made indirect financial contributions to the purchase of the property. Thus, it is the opinion of the writer, that the court in exercising its discretion in the settlement of property established under section 72 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, adopts an equity-based approach, as this will not only take cognizance of any indivisible contribution that has been made towards the acquisition of the property to be settled, as well be fair and just.

Isimeme Andrew is a lawyer at Novalux Legal Practitioners. She can be reached via [email protected]

DISCLAIMER: This article is only intended to provide general information on the subject matter and does not by itself create a client/attorney relationship between readers and our Law Firm or serve as legal advice. We are available to provide specialist legal services on specific circumstances.

Footnotes

[1] . Subject to the provisions of section 28 of this Constitution, a person to whom the provisions of this section apply may be ed as a citizen of Nigeria, if the President is satisfied that he is a person of good character; b. he has shown a clear intention of his desire to be domiciled in Nigeria; and c. he has taken the Oath of Allegiance prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution. 2. The provisions of this section shall apply to any woman who is or has been married to a citizen of Nigeria.

[2] (1992) 6 SCNJ 59

[3] (1990) 5 WRN 98

[4] Married Women’s Property Act 1882. NB: this Act applies in Nigeria as a Statute of General Application. Thus, applicable to married women generally, irrespective of whether the married was contracted under customary law, Islamic or statutory law.

[5] A woman without a husband, especially one that is divorced

[6] The legal concept of “Resulting Trust” in family law is one tool that is often utilized in order to make property division more equitable (i.e fair) between spouses, particularly where spouses contributed financially to the purchase of the property. 7 “Resulting Trusts in Family Law” ‘Jasonpaulhowie.com’.

[7] In Ukeje v Ukeje, however, the Supreme Court pronounced a similar custom to be discriminatory and unconstitutional and upheld the right of a girl child to inherit properties

[8] The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), sections 43 and 42.

[9] Ibid, section 1(3).

[10] In Mojekwu v Mojekwu the Court of Appeal declared the “Oli-ekpe” custom of the Nnewi people of Nigeria to be discriminatory. This custom allows a brother to inherit his late brother’s estate to the exclusion of the latter’s wife and female children.94 Tobi JCA queried the “Oli-ekpe” custom and considered it to be repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience, and inconsistent “with equity and fair play in an egalitarian society.

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Come let’s reason together, so says the good book. But what is there to reason in a case of paternity fraud? Who will ever listen to her or believe her?

I tried putting myself in the shoe of the victim in a paternity fraud incidence, but couldn’t.

How do you go to bed a father, slept peacefully, only to wake up to an early morning reality that you are no longer a father? Like style plus, imagine that!

Just as was done to the adulterous woman, men are always quick to chant “crucify her”, but who is without sin?

I guess that was the question Jesus asked in the case of the adulterous woman as elucidated in the Holy Bible book of John 8:1-11.

But what if she is right?

Do we consider the fact that we the men are to blame? What if she was faithful?

What if she didn’t do any wrong, to begin with? Yes! In a case of paternity fraud, we are always quick to lay blames at the feet of the woman, whilst shouting crucify her, without listening to her story.

We are quick to negate her right to a fair hearing. We are quick to the bandwagon in ing judgment, whereas, in our respective cupboards, we are nothing but “chichi do do”.

You can ask Mr Ayi Kwe Armah for the meaning of "chi chi do do" if you don't know it.

How could she possibly be right? Well! I think the question should be why do I think she is right?

But wait a minute! Do you know the meaning of DNA? Yes! I mean you. Well! Let’s make attempt at defining DNA for the sake of those that don’t know but are pretending as if they know.

What is DNA?

D.N.A simply means deoxyribonucleic acid. It is a molecule that carries our genetic code and is unique to each of us. Each and every cell in the human body contains a complete set of DNA which is often inherited from our biological parents. To wit, half set of D.N.A from each of our parent.

Generally, people possess their respective DNA code and profiles, except in some cases of identical twins, whose DNA profiles are also identical.

Whether Reliance on DNA Test Maybe Wrong?

The question one might be tempted to ask is whether or not, D.N.A is conclusive proof of paternity in paternity fraud cases.

It might interest you to know that D.N.A, in my honest opinion, is not conclusive proof of paternity. Whilst D.N.A might be accurate in predicting if a child shares DNA codes with either of the parents, there are circumstances wherein a child might not share the genetic code of a biological parent.

What if either of the parent or the child is a Chimera?

A case of genetic chimerism is said to have occurred when a child is composed of cells with more than one distinct genotype.

Biologically, a chimera is a child that has two different DNA. In other words, the child will become its own fraternal twin in his body. That is two fraternal twins with different DNA lodged into one body.

This set of children often possesses A/B blood types. Chimeras are often in their own class, and may not share the DNA of either or both parents.

Whilst a DNA result reveals whether or not a child shares D.N.A with a parent, it does not reveal whether or not the child is a chimera.

There is no gainsaying that DNA samples are often analyzed according to the laboratory protocols, and the technician, without prior knowledge, may not perform a chimera identity test.

This presupposes that the biological mother of the child may be faithful, and still ends up being accused of adultery or infidelity, whereas she is actually innocent and knows nothing.

Another possibility in this regard is when either of the parents is a chimera, that is, has two different sets of DNA. Such a parent could be fraternal at birth.

Recently, in the UK, a biological mother was accused of stealing her biological children in an alleged fraudulent child case.

Whilst DNA from her blood, hair and nails didn’t match her DNA, her pussy juice matched with the DNA of the child. Also, there was a case wherein scientist discovered that a newborn child didn’t share the DNA of the biological mother.

What if there was an incident of genetic mutation at conception?

This is perhaps the rarest of all genetic possibilities. One cannot rule out the fact that DNA mutation is another possible way wherein the child’s DNA codes and profile may be different from the father’s.
The truth is that mutations occur constantly in our everyday life and it is usually not a problem. But if the successful sperm ejaculated into the woman during intercourse contains a mutated strand of DNA, it might cause the child’s DNA to test differently than the father’s.

One must also take cognizance of the fact that the older a man gets, the more DNA mutations his sperm will contain.

What if the DNA sample was tampered with?

Even though this is rare, tampering with DNA samples can affect the outcome of a paternity test. I once witnessed a situation wherein a woman was sent out of her matrimonial home, simply because the lab technician erroneously swapped the DNA sample.

There is also the possibility that the DNA sample was knowingly tampered with because the biological father needed a reasonable excuse to end an existing marriage.

Most often, this is done to give him justifiable grounds to enable him to contract another marriage with a wealthier mistress.

The heart of men is inherently wicked and there is no gainsaying the length most men would go to perfect the foolish desires of their heart.

There was a case wherein a husband colluded with the of his family to end his marriage to his wife. All they did was to tamper with the DNA sample.

The result, of course, allegedly showed that he was not the biological father of the child. But karma soon visited him when his new marriage did not produce any child. All medical result revealed that he could not father a child as his semen did not contain any sperm.

He sued his former wife in an attempt to turn back the ends of time. He conducted another test that showed he was truly the biological father of the child in question. But the Court dismissed his case and denied him access to the child.

Again, who would have believed the biological mother was right?

What if the DNA test produced false-negative result?

Whilst the incidence of deliberate fraud is not the only source of erroneous DNA test results. In some instances, errors made by the technician can lead to a false-negative result. We are human, and no human being is infallible. Even machines do also make mistakes.

There are no accurate statistics on how often this occurs, but who wait to listen to the story of the biological mother once the father discovers the DNA does not match his?

Again, what if she was right?

What if the Child was knowingly or erroneously swapped at birth?

Before you accused her of infidelity, stop and think about this possibility for a moment.

It’s no news that medical practitioners, especially midwives and nurses deliberately or erroneously swap children at birth when none is watching over them.

There was a case wherein a mother gave birth to a male child, but she was knowingly told she had a female child. Her male child was swapped with the female child of a billionaire’s wife, who desperately needed a male child.

Whilst one might ask if the couples didn’t perform scan during anti-natal, I have heard persons give testimonies on how the sex of their child miraculously changed at birth.

Well! I do not know if this is possible scientifically, but like we always say ” what God cannot do does not exist.”

But who listens to the voice of the mother whose child was swapped at birth if DNA reveals that the husband didn’t father the child?

Would you stop for a moment to listen to her explanation?

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Testiebobo:
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It won't kill you. It's not really poisonous. Its the older brother you should fear. This will just cause pain like a bee. But it won't really kill you.

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Chai! Ona, too, is like unnecessary wahala for this country. PBAT is the president of all Nigerians, irrespective of your religious, educational or political affiliations. Maybe na your real dad pics them for use as the president of the Federal Republic abi?

No wonder ordinary Senegal is getting it right, and we dey look like Zombies. There is no road, no plan, and no direction. It is nonsense and ingredients.

BluntCrazeMan:

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Nor be by age sha. If you doubt am, ask Yahaya Bello how fart. E go clear ya doubt full time. The youngest governor who made zero impact.

Recently, Nigerian ladies have been discussing the monetization of relationships in Nigeria. Hence, most Nigerian men now prefer to marry ladies from outside the country.

The general notion is that men are designed to spend on Nigerian ladies while the ladies only bring sex to the table without more.

This brings me to my question. Are there Nigerian ladies who date guys who are way poorer than them and will gladly spend money on them and change their lives of these guys?

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Why does the learned Silk appears to be speaking from both sides of the mouth?

A few months ago, he was clamouring for the full implementation of the report. He and Prof. Sage (SAN).

But today, he is saying another thing entirely.

Na why I nor dey watch these kind football games be this. I rather watch highlights. Imagine, say, baba skipped the game and watched the highlight on YouTube, e for still alive and balling.

It is well. Happy home going, sir.

smugmanuel:
Please I need your advice.
I sold a car to a customer, the only problem with the car was A/C blower which I fixed before the buyer took delivery of the car.
They traveled from Lagos to Asaba without any hassle but according to my customer (the buyer ) he said the car started overheating and they found out the water pump is bad . I agreed to pay for that. The following day he called that the transmission won’t engage. First I thought that they want to rip me off. After we argued about it , I agreed to fix everything for him. They sent me the bill. It was when I want to send them money I discovered I discovered my has been placed on PND. I had to send money from another bank to my mechanic who’s in with my customer mechanic them who later sent them the money. I called my customer and ask why he took such step, he said I wasn’t picking up my calls when he was calling. I told him I already sent him message that I will call back after evening service. It’s 3 days now and I still don’t have access to my and I’ve fixed customer car and case closed but my is still in PND. I’m thinking of taking legal action. What do you advise?

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Kobojunkie:
Did you know that Neither God of Israel nor Jesus Christ of the Lost sheep of Israel gave men commands as far as what you call the canonization of Scripture. So to pretend your Bible someone legitimized or invalidates scripture in some way is ludicrous. Your Bible is simply a collection of some books and nothing more. If scripture is what you wish to learn then you read all books that qualify both those contained in your Bible and those nor contained in it.

As for religion itself, God never gave men religion. What God gave the children of Israel in the Land of Canaan was His Law -- a National Constitution. Men decided for themselves to include religion as a go-between, against God and for that God destroyed both Israel and Judah. Equally, Jesus Christ gave those who would enter His Kingdom of God a Law -- also a National Constitution to obey. But as is the pattern of men, they inserted religion between Jesus Christ and His followers in order that they may rule over the minds and lives or their fellow men.

What do I say all of this to mean? That religious doctrines and opinions/traditions have absolutely nothing to do with that which is of God of Israel nor Israel.

So, you don't agree with the school of thought that postulates that the Bible was inspired by God, right?

And thus, the position of Dr. Abel Damina that the Bible is not the word of God, correct?

I recently stumbled on some books that were excluded from both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, and I cannot help but agree with our Muslim brethren that the Bible has been greatly revised, and some books, chapters and information were excluded for reasons best known to persons or entities who either advised it or outrightly did so.

Just like the Psalms of David, which is a powerful book, there is also the Psalms of Solomon, which was excluded from the Canonical Bible for reasons I do not understand. I have read excerpts of the complete books of Ecclesacities and some other books of the Old Testament, such as the books of Judith, Gilgamesh and Enoch, which are all powerful books.

Thus, my question. Why were these books excluded from the Bible?

Do you know why?

kobojunkie

Maynman:

Everything you know about Jesus is from Christianity, so if the people that created the religion are frauds, it says alot about the Jesus who Christianity is centered on.

All the books you know of Jesus and how he was potrayed was complied by this fraudsters, there are other books that didn't make it to the Canon, and they potrayed your Jesus Christ in another way, an example is Gospel of Judas, which was used extensively in early Christianity, those people you call fraudsters excludes the book, another one is apocalypse of peter which showed that your Jesus Christ is dead and gone, those same fraudsters also removed it.
What about the virgin birth 😂, how come you believe all these stories from conmen?

You are a fraud like them too.

In what ways did they portray Jesus Christ?

Thanks for this response. I was able to stumble on about 30 lost/excluded books of the Bible, and I am presently studying the Psalms of Solomon.

The Bible contains varying perspectives on polygamy and divorce. In the Old Testament, polygamy was practised by several prominent figures such as Abraham, Jacob, David, and Solomon. However, it's important to note that the Bible does not explicitly condemn polygamy. Instead, it presents instances where it causes problems within families, such as jealousy and rivalry among wives.

Jesus spoke about divorce in the New Testament, emphasizing the importance of marriage and its intended permanence. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus teaches that divorce was permitted in the Old Testament due to people's hardness of heart but states that it was not part of the original plan for marriage. Thus, there was no clear-cut on whether or not divorce and polygamy were abolished.

Different Christian denominations interpret these teachings differently, with some allowing divorce in certain circumstances while others hold more conservative views about its permissibility. What is your take?

Kobojunkie:
Jesus Christ knew very well that it was a sin against God of Israel to add, remove or make changes to His Law.
Condemning the Law would equally amount to setting oneself against the God of Israel and Jesus Christ never once did that either.
So, anyone who pretends it is OK to cherry-pick as far as any of God's Laws is a false teacher and a false prophet — antiChrist.

After further research, I do agree with you.

GreatAchiever1:


Bros biko, I understand what you mean but take am easy, no be so.

“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.
— Matthew 5:17

Kindly explain further. And does this allow Pastors cherry-pick part of the old testament?

Why do pastors cherry-pick parts of the bible to use in their church sermons, especially from the Old Testament?

This was one question that arose between me and a Sunday school teacher who was desperately trying to get me born again for the umpteenth time.

While I was wondering if I actually wanted to do this born-again thing and not just stick to my born-against life wen I dey jejely en, I could not help but ask him why pastor cherry pick parts of the bible to apply in their Sunday teachings, especially from the old testament.

He was quick to answer that the new covenant was now applicable as it eroded parts of the Old Testament that were strictly applicable to the Jews and not the Gentiles. But then, he could not address why some pastors will use parts of the Bible book of Deuteronomy, Genesis and Leviticus, especially Malachi (the tithe part), to address church while cleverly leaving out those parts that will cause serious confusion in the church.

Na there e for give up and promising to come back today to continue with his desperate effort to convert me into the Jehovah's Witness fold. I do like his effort, zeal and tenacity, and I will be cooking rice and chicken stew to entertain him today. After all, one must be ready to welcome the preacherman with his whole heart, especially those who allow you to ask questions and not think you are rude for asking some difficult question.

But why do Pastors cherry-pick parts of the Bible to apply?

Please educate my ignorance.

Thanks.

BluntCrazeMan:


At a time like this, little things like this make us believe that some other bigger things had happened in the hidden.

Never the less.
For the benefits of doubts, we still choose to believe that nothing bad actually happened, since we cannot prove it.

Boss! We are on a long thing. The system is actually messed up, truth be told. It is not a good time to be a litigator in this country. Most judgments in some electoral cases are a far cry from what justice should look like. I won't tell lies. I am even ashamed to pride myself as a lawyer in some cases. We need a total reform.

The judiciary was more firm during the military regime than what we have now. It seems to my mind that military regimes appear to be better than democracy. This style of democracy is not suitable for a country like Nigeria.

BluntCrazeMan:


At a time like this, little things like this make us believe that some other bigger things had happened in the hidden.

Never the less.
For the benefits of doubts, we still choose to believe that nothing bad actually happened, since we cannot prove it.

My problem with Nigerians is the double standards. Some judgments were delivered in favour of LP, and there was no uproar that the judiciary was corrupt. But for those that were delivered in favour of the ruling party, the judiciary is corrupt. But how many people that are complaining actually voted during elections? A handful.

Sometimes, I wonder if we are the descendants of the Biblical Israelites. Cos all we do is complain without doing anything or actually doing what we ought to do.

But then again the masses trust in the system is broken.

BluntCrazeMan:


They will just brush the error aside as usual.
And nothing will happen to anybody.

I see these kind of errors in judgments once in a while. And all we do is either apply for a corrigendum or address the court during proceedings. I even addressed the court in a similar thing this week Tuesday and the court asked the clerk to fix the error. But we always look for an opportunity to bash the judiciary that we ought to protect.

BluntCrazeMan:
The Certified True Copy (which happened to be the supposed wrong copy) first existed before the corrected version came into existence.


It seems like all the wrong Copy-and-Pasting happened on the Page-67..

They perfectly did Copy-and-Paste in all the other pages and removed all the original texts,
But they forgot to take a careful final look on that page-67..
..

A lot of things are really happening.

Some sent me a soft copy of the judgment yesterday, and I was opportune to read it. It was what I believed to be a typographical error, and you will easily notice it if you read the entire judgment. Newspapers just want to sell news.

And bloggers want to thrend. But whoever made that mistake is in deep shit.

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Not a good time to be a litigator in this country. Those days, all a litigator needed to do was conduct extensive research based on decided cases and advise his client or proffer a legal opinion. But these days, one is not so sure anymore.

Just imagine! It is the same court ooo but different judgments, even in the light of the recent Supreme Court decision in the Presidential Appeal Case.

@ BluntCrazeMan, what is your take? Mind you, this is my new Monica. @ litigator is gone with the wind.

Royaltyy:
He's a fool. What if he needs them in future, maybe for political office or an opportunity overseas or even that same handwork he's talking about, cos thaere are some handwork that are big contracts and it's only your certificate that can earn you such contracts...

He might regret his actions later

I agree with you. Maybe he burnt the coloured photocopy and not the exact originals. Because even if you are self-employed and have a company, you might still need it to get some contract. And it gives you an edge when you are a graduate. While I agree with him that going to the University in today's Nigeria might be useless, like the left hand if you do not have a skill, God or good connection to secure a job, but the left hand is not entirely useless. You can still clean or wash your anus with it.

It is better to learn handwork and then it with your university certificate like some of us did. Our handwork/business paid for our university degree. If I stop practicing law or japa to where my University degree is useless as a lawyer except I further, I can simply fall back on my skills to survive until I decide to go back to school.

lecoeur:
While growing up, sometimes my father takes me out with him and during those times he teaches me certain things that a man should know.
Thing is, something happened I can't recall but that thing made him tell me he preferred my younger brother to me (We are 3 boys tho), I even noticed it because he took him out more and bought things for him. I was this kid that's so quite, reserved and always on my own and he never liked that. On the other note, my brother is very agressive have this agbero type of behaviour lol. My dad fell ill and I took care of him both at home and in the hospital to the point of his death I was with him, I didn't take what he said to heart and he never apologized but I did all that because I loved him very much, I saw him as a hero, even the person that he preferred wasn't interested in taking care of him as much as I was.
I totally forgot about this whole thing until this my younger Bro accused my Mom of been bias towards him which is true but as the first and oldest son I always stand for him whenever that happens because I know how it feels.
Please I urge present and future parents to do better with hiding or avoiding this favourite child thing, it's not really ohk.

Your father never preferred your younger brother over you. You do not fix a machine that is working perfectly. You only fix a machine that has issues.

Your father simply discovered that you had the capacity to take his stead when he has gone home. His next step was to work on your kid brother to ensure there is double insurance. In case you go home anytime before you take your seat in the council of elders, another will be able to keep the family going. You must often see beyond your nose.

From your write-up, I wish to believe you don't have a wife and kids of yours yet. When you do, you will start thinking about transgenerational continuity and keeping the family name. Then you will see what your father saw. I have been in your shoes, and I understand perfectly.

Social media noise is not the law. Let Pilce come and tell the Federal Judge their respective offences to warrant their continuous incaceration.

Never the mob to crucify someone. The crowd might go free, and only you might be used to show example to the rest. They should claim billions against him.

Nonsense! Naira Marley and Co has been made to suffer for nothing by spending almost a year in Police custody. But the coroner inquest holding at Ikorodu is now revealing that Naira Marley was not directly or remotely related to Mo's death.

That is his mother and not his mother-in-law. Why ona dey lie too much?

Apparently he was raised by his mother and was having a dance with his mother on his wedding day.

chieni:

How long have you been on the platform?

I signed up before 2020 but wasn't regular due to physical engagement with a physical law practice in Nigeria. But due to economic reasons, one has to double his hustle. Hence, my focus is on Upwork now. Let's earn some greenback to the NGN.

party is always allowed. Nice enjoyment. Na dey chop mother and daughter. No time/