DR TOLU ADEREMI DEMANDS JUSTICE AND URGES THE NBA TO TAKE ACTION OVER THE ALLEGED POLICE KILLING IN EFFURUN.
Dr Tolu Aderemi has strongly condemned the reported killing of a young Delta State indigene by a police officer, describing the incident as a grave violation of justice and human dignity, and calling for urgent institutional accountability. The legal practitioner, who currently serves as Chairman of the NBA Lagos Branch Law Reform and Monitoring Committee and is a Partner at Perchstone & Graeys, expressed deep concern over the gruesome event said to have occurred in Effurun, Delta State. The incident, which has circulated widely in a dis…
UKEJE v. UKEJE AND THE ANTECEDENT REALITIES OF THE GIRL CHILD ON INHERITANCE IN NIGERIA: A LEGAL ANALYSIS | LYDIA EHISUORIA OHONSI, ESQ.
LYDIA EHISUORIA OHONSI ESQ. For generations, many Nigerian communities—particularly among the Igbo of South-Eastern Nigeria—have adhered to customary laws that systematically exclude female children from inheritance. Rooted in deep-seated patriarchal traditions, these rules dictated that only male children could succeed to the estate of a father who died without a will. Under this regime, a daughter was often treated as an outsider in her own father’s home, unable to inherit land or personal property simply because of her gender. A Landmark…
