PREPARED BY      https://jideogundimucosolicitors.co.uk/   TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION – LAGOS STATE. CHAPTER 2 – HOUSING ISSUES IN THE STATE. CHAPTER 3 – THE LAGOS STATE BUILDING CONTROL AGENCY (LASBCA). CHAPTER 4 – THE FAILINGS OF THE LAGOS STATE BUILDING CONTROL AGENCY (LASBCA). CHAPTER 5 – THE WAY FORWARD. CHAPTER 6...Read More

The meaning of sub-culture is always in dispute, and style is the area in which the opposing definitions clash with most dramatic force. Culture can be said to be the peculiar and distinctive ‘way of life’ of the group or class, the meanings, values and ideas embodied in institutions, in social relations, in systems of...Read More

Chapter 1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In National Provincial Bank Ltd v Ainsworth [1965] AC 1175, the question was whether a married woman whose rights at common law were to be provided with a roof over her head by her husband was to bind third parties to whom the husband had transferred the matrimonial home to. The...Read More

We recently had a constitutional crisis on our hands, which is still ongoing, but has now been over shadowed by the upcoming elections this February. The background of the matter started with the Chief Justice of the Federation, Mr. Walter Onnoghen, facing trial over alleged false asset declaration bought against him by the Code of...Read More

The new tenancy laws of Lagos State were enacted on the 5th of August 2011 at the Lagos State House of Assembly. Its main purpose was to help both landlords and tenants in Lagos State. Well, that is according to the Lagos State government. Nevertheless, the legislation was signed by the Governor on the 24th...Read More

As a young black teenager growing up in Britain in the 1980’s, I thought Margaret Thatcher was the most evil woman in Britain. But who could blame me, as I was a young man influenced by the socialist views around me. Most of my friends were blacks, mainly West Indians who had been oppressed in...Read More

It is clear that at common law a wife has a right of occupation in the matrimonial home. This does not necessarily mean that the wife has a right at common law to insist on sharing residential accommodation in which her husband has set up a new home with a different partner. The origin of...Read More