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The Supreme Court of Nigeria has issued a landmark ruling in Ugbah v. Ugbah that fundamentally reshapes family law jurisprudence by establishing that wives and children can pursue maintenance claims as standalone actions without filing for divorce. This decision removes procedural barriers that previously limited access to financial support and affirms that children's welfare rights are enforceable regardless of their parents' marital status or relationship.

"Self-help is a primitive remedy capable of causing a breach of the peace…the magnitude of which no one may conjecture…" -Per Nwokedi JSC...

Customary marriage and divorce in Nigeria are integral aspects of the nation's social fabric, reflecting the traditions, values, and practices of its diverse ethnic groups.

Adultery and divorce in Nigeria has serious legal consequences in marital disputes. Adultery is not only a criminal offense under the Penal Code which is applicable to Northern Nigeria...

Paternity fraud, which is the deliberate misrepresentation of a child's biological father, has serious legal, financial, and emotional repercussions.

The Interpretation Section, Part 1 of the Administration of Estates Act of Lagos State defines Administration

With the increase in infertility rates all over the world, more and more couples are looking into the use of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) methods, such as surrogacy...

Prior to the 90's, Nigeria like most of its African counterparts embraced the traditional notion of a man being the primary provider for the family (the duty of providing for the family was regarded as the sole responsibility of the man of the house, ...

Across the globe, inheritance is the primary pathway to land ownership, with customs and traditional norms heavily influencing inheritance rights across different regions.

In December 2021, it was widely reported that the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court had declared marriages conducted at the Federal Marriage Registry in Ikoyi illegal.

Controversies surrounding statutory marriages, commonly known as court marriages have led to misconceptions and uncertainties in society.

Adoption is a process where individuals legally become the parents of a child who is not their biological child. This process, recognized and sanctioned by law, places a child's parental rights and responsibilities squarely in the hands of the adopters.

Love is many things and often spoken about in emotional terms like affection, sacrifice, partnership and shared history. But families who endure understand something else: Love is also structure.

The family is universally recognised as the foundational unit of society, and efforts to address social challenges often begin at this level.

Disputes arise between members of the family due to disagreement over certain matters, and this may lead to a form of disharmony often tagged family disputes.

This creative submission is in a bid to decongest courts in Nigeria, save taxpayers money, by ensuring data privacy of parties and preventing private affairs of citizens in civil suits to unclog the wheel of Nigeria's criminal justice system.

The Black's Law Dictionary2 defines the words ‘next of kin' as the person or persons most closely related to a descendant by blood or affinity.