Author name: The Legal Solicitor

It has been a matter of public debate, as to whether Achimota SHS was right or otherwise in its decision refusing admission to some Rastafarian students. When I first read the story, this was what I sincerely expected to be reaction of the authorities of Achimota SHS: “Dear Rastafarian students, we are aware that you […]

We normally define a family to include a group of people who are related by blood. This definition admits of persons who are not blood related but may be recognized as being part of a family. A family may be formed by birth, by adoption (A formal public declaration by one, adopting a person as

As already discussed under the Patrilineal System of Inheritance, a family is a group of people either or not related by blood. The members of the Patrilineal families and Matrilineal families are mutually exclusive, thus a person cannot be a member of both families. Members outside the patrilineal family, by deduction and to some extent

A Christian Marriage is a monogamous marriage, meaning it can validly exist between one man and one woman only. Thus, there cannot be in existence a polygamous marriage between a man and two or more women and at the same time be recognized as a valid marriage in Christendom or Christianity. For such a polygamous

PREAMBLE We the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Having firmly and solemnly resolve, to live in unity and harmony as one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign nation under God, dedicated to the promotion of inter-African solidarity, world peace, international co-operation and understanding And to provide for a Constitution for the purpose of promoting the

PREAMBLE IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD We the People of Ghana, IN EXERCISE of our natural and inalienable right to establish a framework of government which shall secure for ourselves and posterity the blessings of liberty, equality of opportunity and prosperity; IN A SPIRIT of friendship and peace with all peoples of the

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