Know Your Rights (KYR)

Today let's talk briefly about marital rights which are the rights enjoyed by spouses in a legal marriage (not mere dating relationships). These rights include: 1) Right to consummation, that is sexual intercourse. However, this right does not justify or permit forced/non-consensual sexual intercourse. 2) Right to maintenance, that is the right to be taken care of by the breadwinner of the family which in few exceptional cases could be the woman. 3) Right to protection: it naturally falls on the head of the house to protect his family but this must be done within the boundaries of the law. 4) Right of residence/cohabitation: spouses have the right to live together and to enjoy each other's company. As a matter of fact, prolonged separation between spouses is a valid ground for divorce in Nigeria. However, the right of cohabitation does not automatically confer joint ownership. 5) Right to use your spouse's name. 6) Right to not testify in court against y...

Today let's talk about the rights of Nigerian citizens in relation to our security agencies. Firstly, you have to know that security is the collective responsibility of everyone and not just our security agencies. This entails that as patriotic citizens, it is our duty to not commit or assist in committing or assist in covering up the commission or encourage the commission of crimes. Rather we should all be diligent in reporting crimes to the police whether as a victim or simply as a concerned citizen. As a matter of fact it is your right to report crimes and after reporting, it is your right to be given proper and adequate attention by our security personnel with regards to your case.  However, your report should be made in good faith. In other words, do not supply false information to the police out of malice just to get another person in trouble because by doing so you are committing a serious offence for which you will be punished. They are several security agencie...