₦airaland Forum

Look at how they are peeling their skin like a chicken put in hot water before plucking its feathers. Africans and inferiority complex. I actually prefer dark skin that is well maintained than white skin.

Hermionegranger:
The Administration of Estates Law of the state where the deceased lived will apply. If the Pension and gratuity were paid into an account opened by the deceased for that purpose before he died, the bank will not allow the son to touch the money until he gets the Letters of Administration. He should go to the probate registry to get letters of administration; when he does, the bank will open a new account called an estate account and pay the money into it.

In this case, there was no money paid into any account as at the time the deceased died. This is a case of someone died in active service and the person responsible for the processing of his death benefits is the next-of-kin (son). And this deceased person died intestate. Please can you explain what you mean by the Administration of Estates law of the state. Do you mean the governing law of the administrator-general and public trustee, because this estate in question was paid in the administrator-general and public trustee office? Does the next-of-kin require a letter of administration to be able to collect the money?

ejimatic:
. Good contribution sir! A man had four wives .He was a police officer.After his death all his wives started heated argument and fight because of his pension and money he had in bank. His lawyers informed them none of their names was used as the next of kin so they could not legally collect the money.Surprisingly the man used one of his daughters who was organisational and caring.She was outside the country then.She came back yo Nigeria to collect the pension and money in the bank. In some situations some agencies and parastatalls and companies have even columns for Next of kin and who to contact in case of death and accident to emphasise the relevance of next of kin. Additionally a will must be respected.If the will says the property including money must be given to Mr A while the next of kin is Mr C, Mr C will collect the property including the money and give it to Mr A as contained in the deceased will.If this is not done accordingly legal action will take place against the custodian of the deceased property including money.

Thank you for this insight too sir! In this particular instance I asked the question of, there was no wife with the deceased when he was alive, all the wives have departed to marry another men at least 10 years prior to the death of the deceased. And this deceased person died intestate. The next-of-kin (son) processed the estate of his father like the pension and gratuity who died in active service.

If men have become randy I have no problem with that. My only problem is when the randy men turned their randiness into making demands from women like those lecturers caught having sex with their female students for marks. We tend to chastise one gender for one lustful act and forget that they cannot commit that act without the help of the other gender.

sassysure:
Forget that. These are well educated men.
Don't know why we got it all wrong.
This is the same women they kiss and make love to everyday yet hate to put thier names as next of kin.
Why is it so.
All the women used their husbands not children's name. Not even one.
I mean, we were visibly shocked

I hope you are in their position before you judge them. There is this misconception that Arabs and Muslims discriminate against women more than others, but it is actually the case of understanding their women than others.

Every man cares about his legacy, and the only way to ensure that is to choose the next-of-kin who is a rightful heir, and this is either your son or a trusted male blood relative. A woman can easily leave you to marry another man, that automatically gives your rightful heir and legacy to another man. Imagine the family wanted to sit on how to share your property and your ex-wife (who is married to another man) had to be there before they can do anything. This is an insult to your memory.

Muslims tend to respect their woman once her son attained the age of maturity where he can successfully represent his father and the family. So automatically, the respect accorded to the son will also extend to his mother.

Try to get my point, I'm not saying the husband should not allow his wife to inherit his property even if she had no issue. That is why the will is recommended.

johnaruson:
WHAT THE LAW SAYS ABOUT NEXT-OF-KIN IN NIGERIA

Are you among those that think by giving a name to financial institutions (bank for example) as next-of-kin you have chosen that person to automatically inherit your wealth in the event of your demise? In other words, do you think by merely picking someone as your next-of-kin you have made that person a beneficiary to your wealth or entitlement(s) in the event of your death?"Let us attempt a little legal analysis based on two factors: whether the deceased has a Will (a document written by a deceased when he was alive that prescribes how his property is to be shared when he dies) or whether he dies without a will

In law when a person dies leaving behind a will, he is said to have died testate. In such a circumstance, Issue of next-of-kin becomes useless. The reason is that the wealth of the deceased will simply be shared in line with the contents of the will.

The position is still the same even where the deceased dies without leaving a will. The position is that when a person dies without a will, the question as to who to inherit his wealth is determined by law, that is to say, customary law, or Islamic law or English Law or the Administration of Estates law (or equivalent legislation) not whom the deceased mentioned in his bank or place of work as next-of-kin.

How then do we know the law to be applied in sharing the property of the deceased? The law to be applicable in distributing the estate of the deceased shall be determined by the incidence of marriage of the deceased. If a deceased contracted a statutory marriage, succession to his wealth will be effected in accordance with either the English law or the Administration of Estates Law (or equivalent legislation), depending on the jurisdiction. See Obuzez V. Obuzez (2007) 10 NWLR (Pt. 1043) 430.

Under English Law and the administration of estate laws of various state, the surviving spouse together with the children of the deceased inherit his estate to the exclusion of every other person. The parents of the deceased takes next after the surviving spouse and children, followed by brothers and sisters of the full blood, brothers and sisters of half blood, grandparents, aunties and uncles of full blood relation to the parents of the deceased etc. See Kekereogun & Ors v. Oshodi (1971) LPELR-1686(SC) subject however to contrary provisions under the administration of estate laws of various states.

Where however the deceased contracted a customary marriage, then customary law will determine who will inherit the property of the deceased. That is to say in the circumstance, heirs are those who are under native law and custom entitled to inherit his estate. For Muslims, Islamic law determines who to inherit the deceased estate.

Therefore, under the Nigerian law of intestate succession, one cannot choose his heir under the pretext of next-of-kin; the law imposes heirs on him. For example it is the surviving spouse and children of an intestate who married under the Act that are his heirs. The intestate cannot therefore, by naming only one of them or any of his other blood relatives his next-of-kin, scheme them out of inheritance as the act of naming his next-of-kin does not amount to testamentary disposition.

In view of the foregoing, there is nothing special about next-of-kin as far as succession is concerned. "Next-of-kin is merely the first contact point if anything happens to you. He is someone empowered to make decisions for you in times of emergency or where you are not readily available or unable to make the decisions yourself." - E. Kalu Ekpu Esq. Your Next of kin is someone empowered to provide necessary information about you where needed such as confirming your identity. He is also someone positioned to make medical decisions such as providing consent for a medical procedure. At best, what a next-of-kin can do after the demise of the deceased is perhaps to ensure that necessary steps are taken towards obtaining letter of administration from the probate. The typical Nigerian's conception of the term, "next-of-kin" is therefore erroneous.

A next-of-kin can inherit only if he is named in a Will as a beneficiary or by his status he is entitled by law to inherit but not actually because he is named as the next-of-kin of the deceased in a bank or place of work.

https://360mediaz.com.ng/the-real-definition-of-next-of-kin/

@op, sorry I had to quote the whole post because I wanted a quick reply on this:

What if the next-of-kin is the son of the deceased with his name written as the next-of-kin in the official document where his late father worked and he happened to process the gratuity and pension of his deceased father from the government, what law will be applicable in that regard, or does he need to process the letter of administration for himself to be able to collect the money?

ejimatic:
. Will is a statement of how property is to be shared.Possession of some property after a persons death is determined by regulation guiding the property...If for example if a person name is written in a bank document or pension document as the next of kin the money will be given to the person . not all wives and children.The recipient will share the property accordingly.... Additionally if a deceased has a land property and he has no will at death the content of the land document will determine how to share the piece of land.

Thank you for this, i had wanted to ask op this question. What if the next-of-kin is the son of the deceased with his name written as the next-of-kin in the official document where his late father worked and he happened to process the gratuity and pension of his deceased father from the government, what law will be applicable in that regard, or does he need to process the letter of administration for himself to be able to collect the money?

seangy4konji:
na d Mumu men ooo..i no gather join

You tell me if you are an employer and you are in a position to choose between a man and a woman for a job, you will choose the man over a woman? Stop telling me lies.

Most men in this world are a puzzy licker, Nigerian men are even worse. They might be pretending as if they care about other things than women in the beginning when they have nothing, but once they get into the position of economic opportunities and power, you will see this attribute starts sneaking in. Only a few remain themselves.

We are talking about Tasha and Mercy today as if there are no past BBNigeria winners who are men, how many endorsements have they won compared to what these two ladies already have?

Ronaldo always has his teammates greasing his ego wherever he is, the same thing Marcello did for him in real madrid, chellini is doing it now in juve.

If you had ever taken anyone to hospital, you would know human life is worth nothing in this country. Even the doctor will display commitment based on how capable he senses you can fund your treatment. Everything is all about money in this god forsaken country, even in the government hospitals. If they had taken her to the hospital in a nice car, the story of her being denied treatment might have been different.

If you had ever taken anyone to hospital, you would know human life is worth nothing in this country. Even the doctor will display commitment based on how capable he senses you can fund your treatment. Everything is all about money in this god forsaken country, even in the government hospitals.

Bobbystanley:
If that Match was played in the VAR era Chelsea would have had nothing less than five penalty Kicks

Then that abidal red card wouldn't have been called which reduced barca to 10 men and gave Chelsea the opportunity to parade the field.

englishmart:
Nothing compared to what that short Mayweather pockets
I've been defending AJ, claiming the first match was fixed. I'm sure they won't fix it again.

Comparable. How much did maywhether pocket in the biggest match of his career against pacquier, he pocketed somewhere around $118 million. If Joshua continues in this trajectory, he will surpass maywhether.

I'm beginning to suspect the first match was fixed for Joshua to lose so the rematch can drive huge returns like this.

Bobbystanley:
That was the Most Disgraceful Day in Champions League History.

Tom Hennin Ovrebo the Norwegian Referee that took charge of that game Would die a miserable death

Was the red card given to abidal deserved? Barca played most of that game with undeserved 10 men and you Chelsea fans keep ranting over a decade later. If ineista had not scored that die minute goal, Chelsea would have won. So you should blame the ineista not the ref for your loss, lol

Did the woman commit murder, just because she said she would burn a religious book which she probably purchased with her own money, why threatening her?

Nigerian should face more important issues of the day jorh.

The problem is even paying for a property you're not going to see, if it is house rent you are paying for, you can easily consult other existing tenants for more advice. But buying property from an agent is the most difficult thing.

People often take messi calmness as being shy or weak, but he is very calculative in his speech. Let's be sincere, cr7 has no energy left to compete with messi for this award now that he is in serie A, unless he goes to a better league or club. Now it is time for messi to shine once again and also brag about it.

I hope he can use this motivation to fire barca into their sixth champions league title and win the balon dor again.

Mcquine:
Lol.

Bit by bit the Fraud Ronaldo Europeans used to obstruct Messi's brilliance is crumbling.

IF FIFA and UEFA was fair Ronaldo would only have won 1 Ballon dor which was back in 2008/2009 season that Messi got injured for more than half of the season.

Every other awards after that is just nonsense.

You can only lie to yourself by comparing Ronaldo to Messi.

I'm not surprised Nigerians are mostly a Ronaldo Fan I mean look at the damn country and its people everything we know here is negativity and mediocrity.

I tell you, ronaldo fans seem to be more vocal in Africa especially Nigeria. This speaks a lot about who the guy is

The way ronaldo family rants on media shows the thing runs in their blood. His mother used to be the vocal voice, now it is the turn of his sister, which makes you wonder if messi has any family to rant for him on social media. The characters of both players speak volume to which family they come from, messi's family is just too courteous and well thought to be engaging in cyber rattling with anyone

wwwihy:
Sad time for tap in and mate-goal blocking family

Whoever made Ronaldo ass big like that is wicked

No absentee has ever won this award, once cr7 is not there, he already knows the outcome.

Congrats to the GOAT Messi!

IdioticNLmods:
Those trophies doesn't count, we talking about professional level here.. He could still switch allegiance then.
Tell me what you have done for your country first, mumu question

Switching allegiance with his country after winning Olympic? Na u mumu pass

IdioticNLmods:
Doesn't change a thing! If they like let him win 100 times for scoring goals only in camp nou, CR7 remains the greatest..
Player that can't win trophy for his country is that one player?
Politics award

He won under 21 world cup and the Olympic, took his country to 4 major finals, that includes the world cup of course. Which one have you done for your country?

This guy runs the gamut in the individual accolades, only world cup or any international title is left to cement his legacy as the god of soccer of all time. Knowing how obsessed cr7 is with messi, he will not sleep well tonight, he would rather someone else had won the award. Hope his fans can sit their ass down now

Cr7 was in his first balon dor when messi won his forth balon dor, what did you compare messi with then?

So none of those French national team players are in competition for this award. I don't even think cr7 has a competition against messi to win this year's award.

ProtectMyMoney:
Generation next will be slay queen mothers.

But who are the people footing the bills of these slay queens and making them lazy, are they not men like you? I hate this hypocrisy of men attacking slay queens online but licking their a$$ in real life.

You get to some places in lagos and you wonder if you're still in Nigeria. I hope those estates have occupants sha?

Just look at how those good-for-nothing old men and women are looking at her from behind in that picture she was seated alone. I hope they could give this degree to young Nigerian entrepreneurs who defied the odds and built successful businesses for themselves. Like one young guy that invented a power car recently, not all these good-for-nothing old professors.

This one na still ordinary jab, not even uppercut, compared to what this man stole. When he was asked to step down from senate president after the Panama papers saga and he refused, I knew it would come to this.

But my question is, instead moving this gigantic element around which comes with its own risks, can't they bring the company that built it in China down here in Nigeria to build it right in the refinery?

Yoh, I got it, they would have to move the plant setup that built it down here in Nigeria too.

Can't wait to start having fun like you sister, I enjoy travelling, travel broadens your mind and enlivens you. But my only concern is that travellers tend to get cancer more often than others, maybe due to exposure to radiation in the jet, ask Wole Soyinka.