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WOMEN'S RIGHT OF INHERITANCE: Women's Property Right Still a Major Issue in Nigeria (a Legal Perspective).

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  Image credit: OtownGist. The crux of this problem. Started with the fact that women have no identity of their own. At birth, they are their fathers, at marriage, they are their sons, at their husband's death, they are their sons.  For a person who is never her own being but owned by others, it only makes sense that property cannot own a property. Which is why our approach to addressing these issue must address it at the root cause.  Recently, the news broke out that The late elder statesman and former Ohanaeze Ndigbo President -General, Chief (Engr. Dr. ) Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has left behind a final Will that 'bans his wife, Lolo Frances from remarrying'. Apparently, if she chooses to remarry, she stands to forfeit the properties inherited.  This news coincided with the presently trending shocking story of Ifunanya , a girl who could not reach her father for six months, suspecting something was wrong, came back to her village to find out that her aunt's and uncles...

THE SUNK COST FALLACY: The Art of Breaking Up.

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If you've listened to Beyonce's sing Jolene remake "Jolene, don't come for my man... I raised that man". It's safe to say you've  just  jirate to sunk cost fallacy.  You're on a ship, a long and strenuous journey. You've expended time,spent money and exhausted energy. 2/3rd of the journey have being covered, then you hit a rock and the boat became faulty, you wouldn't take you all the way to the last lap.  You have your eyes on a set destination, but if you insist on going, the ship would sink along side you. but there's another ship going back to shore you left days ago.  Now here's the dilemma: -Going back would amount to an effort in futility, insisting on pushing forward would lead to the ultimate collapse of the ship and you.  What would you do? I know some of us would be quick to say "there's no dilemma at all, I'll simply hop on the saving ship and go back". However, you look back, time, money, energy, days, yea...