Fit & Proper Podcast

What do Kirikiri Prisons and Sugar Daddies have in common? Can the Nigeria Police arrest people to secure payment of debts? In this episode, Victoria and Keyukemi provide answers to both questions and more. This episode follows up from Episode 23 where we started the discussion on Constitutional Rights. We discuss the right to be tried for an offence known to law, right to remain silent, right to trial for one offence, right against trial for retroactive legislation, right against trial for pardoned offence, right to examine witnesses, and right to interpreter. If there's a topic you'd like to hear us discuss, kindly fill our feedback form bit.ly/fitpropcast

If you're going to put us in your will, you better give us dollars😁. In this episode, Ufuoma and Keyukemi continue from the previous episode where they started talking about Wills & Codicils. They go deeper by talking about legacies in a will, the types of gifts, difference between ademption and abatement, the relationship between pecuniary and demonstrative gifts, partial intestacy, circumstances when a gift may fail, revival, republication, and the limitations on the rights of a testator. If there's a topic you'd like to hear us discuss, kindly fill our feedback form via bit.ly/fitpropcast

Remember the #FlipTheSwitch Challenge that trended a while back? It turns out that companies can also do the same. In this episode of the podcast, we'll be talking about Post-Incorporation Matters under Corporate Law. We cover converting from private to public, public to private, limited to unlimited, how to do corporate search, how it relates to work as a young Associate in commercial firms. To give depth to this conversation, we have Oluwaseun Ayansola (Sage) with us. He's an Associate at Aluko & Oyebode, a Tier 1 law firm in Nigeria. He's the founder of Commercially Aware. He finished top of his law class in 2017 at Obafemi Awolowo University. He also won the Kayode Eso Prize for Professional Ethics and Skills at the Nigerian Law School in 2019. If there's a topic you'd like us to cover, fill our feedback form via bit.ly/fitpropcast

Why was Chief Daddy's codicil read before the will? What's a codicil anyway and how is it different from a will? If you persuade someone to make you a beneficiary under their will, does it constitute undue influence? In this episode, Keyukemi Ubi and Ufuoma Bakporhe provide answers to these questions and more. This episode commences another mini-series about Wills in Nigeria. We cover the types of Wills, why you should make one, purpose of a codicil, capacity, conditions for the validity of a will, how to prove a will, and similar transactions. If there's a topic you'd like to hear us discuss, kindly fill our feedback form via bit.ly/fitpropcast

If your idea of how a police arrest should look like is based on Africa Magic Yoruba, you are so wrong 😂. In this episode, we commence another mini-series where we'll be discussing the Constitutional Safeguards to ensure fair trial of an accused person in Nigeria. This is a topic under Criminal Litigation of the Nigerian Law School syllabus. The discussants are Keyukemi Ubi and Victoria Oloni. On this episode, they cover the right to be informed of crime alleged (for our Africa Magic lovers), right to fair hearing, presumption of innocence, right to adequate time & facilities to prepare defence, and right to counsel. If you like what you hear, and you'll like to hear more topics like this, please fill our feedback form via bit.ly/fitpropcast

David is back, since Episode 5 (Introduction to Civil Litigation), and he's talking about Summary Judgment under Civil Litigation with Keyukemi Ubi. Their discussion covers the rationale for it, the types, their respective procedures and how a summary judgment can be set aside. They also touch on what default judgments are. If there's a topic you'd like us to discuss, kindly fill our feedback form to tell us bit.ly/fitpropcast

This episode wraps up our discussions on Mortgages under Property Law Practice. In this episode, we talk about the concept of upstamping and distinguish it from successive mortgages. The discussion also covers the rights and remedies of parties to a mortgage and the discharge of a mortgage. If there's a topic you'd like to hear us discuss, kindly fill our feedback form bit.ly/fitpropcast

In this episode, Keyukemi Ubi and Ufuoma Bakporhe discuss Mortgages, Old Nollywood style. In continuation of the discussion in Episode 14, they talk about the covenants in a mortgage namely, punctual payment of interest; insurance; provisions for borrower not to redeem for term certain; and consolidation. They also discuss how to draft a deed of mortgage and the ethical issues involved. If there's an episode you'd like to hear us discuss, kindly fill our feedback form bit.ly/fitpropcast

This episode continues the discussion from the previous episode. Here we talk about the status of a Company Secretary in Nigeria and the conditions that have to be in place to be one. The criteria for company secretary in a public company is different from that of a private company and we cover it. We also talk about method of appointment, removal, and the duties. If there's a topic you'd like to hear us discuss, kindly fill our feedback form via bit.ly/fitpropcast

This episode follows up on the Corporate Governance discussion we started in Episode 14. In this episode, Keyukemi Ubi and Tayo Jimoh double down on Directors - types of directors, appointment of directors, the role of the Managing Director. They also talk about the differences in appointment of directors in private and public companies, retirement, rotation, removal, duties of directors, and remedies for breach of duty of directors. If there's a topic you'd like to hear us discuss or general feedback, let us know via our feedback form https://bit.ly/fitpropcast