The New Year is around the corner, each year is always filled with its ups and downs. For some individuals, the current year has been great and they can’t wait to continue that run in the New Year, for others, the year hasn’t been so great so they will rather prefer the year to come […]
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Abike had always dreamt about her wedding and as soon as she got engaged, she started bragging to her friends about how perfect, fun, and forever remembered, the day will be. On Saturday the 13th of June, Abike got married to Doyin. Just as she predicted, it was a wedding that was going to be […]
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Dele’s parents died in a car crash when he was 11 years old, he then had to move in with his aunt who maltreated him until he ran out of her house and started living on the streets to survive. Does this story sound familiar? Well, yes, and that’s because it was a frequently used […]
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Did you just find out that you were not included as a beneficiary in a Will or do you feel like you didn’t get as much as you deserve from a certain benefactor? Well, we are sorry to hear that, but that is not what this post is about. We often talk about the processes […]
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From a recent survey we carried out, we noticed one of the most common reasons why people don’t write a Will is because they don’t understand what is required. For example, Opeyemi (not his real name) told us, he didn’t know why he needed an Executor for his Will. You might be thinking of writing […]
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Do I need to….? Can I state that…? What happens if I…..? As an estate planner, one thing you can never be short of are clients in need of answers to their questions. Most of the questions asked are pretty much important, however they are usually very similar, this prompted us to categorize the majority […]
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One famous quote we all heard while growing up was “When you fail to plan, you plan to fail”, whilst this is true, another quote that should have followed suit should have been “When you don’t plan properly, you wouldn’t get the proper results”. Many people make plans, but the major question is, “how solid […]
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It is not uncommon to see “This house is not for sale, beware of 419” on abandoned buildings, but the story behind it is most likely a situation where one relative is trying to prevent another from selling the house or property. This usually happens when a man or woman dies without a Will. To […]
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Estate Planning is more important now more than ever. Without proper planning, you could lose a large share of what you have spent your whole lifetime accumulating. In Nigeria, a lot of stories revolve around families who lost their breadwinner and those families now struggle with nothing or less for survival. All these happen because […]
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