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Nigeria’s Oldest Prisoner, Pa Celestine Egbunuche Clocks 100
Anywhere in the world, 100 years is usually marked with fanfare but not so for Nigeria’s oldest prisoner, Pa Celestine Egbunuche, who clocked 100...
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Person Seen Last with Deceased Bears Full Responsibility for His Death
FACTS
This is a substantive appeal not interlocutory (as described in the Introduction of the respondent’s brief). It is against the Judgement of the...
Condition Precedent to the Exercise of Jurisdiction by the Investment and Securities Tribunal
PREAMBLE
In the words of Abubakar Bashir Wali JSC (as he then was) in SHUGABA v. U.B.N. PLC (1999) LPELR-3068(SC), “It is well settled that...
Discretion of a Judge to Defer Determination of a Point of Law Raised by...
INTRODUCTION
In Exxon Mobil Corporation 5959 Las Conilas Boulevard Irving Texas (USA) v. Archianga (JP) & Ors (2018) LPELR-44979(SC) Eko, J.S.C, in his own contribution...
Things a Party Relying on Improper Evaluation of Evidence as a Ground to set...
INTRODUCTION
The law permits a party who is unsatisfied with a judgment of a Court (other than the Supreme Court) to appeal against such judgment,...
Whether a Party who did not Participate in a Political Party’s Primaries has the...
PREAMBLE
The term locus standi was explained in LADEJOBI & ORS v. OGUNTAYO & ORS (2004) LPELR-1734 (SC) Per MUSDAPHER, J.S.C. (P. 20, Paras. D-E)...
A Final Written Address Filed Out of Time is not Incompetent
INTRODUCTION
There are stipulations as to time frame within which certain acts are to be done in Court proceedings. There will, undoubtedly, be instances where...
Court Cannot Pick and Choose Which Portion of the Evidence of a Witness to...
INTRODUCTION
When a person comes to court as witness and in giving his evidence, he spews both hot and cold, can the Court filter the...
