Where a chieftaincy declaration is required by law to be registered before it can take effect, the cause of action for challenging that declaration does not…

A plaintiff claiming declaration of title to land may prove ownership through any of five recognized methods: (1) traditional evidence (history of title); (2) production of…

For the purpose of determining whether an action is statute-barred, the period of limitation is determined solely by examining the writ of summons and the statement…

Where a party relies on and pleads a grant as his root of title, he bears the duty to prove such grant to the satisfaction of…

Where a person is accused of an offence, the burden of proving the existence of circumstances bringing the case within any exception or exemption from, or…

An alibi defence must be raised at the earliest possible opportunity, which is at the police interrogation stage, to enable the police to investigate its veracity.…

In criminal trials, particularly capital offences, the trial court must arrive at its decision through a detailed, analytical, and logical reasoning process that commands confidence. A…

Recognition of an accused person by a witness who knew them before the incident is generally more reliable than identification of a stranger. However, the court…

Evidence in corroboration must be an independent testimony, direct or circumstantial, which confirms in some material particular, not only that an offence has been committed, but…

It is now firmly settled that it is not every minor contradiction that is fatal to the prosecution's case.

For a confessional statement to be relied upon to convict an accused person, it must admit the essential ingredients of the offence charged. Where the statement…

Corroboration is not a rule of law that an accused person in a charge of rape cannot be convicted on the uncorroborated evidence of the prosecutrix.