A reply to a statement of defence is not required where issues are already joined on the pleadings. The statement of defence did not call for…

It is not permissible for a defendant relying on limitation to compute time from the date pleaded in his statement of defence as the date the…

The period of limitation is determinable by looking at the writ of summons and the statement of claim only to ascertain the alleged date the wrong…

It is a corollary to the general rule of literal construction that nothing is to be added to or taken from a statute unless there are…

The ejusdem generis rule is an interpretative rule which the court applies in an appropriate case to confine the scope of general words which follow special…

Even if a 1976 military appointment were equated to an election into the office of President, the 1999 Constitution does not have retrospective effect to include…

Election to the office of the President as used in section 137(1)(b) of the 1999 Constitution relates to the office of the President of the Federal…

The only method for electing a person to fill the office of the President of Nigeria is by the electoral process provided for in section 132…

There are differences between appointment and election. Election is the result of voting. Appointment does not involve voting.

For the purpose of an election to the office of President, the whole of the Federation shall be regarded as one constituency.

In interpreting the provisions or section of a statute or the Constitution, such provisions or section should not be read in isolation of the other parts.…

A Constitution like other statutes operates prospectively and not retrospectively unless it is expressly provided to be otherwise. Such legislation affects only rights which came into…