Government has the constitutional right to compulsorily acquire property on payment of compensation. Statutes provide acquisition procedure which Government must comply with. Where Government disobeys its…

The issuing of a public notice of acquisition did not per se immediately vest or confer title to the land in issue in the Government until…

Before private property is acquired, the acquiring authority must give notice of intention to acquire the property before publishing the same in the gazette.

A notice of acquisition of property must be specific and precise as to the property acquired. A vague and ambiguous definition of the property which is…

Where evidence given by a party was not challenged by the opposite party who had the opportunity to do so, it is always open to the…

The special damages claimed by the respondents were meticulously pleaded and strictly proved as required by law.

The effect of section 230(1)(s) of the 1979 Constitution as amended by Decree No. 107 of 1993 is to oust the jurisdiction of State High Courts…

By Decree No. 107 of 1993, section 230 of the 1979 Constitution conferred exclusive jurisdiction on the Federal High Court. The amendment vested jurisdiction in the…

Jurisdiction goes to the competence of the court. It can be raised at any stage by any party or by the court itself suo motu. When…

A court is bound to put an end to its proceedings if at any stage it becomes manifest that they are incompetent. It can do so…

The law which supports a cause of action is not necessarily co-extensive with the law which confers jurisdiction on the court. The relevant law for cause…

While the existing substantive law at the time a cause of action arose governs the determination of the action, it is the law in force at…