Where co-accused persons ought not to have been discharged but their case is not before the Supreme Court (no appeal against their discharge), the court cannot…

Where two or more persons are charged with an offence and the evidence against all accused persons is the same or similar to the extent that…

For a conviction to stand against an appellant where a co-accused is acquitted, there must be additional evidence incriminating the appellant. If the convicting evidence is…

The duration of a right or cause of action is necessarily limited and does not last till eternity. It lapses after the limitation period prescribed by…

The Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings reasonably justified and supported by evidence. However, where findings are perverse, patently erroneous, or based on wrong…

Since the court below agreed that courts had no jurisdiction, it would amount to a futile exercise to order re-admission of a document. The only justification…

Under section 22(3) of the Ondo State Chiefs Law, any dispute, even if it touches only the question of eligibility, must be submitted first to the…

Where a statute prescribes a legal line of action for determination of an issue, the aggrieved party must exhaust all remedies in that law before going…

The appeal to the court below was only competent to the extent that the two issues raised were a challenge to the finding of the trial…

A privileged occasion exists where the maker of a communication has an interest or duty (legal, social, or moral) to make it to the recipient, and…

An action lies for malicious publication of false statements injurious to character, unless fairly made in discharge of a public or private duty, or in conduct…

Parties and the court are bound by the pleadings, and the court cannot base its judgment on a matter or fact not pleaded, as facts not…