Where there is no qualified chief to perform customary rites, the absence of such a chief cannot invalidate the selection. It would be absurd to say…

An exercise of discretion based on misinformation or suppression of facts cannot be considered proper. A ministerial exercise affecting a citizen's right must be founded on…

An appellant who seeks the Supreme Court's intervention in concurrent findings of fact must be prepared to demonstrate perverse findings or wrong conclusions from accepted credible…

A party in the Court of Appeal having a preliminary objection against any of the grounds of appeal must give the appellant three days notice before…

Filing a process in court is different from arguing it in court. If a notice of preliminary objection is filed, counsel has a duty to move…

By Order 3 rule 15(3) of the Court of Appeal Rules, if the respondent failed to comply with this rule, the court may refuse to entertain…

When evidence of traditional history is not contradicted or in conflict and found to be cogent, it can support a claim for declaration of title.

It is not for the trial judge to prefer one party's survey plan to another's. The duty of the trial court was to determine the case…

In a civil action tried on pleadings, parties and the court are bound by their pleadings filed in the case. They will not be allowed to…

The appellants cannot re-open issues decided in earlier findings merely on the ground that they can now produce better evidence. It was wrong for the trial…

Where the trial judge has failed to draw the proper inference from the evidence before him, the court below was in as good a position to…

At no time was the issue of identity of the land raised as an issue between the parties. The issue cannot be raised for the first…