It is only in respect of Presidential election petitions that an appeal lies from the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court. Governorship election petitions do…

Heavy relevant documentation tendered in evidence supports the party's case, especially where the opposing party makes tall claims with little or no evidence.

It is the law that a fact not denied is deemed to be admitted.

Co-plaintiffs with the same or similar interest may join in a suit. They may have the same counsel or different counsel. They must present a common…

Where the conclusion of the Court of Appeal is not borne out by the record, the Supreme Court is competent to interfere as such conclusion is…

The Supreme Court will not disturb concurrent findings by the two lower courts unless they are shown to be perverse.

The subject's recourse to court for the determination of his rights is not to be excluded except by clear words. A statutory alternative remedy does not…

An intention to legislate in contravention of the Constitution should not be imputed to the law-maker. Where an enactment can be construed and operate so as…

The same person cannot be both a plaintiff and a defendant in the same action. In a representative action, the person who names himself as a…

A pre-existing ouster clause in a 1978 Edict was not rendered void by the 1979 Constitution. It was unconstitutional to apply it to chieftaincy matters where…

Invocation of a respondent's notice postulates that the judgment is correct but the reasons are based on a wrong premise when there is enough evidence on…

The traditional role of a respondent's notice is to seek to affirm the judgment appealed against on other grounds than may have been given. A respondent…