The contest revolved around the paramount stool of Iju/Jack House or Standfast Jack House. In the contest both the plaintiffs/appellants and the defendants/respondents will be affected…

An error is perverse when the gravity necessitates the reversal of the decision of the lower court. The decision of the trial Judge substantially affected the…

With the enactment and coming into force of the 1979 Constitution on 1st October 1979 ... any law enacted by the Bendel State Government before the…

It is not the business of the courts to make declarations of customary law relating to the selection of Chiefs under the Chiefs' Law. But it…

It is the claim of the plaintiff that determines the jurisdiction of the court to entertain a suit before it.

Having regard to what I have stated above, I think it is self evident that in Eguamwense v. Amaghizemwen (supra), the court in that case was…

It is also settled law that an aggrieved party can invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court by way of declaration in seeking for such…

Where a statute prescribes a remedy, an aggrieved party must first exhaust that remedy before recourse to the court. Where he fails to exhaust the remedies…

The instant case... is an interlocutory motion by the appellant to be joined as co-administrators with the respondents. The order of the learned trial Judge granting…

A final order or judgment at law is one which brings to an end the rights of the parties in the action. It disposes of the…

If an application to be considered as a person entitled to share in the distribution of an estate can be brought by motion, there is no…

Proceedings in respect of the Administration of Estates is governed by the High Court Law and Rules of Procedure made thereunder... By Order 1, rule 2…