"The effect of section 230(1) (s) of the 1979 Constitution as amended by the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree No. 107 of 1993 is to oust the jurisdiction of the...
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"By the amendment in Decree No. 107 of 1993, section 230 of the 1979 Constitution conferred far reaching additional jurisdiction on the court. And the additional jurisdiction was exclusive to...
"The issue of jurisdiction is very fundamental as it goes to the competence of the court or tribunal. If a court or tribunal is not competent to entertain a matter...
"Now it is clear that a court is not entitled but bound to put an end to its proceedings if at any stage and by any means it becomes manifest...
JURISDICTION — Distinction Between Law Applicable to Cause of Action and Law Conferring Jurisdiction
"It ought to be understood that the law which supports a cause of action is not necessarily co-extensive with the law which confers jurisdiction on the court which entertains the...
"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 the time of the...
"The proviso to section 251(1)(d) of the Constitution under which both the Federal High Court and State High Court exercise concurrent jurisdiction therefore will not apply (see NDIC v. Okem...
"The expression 'connecting with or pertaining to banking' when examined synthetically imports transaction on matters that are related to or show affinity or intertwine or have semblance or have interrelationship...
"As the respondent based her action on the tort of negligence, which imports there was a duty of care and the respondent has said that she is not a customer...
"There is a concurrent finding of fact that the claim herein is not a chieftaincy claim. ... What the plaintiff sought to do in this action was to abate the...
"Since the court below had agreed with the High Court that courts had no jurisdiction in the matter, I think the court below was right as it would amount to...
"It is now settled law that the jurisdiction of a court to adjudicate on a matter is a threshold issue. Consequently, without the necessary jurisdiction a court cannot make any...
