"Our law reports are replete with authorities that show that in chieftaincy cases, all a plaintiff is required to do is to show in his statement of claim his interest...
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"I think the interest or injury test applied by the Federal Supreme Court in Olawoyin v. Attorney-General of Northern Nigeria (supra) should remain the yardstick in doing the question of...
"From the extracts of their Lordship's judgments one can clearly see that there was no majority of the Court in favour of Bello JSC's interpretation of Section 6 subsection (6)(b)...
"A plaintiff who only claims declarations so long as he pleads sufficient interest in the subject-matter of the suit, has the necessary locus standi to prosecute his claim and it...
"The question whether or not a plaintiff has a locus standi in a suit is determinable from a totality of all the averments in his statement of claim. In dealing...
"It follows therefore that no question as to a person's status in any particular family can arise until it be first established that he is a member of that family."
"It is enough if the group or class of persons sought to be represented are easily identifiable and have a common purpose. A leaf can be borrowed from the decision...
"Properly construed and in the light of the recitals and the habendum reproduced above, it is quite clear that by Exhibit 'D' the parcel of land was conveyed to the...
"The respondents' claim as revealed in their Statement of Claim is that the chieftaincy title of Oshodi is vested in their family ... and on that basis they have a...
"When a court holds that a plaintiff has no locus standi in respect of a claim the consequential order to be made is striking out of such claim and not...
"Section 18(1) of the Trade Unions Act Cap.437, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990 (former S.16(1) of the Trade Unions Act, 1973) confers locus standi on any five members...
"Once the civil rights and obligations of the plaintiffs as individuals are affected, as I hold they are here the courts in exercise of their judicial power set out above...