Principle Archive

To succeed on a plea of res judicata, the party must prove that the parties, issues, and subject matter in the previous litigation were the same.…

The procedure is totally covered by the provisions of section 32(1)(c) of the 1979 Constitution because what was done at that stage was that the court…

When an employee complains of wrongful termination, he has the onus of placing before the court the terms of the contract before proving how those terms…

The court must, in construing the relationship of the parties in any contract, confine itself to the plain words and meaning derived from the provisions containing…

Only the judgment given by a court can be relied upon as conclusive proof of the matters decided between parties to a case, under section 54…

Under the guideline on sharing of assets and liabilities between states, projects sited in each state vest in the state where the project is situate. That…

When facts deposed to in an affidavit are unchallenged, the court may accept those facts as true and correct.

Members of the National Assembly, though elected, cannot be described as members of all states. Each member was elected by a section of a state, not…

An affidavit shall not contain extraneous matter by way of objection, prayer, legal argument, or conclusion. Depositions raising legal arguments or conclusions offend section 87 of…

The National Assembly has absolute power under the 1999 Constitution to enact legislation dealing with the manner revenue accruing to the Federation Account is to be…

Based on this court's decisions in Lakanmi, Uwaifo, and A.G. Fed. v. Guardian Newspapers, the 2004 Revenue Allocation Act is not a legislative judgment because it…

A legislative judgment is an enactment where the legislature wears the garb of a conviction, transmuting itself into a court while exercising legislative functions. Common and…