Principle Archive

The Supreme Court will not overrule the decision of the court below on a question of fact where the judge had the advantage of seeing witnesses…

It is trite that the Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact made by the courts below.

A party must advance his argument in brief on the issues formulated therein and not on the grounds of appeal. The brief is the concise argument…

A single witness, if believed by the court, can establish a criminal case even if it is a murder charge.

A tainted witness is one who is either an accomplice or, by the evidence he gives, may be regarded as having some purpose of his own…

In Nigeria, a free and voluntary confession of guilt, if direct and positive and duly made and satisfactorily proved, is sufficient to warrant conviction without corroborative…

The practice in trial courts is for an accused person who denies the voluntariness of his extra-judicial statement to object when the prosecution seeks to tender…

Medical evidence of the cause of death and identification of the body to the pathologist who performed the autopsy are not essential where there are facts…

A judge is precluded from hearing a case when he has personal interest, when he would be a judge in his own matter, when he has…

An application that seeks to relitigate matters already decided is frivolous and constitutes an abuse of court process.

Without prejudice to the powers of the President or Governor with respect to prerogative of mercy, no appeal shall lie to any other body or person…

An employee must be confronted with specific allegations and given an opportunity to be heard. Finding an employee guilty of allegations not confronted with violates the…