Principle Archive

What is required in the pleading of traditional history is first, the origin of the ownership claim to the land in dispute (i.e. settlement thereof and…

Whichever way it was, the plaintiffs claim to descend from the two whether one was the father or son; such lapses are not unusual in traditional…

Ishakole, the tribute paid to overlord by tenants put on land in Yoruba Native Law and Custom varies from locality to locality; even there can be…

In a situation like that, once it is found that a customary tenant has committed an act of misbehaviour which entails forfeiture, and there is no…

It is well settled that forfeiture is the usual mode for determining a customary tenancy; the real basis of the misconduct or misbehaviour which renders the…

The generally accepted view is that despite the established misconduct of the customary tenant forfeiture is not as of course or automatic; hence the overlord must…

It is a most serious act of misbehaviour by a customary tenant to deny the title of the true overlords to the land which they are…

It is not unknown that there can be customary tenancy without the payment of tribute; as long as the landowners accept or permit the use and…

A party is bound by their pleading, and evidence which is at variance with any averment in the pleading is contrary to that aspect of the…

Unless findings of fact are perverse, or based on inadmissible evidence, or based on no evidence before court or based on unreasonable conclusions, the appellate court…

The Sharia Court of Appeal under 1979 Constitution has no jurisdiction to determine any matter which is not an issue of Islamic personal law regardless of…

A Court has and can only exercise jurisdiction when: (1) it is properly constituted as regards number and qualification of members of the bench, and no…