Principle Archive

Although the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is by law the Visitor to all Federal Universities in Nigeria, when he acts as Visitor to a…

Since the third appellant does not fall within the definition of "appropriate authority" under Section 4(2)(ii) of Decree No. 17 of 1984, appellants are not entitled…

Title to land may be proved either under traditional history or under long possession; courts may make findings of fact based on such evidence, including specific…

It is not right to allow massive extrinsic evidence to sustain a res judicata plea; where the link between previous and instant cases is tenuous, it…

It is not right to allow massive extrinsic evidence to sustain a res judicata plea; where the link between previous and instant cases is tenuous, it…

When dealing with native court judgments, the High Court is entitled to go beyond what appears on the face of the claim or writ and ascertain…

If it is the plaintiff's case that the defendant is a customary law tenant, the plaintiff must plead this relationship and prove it; it is the…

As a registered document granting a 50-year lease of land some months before the making of subsequent conveyances, the lease has priority over them.

The infliction of fatal violence with an empty bottle on the head of the deceased leaves no doubt that both defenses of provocation and self-defense cannot…

A document which may be registrable as an instrument affecting land is admissible if tendered not to establish title or interest in land, but merely to…

The statement to the police by an accused person and their evidence in court, even though contradictory to the statement or in retraction of it, must…

In a criminal case, the prosecution has a duty to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt; evidence evaluation is within the trial judge's province.