Jurisdiction (580)
HELD:
"Jurisprudentially, the term jurisdiction denotes the power of a Court of law or Tribunal to decide (determine) a case or issue an order (decree).
HELD:
"I have painstakingly perused the Section 251 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and Section 7 of the Federal High Court Act, as well as the Land Use Act, 1978, as they pertain to the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court.
HELD:
"I will take the objections of the Defendants seriatim.
HELD:
"The issue of jurisdiction is fundamental to the competence of a Court to adjudicate in a cause or matter and where this is lacking, the entire proceedings are a nullity.
HELD:
"It is rudimentary law that a Court that is vested with the jurisdiction to hear a main claim is clothed with the vires to try an ancillary claim.
HELD:
"A Court of law is invested with jurisdiction to hear a matter when: