Jurisdiction (580)
HELD:
"This Court can only invoke its appellate jurisdiction and powers to hear and determine an appeal from a lower Court or Tribunal when an Appellant exercises his right of appeal in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution or Statute conferring jurisdiction on this Court.
HELD:
"under Section 232 of the 1999 Constitution as amended (supra), the Supreme Court is cloaked with the following far-reaching original jurisdiction:
HELD:
"According to Fleming James Jr. et al, the Rules of jurisdiction of Courts are to large extent constitutional rules:
HELD:
"Instructively, the term 'jurisdiction' denotes an authority to entertain, hear and determine a case (matter, action, appeal, et al).
HELD:
"Section 232(1) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended provides thus:-
HELD:
"This Court has firmly settled and established the law that where the issue of the competence or jurisdiction of a Court of law to entertain/adjudicate over a matter is raised by any of the parties, it should be considered and determine first before a consideration of other issues or other steps are taken in the proceedings.
HELD:
"In this case, the two sets of defendants; that is the first defendant and the second and third defendants, who were joined as Parties to this suit by an Order of Court made on 19/5/2022, are right that this Court has no jurisdiction of any kind whatsoever to entertain this suit, not to mention original jurisdiction.