Jurisdiction (580)
HELD:
HELD:
"The importance of parties and of course the Courts adhering to the rules guiding territorial jurisdiction has been emphasized in a plethora of decisions of this Court to wit.
HELD:
"Jurisdiction, it is settled, is a threshold issue which is fundamental and crucial to adjudication.
HELD:
"It is the submission of the learned counsel to the appellant that the subject matter of the suit is one of issuance of documentary letters of credit ("LCS") which are exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court and not the State High Court.
HELD:
"The Supreme Court, like other Courts of the land, is a creation of statute.
HELD:
"In YARDUA & ORS V. YANDOMA & ORS (2014) LPELR-24217(SC) Page 40, Paras. C-G this Court Per MUHAMMAD, JSC held thus:
HELD:
"This issue reminds of the dictum of this Court in Sodipo v Lemminkainem OY and Anor[1986] 1 NWLR (pt. 15) 220, According to the Court: