Interpretation of Statutes (295)
HELD:
"...Section 91(3) provides: "(3) Nothing in this section shall render admissible as evidence any statement made by a person interested at a time when proceedings were pending or anticipated involving a dispute as to any fact which the statement might tend to establish."
HELD:
"Sections 236(1) & (2) They read:
HELD:
"The word reside as used by the learned trial Judge in my view refers to residence of a defendant within the meaning and intendment of Order 2 Rule 3 of the High Court of Lagos State (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1972:
HELD:
"Section 49 of the Electoral Act states that:"
HELD:
"Section 27 (2), (3) & (4) of the Supreme Court Act reads thus:
HELD:
"In Sagay v. Sajere (2000) 6 NWLR (part 661) 360 at 364 and 365, this Court has held that for courts to reach correct and just decisions, it is incumbent on them not only to properly ascertain the facts in contention but to deftly apply the law relevant to the issue in controversy to the ascertained facts.
HELD:
"Section 287 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 stipulates that:-
HELD:
"The judicial powers of the Federation shall be vested in the courts enumerated in Section 6 (5) of the 1999 Constitution being courts established for the Federation and by virtue of Section 6 (5) (j) or any such other courts as may be authorized by law to exercise jurisdiction on matters with respect to which the National Assembly may make laws.
HELD:
"Chapter 11 of the Constitution is all about the fundamental objectives and Directive Principle of State Policy, of which Sections 14 (1) and (2) are relevant to this case.