International Law (23)
HELD:
"The Appellant as applicants at the trial Court had premised the request for extradition of the Respondent to the USA on Article 3(18) of the Extradition Treaty between the USA and Great Britain signed in London on 22/12/1931 which it argued is still binding on Nigeria by virtue of Section 315(1)(a) and 4(b) of the 1999 Constitution.
HELD:
"A transit visa is issued to a passenger by a country through which a plane would fly/land enroute the final destination.
HELD:
"The Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague 1955 is the relevant Legislation in this case.
HELD:
"It is true that, in questions relating to conflict of laws, rules cannot generally be stated in absolute terms, but rather as prima facie presumptions;
"The final issue to be considered is whether by virtue of the ouster clause in Section 11 of the Special Tribunal (Miscellaneous Offences) Tribunal Decree, 1984 and Section 2 of the Public Officers Protection Act, 1990, the lower Court lacked jurisdiction.
''A State that has a coastal boundary is a littoral state and it also possesses certain areas of the sea. Sovereignty over bodies of water is regulated by four separate 1958 Conventions.
''A littoral State in the Nigerian context or globally must be contiguous or abut the sea. It must have direct access to the sea through its own territory.
"The seaward boundary of Nigeria as well as the international boundaries of Nigeria are the subject of international law in the event of dispute between Nigeria and any of its neighbouring countries or between Nigeria and any other Nation States vis-a-vis its territorial waters or the high seas.