C.B.N. V. OCHIFE (2025) 12 NWLR (PT. 2000) 1 ON DEFINITION OF “PERSON” Section 18 of the Interpretation Act defines “person” as including any body of persons, corporate or unincorporate.(P….
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C.B.N. V. OCHIFE (2025) 12 NWLR (PT. 2000) 1 ON NEED FOR ISSUES FOR DETERMINATION TO BE FORMULATED FROM GROUNDS OF APPEAL AGAINST RATIO DECIDENDI OF LOWER COURT’S DECISION An…
MUHAMMAD V. UMARU (2025) 12 NWLR (PT. 2000) 301 ON PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE AT TRIAL AND APPELLATE COURTS UNDER ISLAMIC LAW Within the noble tradition of Islamic law, both the…
ON WHETHER “ALL AUTHORITIES AND PERSONS” IN SECTION 287 OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION INCLUDES ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION Section 287 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999…
The court is imbued with the powers to consider and utilise a document in its record for the determination of a contentious issue even though the document was not tendered and admitted as an exhibit at the trial. Nothing forbids a court from looking into its records to resolve an issue as the court is required to dispassionately consider and determine every fact available. Thus, a court is entitled to look into any document in its records and make use of it in order to arrive at a just decision.