DIKIO V. N.S.I.T.F. MGT. BOARD (2025) 14 NWLR (PT. 2004) 129 ON WHAT IS RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL A right of first refusal is a contractual or statutory provision that…
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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.