See Also:

• INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - SECTION 276 OF THE 1979 CONSTITUTION - Interpretation of section 276 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as regards the vesting of the land in the territory of the state in the military governor

  "The Section reads in full: "276(1) Without prejudice to the generality of Section 274 of this Constitution any property, right, privilege, liability or obligation which immediately before the date when…

• EVIDENCE - Burden of Proof/Onus of Proof - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title

  "It is well settled that in a case for a declaration of title to land, the Plaintiff succeeds on the strength of his own case and not necessarily on the…

• LEGAL PRACTITIONER - Discretion of Counsel - Discretion of counsel in the conduct of his client's case

  "The second restates an old principle by which Counsel conducting a civil case is unfettered in his discretion - subject to law - of how to conduct the case. Suffice…

• EVIDENCE - BURDEN OF PROOF/ONUS OF PROOF - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title:

  "it is trite and quite settled that in a claim for declaration of title of land, the onus is on the Plaintiff to establish his claim upon the strength of…

• EVIDENCE - BURDEN OF PROOF/ONUS OF PROOF - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title

  EVIDENCE - BURDEN OF PROOF/ONUS OF PROOF - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title