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 - Standard of Proof - The required standard of proof where the commission of crime is in issue in any proceedings

  "It is the duty of he who asserts to prove and in a case like this, to prove beyond reasonable doubt, specially when the commission of crime is an issue…

• EVIDENCE - Credibility of Witness - Whether the assessment of credibility of witnesses is within the exclusive preserve of the trial court

  "The reason is both elementary and fundamental. The primary function of seeing and hearing the witnessess and evaluating, assessing and weighing the credibility of viva voce evidence lies with the…

• LAND LAW - Possession of Land - Position of the law where possession is doubtful or equivocal

  "It is no doubt the law that where possession is doubtful or equivocal the law attached it to title -See Odunsi v. Kuforiji & Anor 19 NLR P. 7 in…

• INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - Punctuation - Whether Punctuation is relevant in the construction of statutes

  "As regards the submission that the nouns "banking" and "foreign exchange" could not have been used unnecessarily in the way they have been set out in the sub-paragraph, it is…