See Also:

• COURT – Supreme Court – Whether the Supreme Court Has the Jurisdiction to Hear Appeals Directly from the High Court

  "This Court can only determine complains against the decision of the Court of Appeal and not that of the trial High Court by virtue of Ss 233, 240 and 241…

• EVIDENCE – Corroboration – Where corroboration is Required – Need for corroborative evidence not to be a repetition of the evidence to be corroborated

  ALHAJI JIBRIN OKABICHI v. THE STATE (1975-LCER-983-SC) “The evidence that is required or regarded, as corroboration is clearly not a repetition of the evidence to be corroborated, otherwise there would…

• COURT – Jurisdiction – Whether Jurisdiction Can Be Conferred on the Court by Parties

  "Besides and rightly as submitted by the learned senior Counsel to the 2nd Respondent, parties cannot confer jurisdiction on the Court over inadmissible evidence or matter. By virtue of Paragraphs…

• EVIDENCE – Identification Evidence – Legal Position on Recognition and Identification Evidence

  "It has been held severally by this Court that recognition carries more probative value than identification or even an identification parade because a witness who identifies a person he knew…

• EVIDENCE – Confessional Statement – Proper Time to Raise an Objection to the Admissibility of a Confessional Statement

  "In the case of Habibu V State (2023) LPELR-60351 (SC), this Court per Jauro, JSC stated that: "...An accused person will not be permitted to challenge the admissibility of a…