See Also:

• LAND LAW - "Customary right of occupancy" - Meaning of Customary right of occupancy

  ONWEMWUNO AKO V. PETER EJEKWEMU (1976-LCER-1106-SC) “Now Section 4 of the Land Tenure Law declared the whole of the lands of Northern Nigeria, whether occupied or unoccupied, to be native…

• LAND LAW - Revocation of Right of occupancy - Whether Statutory right of occupancy can be revoked without the consent of the holder:

  "It is trite law that in any situation, as in the instant case, where a Statutory Right of Occupancy is granted to another private individual over a plot of land…

• APPEAL - Right of Appeal - Extent of the exercise of right of appeal

  "An Appellant's right of appeal as of right does not confer on him an unlimited right to argue any ground of appeal filed in exercise of that right. This Court…

• CUSTOMARY LAW - Application of Customary Law - Position of the law on the applicability of customary law to disputes

  " The clear provisions of Section 20(1) are that the local customary law of a place is the appropriate customary law applicable in land matters in that area." Per COKER,…

• CUSTOMARY LAW - Benin/Bini Land Tenure System - Whether the approval of the Oba is conclusive proof of title to land under Bini customary law

  "This Court has now decided that the Oba's approval, all-important as it is, must be the culmination of a series of steps in a chain. To acquire a good title…