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The Matrimonial Causes Rules require that all pleadings should be verified by an affidavit by the party settling the pleadings-the petitioner, respondent, and cross-petitioner and cross- respondent. What is the nature of the verifying affidavit that will ensure compliance with the provisions of the law and what is the effect of non-compliance? This...
The power of prosecution of offenses is constitutionally vested in the Attorney-General of the Federation and Attorney-General of the State respectively under sections 174 and 211 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) hereinafter referred to as CFRN. However, the power of prosecution is also conferred on other ag...
The capacity to bear children who resemble their parents and inherit their genes and heredity has been a mark of genuineness and joy of parenthood. Some couples cannot experience due to infertility. It is estimated that infertility affect over 50-80 million persons worldwide. Infertility may be as a result of genital tract infections, sexually tran...
The concept of terrorism is often times value loaded. The sensitive nature of this bizarreoutlook has implicated notions. Part of this strange oddity is connected with the secretmode of source of finance as well as money laundering details, which without doubt,creates the mystery around the terrorist group. Therefore, terrorism financing andmodus o...
The successful prosecution of offences, including sexual offences like rape, is sometimes dependent on the framing of the charge or information by the Prosecutor. This takes additional complexity where the offence is committed by two or more suspects. In framing the charge, should the defendants be charged in one count or several counts for the rap...
The Nigerian Matrimonial Cause Rules, 1983 in Order V Rule 10 provides that every petition in a matrimonial cause shall be verified by an affidavit written on the petition and sworn before the petition is filed. What is the nature of that verifying affidavit in view of decisions of the courts that it is mandatory to the competence of a petition. Th...
The article examines the power of courts to order interim forfeiture of assets of a defendant upon the application of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria when a criminal charge is pending. It posits that the application and grant does not infringe the fundamental rights of the defendant.
The article examines the Territorial Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Nigeria in criminal trials
