A CRITICAL APPRAISAL ON THE JURISDICTION OF COURTS UNDER THE 1999 CONSTITUTION OF NIGERIA

A CRITICAL APPRAISAL ON THE JURISDICTION OF COURTS UNDER THE 1999 CONSTITUTION OF NIGERIA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page -     -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           i

Declaration      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           ii

Certification    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           iii

Dedication      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           iv

Acknowledgements    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           v

Table of Contents       -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           vi

Table of Cases            -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           ix

Table of Statutes         -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           x

List of Abbreviations -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           xi

Abstract                      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           xiv      

 

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1: Background to the Study -           -           -           -           -           -           -           1

1.2: Statement of the problem -           -           -           -           -           -           -           3

1.3: Scope of the Study          -           -           -           -           -           -           -           4

1.4: Significance of the Study -          -           -           -           -           -           -           5

1.5: Research Methodology    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           5         

1.6 : Definition of Terms                    -           -           -           -           -           -           6

 

CHAPTER TWO: HIERARCHY OF COURTS UNDER THE 1999 CONSTITUTION

   

 

2.1 Historical Imperatives       -           -           -           -           -           -           -           9         

2.2 The Role of Courts in the Administration of Justice in Nigeria   -           -           12

2.3   Classification of Courts in Nigeria-        -           -           -           -           -           16

2.3.1. The Supreme Court of Nigeria  -          -           -           -           -           -           18

2.3.2. The Court of Appeal-                -           -           -           -           -           -           23

2.3.3. The Federal High Court -         -           -           -           -           -           -           29

2.3.4. The High Court of the F.C.T ,Abuja-               -           -           -           -           38

2.3.5. A State High Court-      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           39

2.3.6. The National Industrial Court-             -           -           -           -           -           40

2.3.7. The Sharia Court of Appeal of the F.C.T., Abuja -      -           -           -           46

2.3.8. A Sharia Court of Appeal of A State-              -           -           -           -           47

2.3.9. The Customary Court of Appeal of the F.C.T. -          -           -           -           49

2.3.10. A Customary Court of Appeal of a State-      -           -           -           -           50

 

CHAPTER THREE: THE CONCEPT OF JURISDICTION

3.1: The Meaning and scope of Jurisdiction   -           -           -           -           -           52

3.2. The Various types of Jurisdiction            -           -           -           -           -           57       

3.3. The Relevance of Jurisdiction in Nigeria            -           -           -           -           -           60       

3.4. Major problems of Jurisdiction   -           -           -           -           -           -           64

CHAPTER FOUR : JURISDICTIONAL CONFLICTS WITHIN THE NIGERIAN COURTS

4.1. Co-existence of Courts and other Tribunals-       -           -           -           -           71

4.2. Courts with Co-ordinate jurisdiction-      -           -           -           -           -           77

4.3. Jurisdictional Challenges of the Federal High Court and State High Court-      78

4.4. The limit of the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal High Court-         -           82

CHAPTER FIVE:  SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

5.1. Summary  -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           90

5.2. Conclusion-          -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           91

       Bibliography

 

 


TABLE OF CASES

Achebe v. Drum Pub. Nig. Ltd. (1974) NCLR 271-              -           -           -           33       

Adebileje v NEPA (1998) 12 NWLR (Pt. 577) 219-             -           -           -           36

           

Adedayo v. Babalola ( 1995) 5 NWLR (pt. 419) 283 at 293-            -           -           22

Adetayo v. Ademola (2010) 15 NWLR (Pt. 1215)-               -           -           -           85

Adeyemi v. Opeyori (1976) 9-10 S.C. 3-       -           -           -           -           -           61

A.G. Oyo State v. NLC-         -           -           -           -           -           -           -           62

Akinsanya  v. United Bank for Africa Ltd. -              -           -           -           -           37

Ali v. Central Bank of Nigeria (2003) 9 WRN-         -           -           -           -           34

Alozie v. Nwamara (2003) 42 WRN 1 at 10 -            -           -           -           -           71

Ani v. NNA (1996) 4 NWLR Pt. (665) P. 101 at 119-           -           -           -           2

Anismnic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Committee -          -           -           -           66

Ariyo v. Ogele (1968) 1 All NLR 1 - -           -           -           -           -           -           61

Asafa Foods Factory Ltd. v. Alraine Nig. (2002) 52 WRN 1(SC)     -           -           22

Awe v. General Manager, Ogun State Water Corporation (2001) 32 WRN 53 (C.A.)-76


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