Federal High Court and National Industrial lack jurisdiction on chieftaincy matters, By Femi Falana

…judges and lawyers should realise that disputes arising from chieftaincy and other local matters are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of each state of the Federation notwithstanding that the country is operating a distorted federal arrangement… “Courts in this country, without exception, have no power to prescribe jurisdiction for themselves. Neither do […]

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