Local Governance Act 2016 (Act 936) s211 – Service on District/Municipal Chief Executive; specific statutory service requirement overrides general procedural rules; service on subordinate/clerical secretary is not proper; where Coordinating Director acts as MCE he must be served personally; non‑service justifies setting aside proceedings.

Land law — Allodial title v. compulsory acquisition — road reservation/buffer zone — municipal planning control — admissibility and weight of planning documents and official testimony — presumption of regularity (s.37 Evidence Act) — burden to rebut permissions and allegations of fraud — trespass and injunction where occupation is by municipal licence.

Civil procedure – strike out – Order 9 Rule 6 – proper party – declaratory relief – agency defence – res judicata (estoppel per rem judicatam) – necessity of evidence to establish plea of res judicata – summary dismissal only where claim clearly unsustainable.

Limitation Act 1972 (NRCD 54) – sections 5(2), 10(1), 10(6) – accrual of cause of action – extinguishment of title by lapse of limitation – administrators’ capacity and effect of letters of administration – res judicata – enforcement of judgment.

Chieftaincy Act s.62(1) – Mandatory duty of Regional House of Chiefs to report installations – Mandamus to enforce statutory duty – Demand and constructive refusal by inordinate delay – Petition filed after demand not a legal impediment – Judicial review/remedy.

Administrative law — Provisional measures: prima facie case, urgency, irreparable harm; Expedited procedure — exceptional and requires irreparable prejudice; Jurisdiction — Article 9(1)(f) and (g) applicable to disputes between Community and officials and actions for damages; Admissibility — exhaustion of internal remedies inapplicable where remedies unavailable to statutory Commissioners; African Charter claims inadmissible against ECOWAS institutions.

Human rights jurisdiction — admissibility — exhaustion of local remedies — divorce and criminal adultery proceedings; Right to terminate marriage — appeal preserves marital status under domestic law; Right to a fair trial — absence/non-operationalisation of Constitutional Court prevented constitutional challenge; Reparations — modest moral damages and orders to operationalise Constitutional Court, publish judgment and report implementation.

Provisional measures — prima facie jurisdiction; requirements of extreme gravity, urgency and irreparable harm; burden to produce concrete, verifiable evidence; mootness of requests.

Compliance hearing – Jurisdiction to monitor and enforce Court judgments – Non‑compliance with reparations: unpaid pecuniary awards; failure to identify, delimit, demarcate and title ancestral land; inadequate consultation; lack of recognition of indigenous status; non‑establishment of development fund; late reporting – Provisional measures declined.

Procedure — Reopening pleadings — Rule 46(3) — Inherent powers under Rule 90 — Leave to file out of time — Sensitive consultations — Death-penalty case involving person with albinism — Recusal of President.