Case Law

A notice of appeal filed out of time is incompetent and cannot be cured by amendment.

  Petgas Resources Ltd. v. Mbanefo [2018] 1 NWLR (Pt. 1601) 442 at 470, paras. F-G, per Kekere-Ekun JSC: “In the absence of an application for enlargement of time, a notice of appeal filed out of time has no foundation. It is liable to collapse and nothing, such as an amendment of the incompetent process, […]