The Queen V. Chukwuji Obiasa (1962) LLJR-SC
The Queen V. Chukwuji Obiasa (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J This appeal was allowed at the hearing on the 30th November, 1962, for reasons which will be stated now. The appellant was convicted of murdering one Ntakpu Ngbanyi on 1st December, 1961, at Okpai in the Warri Judicial Division. The last person Ntakpu […]
The Queen V. Azu A. Owoh & Ors (1962) LLJR-SC
The Queen V. Azu A. Owoh & Ors (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, F.J The appellants are three out of eight persons who were tried jointly in the High Court of Eastern Nigeria on an information in the name of the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, signed on his behalf by a […]
Chief Shittu Ogunremi & Ors Vs D. Asiyanbi & Ors (1962) LLJR-SC
Chief Shittu Ogunremi & Ors Vs D. Asiyanbi & Ors (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, F.J This decision covers both the present application and that in Adeniyi v. Asiyanbi and others F.S.C. 364/1962. This is an application by the appellants for a stay of execution of the judgment of the High Court of Western […]
Mallam Momo Gusan & Anor V. Paterson Zochonis & Co. Ltd (1962) LLJR-SC
Mallam Momo Gusan & Anor V. Paterson Zochonis & Co. Ltd (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J The plaintiffs sued the defendants in the High Court of the Kano Judicial Division for the sum of £512-10s-7d being the amount alleged to be due and owing by the 1st defendant to the plaintiffs on his […]
Ezeokeke & Ors V. Uga & Ors (1962) LLJR-SC
Ezeokeke & Ors V. Uga & Ors (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J This is an appeal from the Judgment of Reynolds, J., dismissing the plaintiffs’ claims to the following:- “(a) A declaration of title to the area known as “Agu Owerri” in Ikpanikita situate at Mkporogwu-Aeka Division. (b) £300 damages for trespass, and […]
The Queen V. Imadebhor Eguabor (1962) LLJR-SC
The Queen V. Imadebhor Eguabor (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, F.J The appellant was convicted in the Western Region High Court on a charge of murder. Various grounds of appeal were filed and argued but only two of them require consideration. Among the additional grounds of appeal filed is one which alleges that “the […]
Emmanuel Ogunsanya Onashile V. Daniel Adetayo Sami & Anor (1962) LLJR-SC
Emmanuel Ogunsanya Onashile V. Daniel Adetayo Sami & Anor (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN , F.J The complainant in a private prosecution charged the two respondents and others with conspiring to make those others – “do an act of a public nature which can only be done by persons authorized by law so to […]
A.C. Abuah V. Legal Practitioners Committee (1962) LLJR-SC
A.C. Abuah V. Legal Practitioners Committee (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F On 29th January, 1962, an enquiry was held into the conduct of Alfred Chukwuemeka Abuah, a legal practitioner of this Court. The Legal Practitioners’ Committee set up under the Legal Practitioners Act, Cap. 101, which met that day to consider the conviction […]
4 Effective Tips to Follow for Ultimate Safety
4 Effective Tips to Follow for Ultimate Safety With the increasing crime rate in the world, people have to put great emphasis on their safety. There are a number of tips that you need to take care of when going out, especially at night. You don’t know when you will encounter a serial killer or […]