Ngene Arum V. The State (1976) LLJR-SC
Ngene Arum V. The State (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, C.J.N On 16th August 1976, the appellant was convicted at the Enugu High Court of the murder of one Aniagu Ugwu and sentenced to death. His appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal against the conviction was dismissed on the 24th day of April, […]
Musiliu I. Bashua V. Dr. Oladipo Maja (1976) LLJR-SC
Musiliu I. Bashua V. Dr. Oladipo Maja (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SIR UDO UDOMA, JSC This appeal is against the judgment of George, J., in the High Court of Lagos, Suit No. LD/565/72, wherein Dr. Oladipo Maja as plaintiff, herein respondent, claimed against Musiliu I. Bashua as defendant, herein appellant, the following:- “(1) Declaration […]
Chief Igunbor Igbodim & Ors V. Chief Ugbede Obianke & Ors (1976) LLJR-SC
Chief Igunbor Igbodim & Ors V. Chief Ugbede Obianke & Ors (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, JSC. We allowed this appeal on the 7th day of June, 1976, and now give our reasons: The writ of summons by which the proceedings in this matter were commenced was issued out of the Benin Judicial Division […]
Royal Exchange Assurance V. Bentworth Finance (Nig.) Ltd (1976) LLJR-SC
Royal Exchange Assurance V. Bentworth Finance (Nig.) Ltd (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SIR UDO UDOMA, JSC. There is only one point of law which was raised and argued before us and which calls for decision in this appeal. The point is of considerable importance and appears to have been raised in this court for […]
Jacob Olorunmeyitoku V. The State (1976) LLJR-SC
Jacob Olorunmeyitoku V. The State (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, JSC. The appellant was convicted in the High Court of the former Western State, sitting at Ado-Ekiti, on a charge of murder of Oloruntoba Suberu contrary to Section 254(2) and punishable under Section 257(1) of the Criminal Code of that State and was sentenced […]
Seismograph Services (Nigeria) Ltd. v. Robinson Kwavbe Ogbeni (1976) LLJR-SC
Seismograph Services (Nigeria) Ltd. v. Robinson Kwavbe Ogbeni (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. OBASEKI, Ag. J.S.C. In the High Court of Justice of the Mid-Western State of Nigeria, holden at Ughelli, the plaintiff/respondent by his writ of summons taken out on the 22nd day of July 1971, claimed from the defendants/appellants “the sum of […]
Oyesanmi J. Akinlemibola V. Commissioner Of Police (1976) LLJR-SC
Oyesanmi J. Akinlemibola V. Commissioner Of Police (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report A. FATAYI-WILLIAMS, JSC. On the 27th of March, 1973, at the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State, the Accused, now Appellant, was convicted by Mrs. O. Oguntoye, Chief Magistrate, on a charge containing two counts, one of corruptly receiving the sum of N20 […]
O. A. Kukoyi & Ors V. Adiatu Ladunni (1976) LLJR-SC
O. A. Kukoyi & Ors V. Adiatu Ladunni (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IDIGBE, JSC. This appeal is from the judgment of the High Court of Lagos State (Kazeem, J.), dismissing the respondents’ claim against the appellant for declaration of title to parcels of land lying and situate at Idi Araba, Ikeja district, and known as […]
National Electric Power Authority V. Mudasiru Amusa & Anor (1976) LLJR-SC
National Electric Power Authority V. Mudasiru Amusa & Anor (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, JSC The Electricity Corporation of Nigeria, popularly known as the ECN, is the defendants’ predecessor. It was established by Section 3(1) of the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria Act (Cap. 58 of the Laws of the Federation, 1958 which is hereinafter […]
Madam Alake Aroyewun V. Joseph Adebanji (1976) LLJR-SC
Madam Alake Aroyewun V. Joseph Adebanji (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IDIGBE, JSC This appeal is from the judgment of O.R.I. George, J., dated 11th April, 1975, in the High Court of Lagos State in Suit No.LD/43A/72 dismissing an appeal by the appellant, herein, from the decision of V.B.A. Famakinwa Esquire, sitting as Senior Magistrate […]