Ahwedjo Efetiroroje & Ors. V. His Highness Onome Okpalefe II (The Osuivie Of Agbarho) & Ors (1991) LLJR-SC
Ahwedjo Efetiroroje & Ors. V. His Highness Onome Okpalefe II (The Osuivie Of Agbarho) & Ors (1991) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. KARIBI-WHYTE, J.S.C. This appeal has brought into focus once again the anxieties in the often discussed question of the circumstances enabling an appellate court to set aside the exercise of the discretion by […]
Alhaji Sule Agbetoba & Ors. V. The Lagos State Executive Council & Ors (1991) LLJR-SC
Alhaji Sule Agbetoba & Ors. V. The Lagos State Executive Council & Ors (1991) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. KARIBI-WHYTE, J.S.C. Appellants, representing the Muti ruling house of the Onikoyi Chieftaincy family has again appealed to this Court, challenging the dismissal by the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division of their appeal against the judgment of […]
Michael Ifeanyi Ojibah Vs Ubaka Ojibah (1991) LLJR-SC
Michael Ifeanyi Ojibah Vs Ubaka Ojibah (1991) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report P. NNAEMEKA-AGU, J.S.C. This is a further appeal by the plaintiff against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, coram Ikwechegh Katsina-Alu and Macaulay, JJ.C.A. which had dismissed an appeal against the judgment of F. O. Nwokedi, J., sitting in an Onitsha […]
John Ekeogu Vs Elizabeth Aliri (1991) LLJR-SC
John Ekeogu Vs Elizabeth Aliri (1991) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report KAWU, J.S.C. In her writ of summons filed on 20th day of July, 1987, the plaintiff, a minor, instituted this action by her next friend, the mother, claiming against the 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants, jointly and severally: “the sum of N100,000 (one hundred thousand […]
Michael Ifeanyi Ojibah V. Ubaka Ojibah (1991) LLJR-SC
Michael Ifeanyi Ojibah V. Ubaka Ojibah (1991) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report NNAEMEKA-AGU, J.S.C. This is a further appeal by the plaintiff against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, coram Ikwechegh Katsina-Alu and Macaulay, JJ.C.A. which had dismissed an appeal against the judgment of F. O. Nwokedi, J., sitting in an Onitsha High […]
Alhaji Abdullahi Baba V. Nigerian Civil Aviation & Anor (1991) LLJR-SC
Alhaji Abdullahi Baba V. Nigerian Civil Aviation & Anor (1991) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report NNAEMEKA-AGU, J.S.C. This is an appeal by Alhaji Abdullahi Baba who was the plaintiff in this suit in a Kaduna High Court presided over by Chigbue, J. (as he then was). The plaintiffs claim as amended by his amended statement of […]
Madam Alice Okesuji V. Fatai Alabi Lawal (1991) LLJR-SC
Madam Alice Okesuji V. Fatai Alabi Lawal (1991) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. I. AKPATA, J.S.C. One of the issues raised in this appeal touches on admission of fact by counsel during proceedings in the trial court. The question is whether counsel can retract such admission at the appeal stage, particularly where he has failed […]
Mr. A. O. Osho & Anor V. Foreign Finance Corporation & Anor (1991) LLJR-SC
Mr. A. O. Osho & Anor V. Foreign Finance Corporation & Anor (1991) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. OBASEKI, J.S.C. The plaintiff/respondent in this appeal commenced proceedings against the 1st defendant/respondent. 2nd defendant/appellant and 3rd defendant/appellant by a writ of summons filed in the Ikeja Judicial Division, High Court of Lagos State and the claim […]
Madam Alice Okesuji Vs Fatai Alabi Lawal (1991) LLJR-SC
Madam Alice Okesuji Vs Fatai Alabi Lawal (1991) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report E. O. I. AKPATA, J.S.C. One of the issues raised in this appeal touches on admission of fact by counsel during proceedings in the trial court. The question is whether counsel can retract such admission at the appeal stage, particularly where he has […]
Ijebu-ode Local Government Vs Adedeji Balogun (1991) LLJR-SC
Ijebu-ode Local Government Vs Adedeji Balogun (1991) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report A. G. KARIBI-WHYTE, J.S.C. I have had little difficulty in deciding this appeal because of the nature of the points argued before us which are common place and replete with earlier decisions of this court. Before argument, learned counsel to the appellant by motion […]