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Kano State Oil And Allied Products Ltd V Kofa Trading Co. Ltd (1996) LLJR-SC

Kano State Oil And Allied Products Ltd V Kofa Trading Co. Ltd (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNDARE, JSC.  By a motion on notice filed in the High Court of Kano State, the Applicant (now Respondent before us) prayed the court “to appoint a sole Arbitrator to decide the dispute between Kasoap and Kofa […]

Salami Adeoti Omokewu & Ors. V. Abraham Olabanji & Anor (1996) LLJR-SC

Salami Adeoti Omokewu & Ors. V. Abraham Olabanji & Anor (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNDARE, J.S.C.  In the High Court of Kwara State in Suit No. KWS/OM/92/84, the plaintiffs who are the respondents in the application now before us sued one Salami Adeoti Omokewu and Suleman Durotoye Abegunde II (both of whom are […]

Adeyinka Abosede Badejo (Miss) V. Federal Minister Of Education & Ors. (1996) LLJR-SC

Adeyinka Abosede Badejo (Miss) V. Federal Minister Of Education & Ors. (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report KUTIGI, J.S.C.  The appellant commenced this action through her father and next friend by a Motion Ex-Parte dated 29th September, 1988 pursuant to Order I Rules 2(3) & 6 of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, 1979 for […]

Joseph Onwu & Ors V. Ezekiel Nka & Ors (1966) LLJR-SC

Joseph Onwu & Ors V. Ezekiel Nka & Ors (1966) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report IGUH, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, delivered on the 8th day of December, 1989, dismissing the appellants appeal in a dispute concerning land situate at Nsogwu village, Urnunze town in […]

Onwu V Nka (1996) LLJR-SC

Onwu V Nka (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report IGUH, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, delivered on the 8th day of December, 1989, dismissing the appellants appeal in a dispute concerning land situate at Nsogwu village, Urnunze town in the Anambra State of Nigeria. The […]

G.E.N. Onyekwuluje V. G.B. Animashaun & Anor (1996) LLJR-SC

G.E.N. Onyekwuluje V. G.B. Animashaun & Anor (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MOHAMMED, J.S.C. This appeal is from the judgment of Court of Appeal Enugu. The dispute which gave rise to this appeal concerns an estate of late Badaru Animashaun family in Onitsha. The respondents, as plaintiffs claimed in the High Court that their […]

Mustafa Oladokun Vs Military Governor Of Oyo State And Others (1996) LLJR-SC

Mustafa Oladokun Vs Military Governor Of Oyo State And Others (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNDARE, JSC The main issue calling for determination in this appeal relates to the interpretation of the chieftaincy declaration of the Onjo of Okeho Chieftaincy, registered on 12th February 1958. Following a vacancy in the office of the Onjo, […]

Nathaniel Oyekan & Ors. V. Amos Akinrinwa & Ors. (1996) LLJR-SC

Nathaniel Oyekan & Ors. V. Amos Akinrinwa & Ors. (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report ONU, J.S.C. In the High Court of Justice, Oyo State of Nigeria holden at Oyo, in SUIT NO. HOY/5/83 the appellants herein as plaintiffs, claimed against the respondents, then as defendants, the following reliefs as endorsed on their Writ of […]

Chief Adekoya Oke Olukoga & Ors. V. Mrs Olufemi Fatunde (1996) LLJR-SC

Chief Adekoya Oke Olukoga & Ors. V. Mrs Olufemi Fatunde (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report ADIO, J.S.C.  In the High Court of Lagos State of Nigeria, Lagos Judicial Division, the appellants, as plaintiffs, brought an action against the original defendants for the following reliefs:- “(1) N1,000 damages for trespass to the Plaintiffs’ land at […]

Godwin Chime & Anor V. Nelson Ude & Ors (1996) LLJR-SC

Godwin Chime & Anor V. Nelson Ude & Ors (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNDARE, J.S.C. The appellants, who are applicants in the application before us, being dissatisfied with the judgment of the Court of Appeal given on 18/1/93 appealed to this Court after obtaining the leave of the Court of Appeal so to […]