Race Auto Supply Company Limited & Ors V. Alhaja Faosat Akib (2006) LLJR-SC
Race Auto Supply Company Limited & Ors V. Alhaja Faosat Akib (2006) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNTADE, J.S.C. This was a dispute as to who of the contending parties was entitled under customary law to be the Baale or head chief of a village called Egbeda. On 17-3-87, one Chief Salimonu Bolatito Lawai as […]
Isah Onu & Ors V. Ibrahim Idu & Ors (2006) LLJR-SC
Alhaji Lasisi Gbadamosi V. The Governor Of Oyo State & Ors (2006) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNTADE, J.S.C. The appellants were the plaintiffs at the High Court of Dekina, Kogi State, where as the representatives of Aboko and Oche ruling houses, they issued a writ of summons against the respondents as the defendants claiming […]
Mohammed Mari Kida V A.D. Ogunmola (2006) LLJR-SC
Mohammed Mari Kida V A.D. Ogunmola (2006) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MUSDAPHER, J.S.C. In the High Court of Justice of Borno State of Nigeria, in the Maiduguri Judicial Division and in suit No. M/391/94, the plaintiff claimed against the defendants as follows: (a) An order for specific performance compelling the defendants jointly and severally […]
Popoola Elabanjo V Chief (Mrs) Ganiat Dawodu (2006) LLJR-SC
Popoola Elabanjo V Chief (Mrs) Ganiat Dawodu (2006) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MAHMUD MOHAMMED, JSC This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal Lagos Division, delivered on 21-3-2001, allowing the appeal brought to it in this case from the Ruling of the Lagos State High Court of Justice given on […]
Memudu Ajiboye V Alhaji Oloyede Ishola (2006) LLJR-SC
Memudu Ajiboye V Alhaji Oloyede Ishola (2006) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report ONNOGHEN, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal holden at Kaduna in appeal No. CNK/140/94 delivered on 20th March, 1997. The facts of the case include the following: The appellant as plaintiff at the Upper Area Court, […]
West Construction Company Ltd V Santos M. Batalha (2006) LLJR-SC
West Construction Company Ltd V Santos M. Batalha (2006) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report AKINTAN, J.S.C. The present respondent, Santos M. Batalha, a Portuguese national, instituted this action as plaintiff at Benin High Court in Edo State as suit No. B/643/94 against the present appellant, West Construction Company Limited, as defendant. The dispute that led […]
Muhammadu Buhari V. Chief Olusegun A. Obasanjo (2006) LLJR-SC
Muhammadu Buhari V. Chief Olusegun A. Obasanjo (2006) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report M.L UWAIS, CJN The Presidential Elections was held on the 19th day of April 2003 to fill the offices of the President and the Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The election, which was conducted nation-wide by the 3rd Respondent/Cross Appellant, […]
Luke Okoro & Ors V. Hilary Egbuoh & Ors (2006) LLJR-SC
Luke Okoro & Ors V. Hilary Egbuoh & Ors (2006) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNTADE, J.S.C. The respondents were the plaintiffs at the Okigwe High Court of Imo State where as the representatives of the citizens of Umuduruiheoma/ Ofenkoro village, Okwelle, they claimed against the appellants as the defendants (representing the citizens of Ojiowere […]
Unipetrol Nigeria Plc V Edo State Board Of Internal Revenue (2006) LLJR-SC
Unipetrol Nigeria Plc V Edo State Board Of Internal Revenue (2006) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MUKHTAR, J.S.C. In the Mobile Revenue Court of Edo State sitting at Benin City, the following charge was framed against the appellant: “Count 1: That Unipetrol Plc., Benin City, between January, 1993 to December, 1995 at Benin City within […]
Mohammed Mari Kida V A.D. Ogunmola (2006) LLJR-SC
Mohammed Mari Kida V A.D. Ogunmola (2006) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report DAHIRU MUSDAPHER, JSC In the High Court of Justice of Borno State of Nigeria, in the Maiduguri Judicial Division and in suit No.M/391/94, the plaintiff claimed against the defendants as follows:- (a) An order for specific performance compelling the defendants jointly and severally […]