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Mtn Nigeria Communication Limited V. Corporate Communication Investment Limited (2019) LLJR-SC

Mtn Nigeria Communication Limited V. Corporate Communication Investment Limited (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO KEKERE-EKUN, J.S.C. This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division delivered on 21st July, 2014, dismissing the appellant’s appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Rivers State sitting at […]

Abubakar Mohammed V. The State (2019) LLJR-SC

Abubakar Mohammed V. The State (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report SIDI DAUDA BAGE, J.S.C. This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal, Yola Division delivered on 8th February, 2013 which affirmed the judgment of the learned tried Judge which convicted the Appellant alongside 3 others for the offence of conspiracy […]

Kunle Kalejaiye V. The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee & Anor (2019) LLJR-SC

Kunle Kalejaiye V. The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee & Anor (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE, J.S.C. At the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee, (hereinafter, simply, referred to as “the Committee”), Kunle Kalejaiye, the appellant in this appeal, was charged on three-count complaint by the Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA, for short), for engaging […]

Usman Kayode Olomoda V. Mr. Olaniyi Mustapha & Ors (2019) LLJR-SC

Usman Kayode Olomoda V. Mr. Olaniyi Mustapha & Ors (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report KUMAI BAYANG AKA’AHS, J.S.C. Alhaji Senator Ayinla Olomada (now deceased) was the original claimant in Suit No. KWS/134/2007. He was granted a parcel of land measuring 3636.16 sq. meters at No. 38 Station Road, llorin by the Kwara State Government […]

Federal Republic Of Nigeria V. Uchenna Iwuafor (2019) LLJR-SC

Fedaeral Republic Of Nigeria V. Uchenna Iwuafor (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI, J.S.C.  This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal Ibadan Division or Court below or Lower Court delivered on the 5th May 2015, Coram: O. Daniel-Kalio, M. N. Oniyangi, N. Okoronkwo JJCA which upturned the […]

Wome Moses, Esq V. Nigerian Bar Association (2019) LLJR-SC

Wome Moses, Esq V. Nigerian Bar Association (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, J.S.C. The Appellant, a Legal Practitioner practicing in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, represented a Member of the Rumu-Amadi Family at the High Court of Rivers State, in a case involving family land. The Appellant’s client lost at the High […]

Oladimeji Mohammed Edun & Anor V. Federal Republic Of Nigeria (2019) LLJR-SC

Oladimeji Mohammed Edun & Anor V. Federal Republic Of Nigeria (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C. These two appeals – SC.960/2017: OLADIMEJI MOHAMMED EDUN v. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, and SC.961/2017: ZARAB VENTURES LIMITED v. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA were argued, separately, on 28th November, 2018 before this same Panel. The two […]

Obiajulu Nwalutu V. Nigerian Bar Association & Anor (2019) LLJR-SC

Obiajulu Nwalutu V. Nigerian Bar Association & Anor (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report KUMAI BAYANG AKAAHS, J.S.C. The facts leading to this appeal may be briefly stated as follows:- On 19 July, 2010 the appellant purportedly acting as counsel to Afribank Plc (now Mainstreet Bank Limited) filed a motion on notice for the joinder […]

Chidi Edwin V. The State (2019) LLJR-SC

Chidi Edwin V. The State (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD, J.S.C. The charge against the appellant as accused person at the High Court of Justice, Ondo State, holden at Akure (the trial Court), was murder, contrary to Section 319 of the Criminal Code (Cap. 30, Vol. II, Laws of Ondo State […]