Ibrahim Adeyemi V. The State (2017) LLJR-SC
Ibrahim Adeyemi V. The State (2017) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal also referred to as Court below or lower Court in a judgment delivered by the Ilorin Division of the Court, Coram: Hussein Mukhtar, Isaiah O. Akeju and Uchechukwu […]
Independent National Electoral Commission & Anor V. Ejike Oguebego & Ors (2017) LLJR-SC
Independent National Electoral Commission & Anor V. Ejike Oguebego & Ors (2017) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE, J.S.C. My Lords, the events that prompted the proceedings culminating to the instant appeal trace their roots to injunctive orders of the Federal High Court: ex parte orders couched in these terms against the appellants […]
Ehimen Esene V. The State (2017) LLJR-SC
Ehimen Esene V. The State (2017) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report CLARA BATA OGUNBIYI, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal Benin Division, in criminal appeal CA/B/374C/2010 delivered on the 28th day of May, 2013 by which said judgment, the Court affirmed the conviction and death sentence passed on […]
Stanbic Ibtc Bank Plc V. Longterm Global Capital Limited & Anor (2017) LLJR-SC
Stanbic Ibtc Bank Plc V. Longterm Global Capital Limited & Anor (2017) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report PAUL ADAMU GALINJE, J.S.C. By its motion dated 20th March, 2015 and filed on the 23rd March, 2015, the Applicant herein seeks for the following reliefs:- 1 Notice of Appeal marked Exhibit Stanbic 1. The grounds upon which […]
Jonah Lase V. The State (2017) LLJR-SC
Jonah Lase V. The State (2017) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report SIDI DAUDA BAGE, J.S.C. This appeal arose from the decision of the Court of Appeal, Akure Judicial Division delivered on the 9th July, 2015, in Appeal No. CA/AK/97C/2014. In the appeal, the Court affirmed the conviction and sentence imposed on the appellant by the […]
Peoples Democratic Party & Anor V. Chief (Sir) Victor Umeh & Ors (2017) LLJR-SC
Peoples Democratic Party & Anor V. Chief (Sir) Victor Umeh & Ors (2017) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, J.S.C. The Applicants are praying this Court to strike out or dismiss Appeal No.SC. 204/2016 for being an abuse of Court process. The start off point in unraveling what led to this Application is […]
Saleh Dawai V. The State (2017) LLJR-SC
Saleh Dawai V. The State (2017) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report JOHN INYANG OKORO, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division delivered on 8th March, 2013 wherein the Lower Court dismissed the appeal of the Appellant and affirmed the decision of the trial High Court which convicted […]
Dr. Roy Pedro Ugo V. Augustina Chinyelu Ugo (2017) LLJR-SC
Dr. Roy Pedro Ugo V. Augustina Chinyelu Ugo (2017) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C. The parties herein were Nigerian Citizens of Igbo extraction of Imo State of Nigeria. They voluntarily renounced Nigerian citizenship and acquired the citizenship of the United States of America (USA), and later got married under the American Law. […]
Napoleon S. Orianzi V. The Attorney-general, Rivers State & Ors (2017) LLJR-SC
Napoleon S. Orianzi V. The Attorney-general, Rivers State & Ors (2017) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report PAUL ADAMU GALINJE, J.S.C. The Appellant in this appeal was the plaintiff at the Rivers State High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt. His claims as endorsed at paragraph 18 of his statement of claim filed on the 9th of […]
Klm Royal Dutch Airlines V. Jamilat Aloma (2017) LLJR-SC
Klm Royal Dutch Airlines V. Jamilat Aloma (2017) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO KEKERE-EKUN, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division delivered on 15/11/2007 dismissing the appellant’s appeal for want of prosecution and affirming the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting at Lagos […]