National Bank Of Nigeria Ltd. V. P.B. Olatunde & Co. Nigeria Ltd. (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OGWUEGBU, J.S.C. The defendants awarded a building construction contract of their bank building at Ilorin, Kwara State to the plaintiffs for the sum of N451,857,22. The contract was stated to be in writing. By a letter dated 13th…

Jimoh Akinfolarin & Ors. V. Solomon Oluwole Akinnola (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IGUH, J.S.C. In the Ondo Judicial Division of the High Court of Justice, Ondo State, the plaintiffs, who are now the appellants, for themselves and on behalf of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society, Ode, Ondo caused a writ of summons to issue against the…

Alhaji A. Aliyu V. Dr. John Adewunmi Sodipo (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OGUNDARE, J.S.C. The Ifadu Alase family of Ojuwoye in Mushin district of Lagos State owned a large area of land at Idiroko near Maryland Ikeja. Some years ago the said family sold a part of their land to one Fashola (who had…

Augustine Nwangbomu V. The State (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELGORE, J.S.C. The appellant, Augustine Nwangbomu was to marry one Juliana Igwe, a child. It seems that by custom of Ezza in Abakaliki she had to stay with the proposed husband for a while to decide whether they could live together as husband wife. Juliana…

Sunday Baridam Vs The State (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IGUH, JSC  The appellant, Sunday Baridam, was on the 21st day of July, 1986 arraigned before the high court of Rivers State, holden at the Bon, charged with the offence of murder contrary to section 319 of the Criminal Code. The particulars of the offence…

Ogbuokwelu V Umeanafunkwa (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ONU, J.S.C.  This appeal is from the decision of the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu dated 16th January, 1992 and which upset the judgment of Obiesie,J., sitting at the Anambra State High Court holden in Onitsha and delivered on October 13,1989. The reliefs sought by the…

Union Bank Of Nigeria Ltd. V. Professor Albert Ojo Ozigi (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADIO, J.S.C. The respondent, a customer of the appellant, in 1982, obtained a loan of N250,000.00 from the appellant to enable the respondent complete a restaurant in Ilorin. The terms under or subject to which the loan was granted were…

Lagos State Development And Property Corporation V. Adold Stamm International (Nigeria) Limited (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OGWUEGBU, J.S.C.  This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division delivered on 24/9/90. The appeal arose from an arbitration proceedings between the parties. By a deed of agreement dated 22/2/80, the Lagos…

Alhaji Mustapha Aliyu Kusfa V. United Bawo Construction Co. Ltd. (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OGUNDARE, J.S.C. The only question calling for determination in this appeal is as to whether or not the plaintiff in an action for breach of contract is entitled to award of general damages where his claim for special damages for…

Federal Capital Development Authority V. Joshua Gyuhu Sule (1994) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OLATAWURA, J.S.C.  This appeal has raised once again the interpretation of S.4(2) of the Public Officers (Special Provisions) Decree No. 17 of 1984. Before going into the said Decree (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 17 of 1984), I ought to state…