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Alhaji Alhassan Shuaibu V. Muhammed Babangida Muazu & Ors. (2006) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report KUMAI BAYANG AKAAHS, J.C.A. The pith of this appeal is centred on whether a restrictive order of injunction can be granted to set aside completed acts and restore the parties to the status quo ante bellum if the defendant sought to…
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Sir Emeka Offor V. Leaders & Company Limited & Anor. (2006) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OYEBISI F. OMOLEYE, J.C.A. The applicant was the plaintiff at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja where he claimed against the respondents as defendants in an action founded on libel for the sum of One Billion Naira…
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Section 132 Child’s Right Act Section 132 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Required consent. It is under Part XII (Adoption) of the Act. (1) Where a married person is the sole applicant for an adoption order, the Court may, if it thinks fit, refuse to make the order if the consent of the spouse…
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Section 131 Child’s Right Act Section 131 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Restrictions on the making of adoption orders. It is under Part XII (Adoption) of the Act. (1) An adoption order shall not be made in respect of a child unless‐(a) the applicant or, in the case of a joint application, one of…
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Section 130 Child’s Right Act Section 130 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Power to make adoption order. It is under Part XII (Adoption) of the Act. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act. the Court may, on the application of a person stated in section 126 of this Act in the prescribed manner…
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Section 129 Child’s Right Act Section 129 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Persons who may adopt. It is under Part XII (Adoption) of the Act. The following persons may apply for an adoption order‐(a) a married couple where‐(i) each of them has attained the age of twenty‐five years, and(ii) there is an order authorising…
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Section 128 Child’s Right Act Section 128 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Persons who may be adopted. It is under Part XII (Adoption) of the Act. The Court shall, not make an adoption order in respect of a child unless‐(a) the parents of the child or, where there is no surviving parent, the guardian…
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Section 127 Child’s Right Act Section 127 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Religious upbringing of adopted child. It is under Part XII (Adoption) of the Act. The Court shall, in placing a child for adoption, have regard as far as is practicable to the wishes, if any, of the parents or guardian of the…
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Section 126 Child’s Right Act Section 126 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Application for adoption, etc. It is under Part XII (Adoption) of the Act. (1) An application for adoption shall be made to the Court in such form as may be prescribed, and shall be accompanied with‐(a) where the applicant is a married…
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Section 125 Child’s Right Act Section 125 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Establishment of adoption services, etc. It is under Part XII (Adoption) of the Act. (1) Every State Government shall, for the purpose of adoption, establish and maintain within the State and, in the case of the Federal Government, within the Federal Capital…