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Chief Olukayode Akindele V. Kayode Abiodun (2001) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OYEBISI F. OMOLEYE, J.C.A. This is an appeal against the Ruling of I. U. Bello J., of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Gwagwalada delivered on 23/02/2004 in suit No. FCT/HC/CV/1061/02 in which he dismissed the Appellant’s application and refused…
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Honourable Minister for Works and Housing V. Tomas Nigeria Limited & Ors. (2001) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BULKACHUWA, J.C.A. The plaintiffs/respondents initiated an action against the defendants/appellants before the Federal High Court, Abuja in Suit 762 Nigerian No. FHC/ABJ/CS/194/2000 claiming the following reliefs: (a) service of notices to terminate the subject-matter contract on the plaintiffs;…
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How Missing S-south State’s N100bn Was Allegedly Shared — EFCC LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report 13 years after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC accused the former governor of a South-South state of misappropriating N100 billion from the accounts of the state, the commission has given an inkling of how the major transactions that led…
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Chief Oloshe & Anor. V. Chief Joseph Ogunbode (2001) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BA’ ABA, J.C.A. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Ondo State High Court, sitting at Owo Judicial Division, in suit No. HOW/19/87, delivered on the 5th of July, 1994. The respondent, who was the plaintiff in the trial court…
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Adeoye Magbagbeola V. Temitope Sanni (2001) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEREMI, J.C.A. The respondent who was the claimant in the court below, (High Court Lagos, Lagos Division) Coram Rhodes – Vivour, J. had brought an application pursuant to section 7 (2) (b) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Cap. 19, Laws of the Federation of…
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Mallam Nasi & 2 Ors V. Zaida Haruna (2001) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OKUNOLA, J.C.A. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Sokoto State Sharia Court of Appeal holden at Sokoto wherein the earlier decision of the Gwadabawa Upper Area Court was affirmed. The facts of this case briefly put were as follows:…
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Hakimi Boyi V. Magaji Hassan (2001) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report S. MUNTAKA-COOMASSIE, J.C.A. The Appellant before this court was the plaintiff before the Area Court No. 2 Zagga hereinafter referred to as trial court. There the appellant sued the defendant to recover his two farms, which he rented to him 6 to 7 years ago.…
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Ai Ahmadu Rungumawa V. Hantsi Muh’d Rungumawa (2001) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report MUNTAKA-COOMASSIE, J.C.A. The appellant in this court Mrs. Ai Ahmadu Rungumawa filed a petition against her husband Muhammad Na Hantsi seeking for the dissolution of their six years old marriage on the grounds that her husband (the respondent before us) does not pray…
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The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited V. Helleluja Fishermen Multi-purpose Co-operative Society Limited (2001) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OGEBE, J.C.A. The respondent sued the appellant in the High Court of Rivers State in a writ of summons dated 14th day of December, 1990 as follows: “The plaintiff’s claim against the defendant is for…
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Nigerian Telecommunications Plc V. Emmanuel O. Awala (2001) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OMAGE, J.C.A. The respondent was until 6/4/87, in the employment of the appellant known now as Nitel. Prior to this, the respondent was appointed into the service of the Ministry of Communication, and in the service of the federal public service, under the…