Barrister Okey Uzoho & Ors. V. National Council On Privatization & Anor. (2007) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OYEBISI F. OMOLEYE, J.C.A. This is an appeal against the ruling of B.F.M. Nyako J. of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division delivered on 21/10/04. The appellants were plaintiffs while the respondents were defendants in the suit commenced…

Anthony Oguejiofor V. Siemens Limited (2007) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BABA ALKALI BA’ABA, J.C.A. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Kaduna State High Court holden at the Kaduna State Judicial Division in suit No. KDH/KADJ/466/2003, delivered on the 19th day of March, 2004. The appellant herein as the plaintiff commenced an action…

Savannah Bank Of Nig. PLC V. Central Bank Of Nigeria & Anor. (2007) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BODE RHODES-VIVOUR, J.C.A. By a motion on notice filed on the 11th of May 2006, and brought under Order 3 rule 4(1) and (2) of the Court of Appeal Rules, 2002 and under the inherent jurisdiction of this…

Peoples Democratic Party (Pdp) & Ors V. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (2007) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UWA, J.C.A. This appeal arose from an interlocutory decision of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Gwagwalada, Abuja delivered on the 31st day of October, 2006. The respondent commenced the suit at the High Court of the…

Shell Petroleum Dev. Co. Of Nigeria V. Nelson Okonedo (2007) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ABBA AJI, J.C.A. By a writ of summons issued on the 14th day of February, 1998 from the High Court of Justice, Delta State in the Warri Judicial Division, the plaintiff who is the respondent in this appeal claimed from the…

Oju Local Government & Ors V. Independent National Electoral Commission (2007) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ABOKI, J.C.A. This is an appeal against the decision of Hon. Justice B.F.M. Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja delivered on the 22nd day of March, 2006 dismissing the claim of the plaintiffs/appellants. Leave was granted the plaintiffs on…

Charles Ejimofor & Ors. V. Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd. & Ors. (2006) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report NZEAKO, J.C.A. In the Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State of Nigeria, each of the seven appellants in this appeal, as plaintiffs and employees of the 1st respondents/defendants took out a writ of summons against them, and the…

Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-asiri V. Federal Republic of Nigeria(2006) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report RHODES-VIVOUR, J.C.A. After hearing arguments on 9/5/06 judgment was reserved. It was thereafter fixed for delivery on 24/5/06, but on that day counsel on both sides were not in court. Judgment was then adjourned for delivery on 6/6/06. I now deliver Judgment. The…

Ethiopian Airlines V. Afribank Nig. PLC & Anor. (2006) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report AGBO J.C.A. The appellant as plaintiff claimed of the respondents of the Lagos Division of the High Court of Lagos State as follows:- i. The sum of N447,000(Four Hundred forty-seven thousand naira) and N5.00 (Five Naira) commission on the draft being the…

Dike Geo Motors Limited & Anor. V. Allied Signal Inc. & Anor. (2006) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report M. L. GARBA, J.C.A. This appeal is against the decision of the Federal High Court Lagos in its ruling delivered on 13/4/99 in Suit No. FHC/L./CS/59 1/95. The Notice of Appeal dated the 27/4/99 contains two (2) grounds…