Alhaji Mansur Ahmed & Ors V. The Registered Trustees Of Archdiocese Of Kaduna Of The Roman Catholic Church (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report SIDI DAUDA BAGE, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the Judgment of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna delivered on 23rd February, 2006 dismissing the appeal of the Appellants from the decision…

Wahab Alao V. The State (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report SIDI DAUDA BAGE, J.S.C. This appeal arose from the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division delivered on 6th December, 2013 as contained at pages 249 to 251 of the Record of Appeal. In its judgement, the Court below upheld the decision of…

Chidi B. Nworika V. Mrs. Ann Ononeze-madu & Ors (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report SIDI DAUDA BAGE, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the majority decision of the Court of Appeal sitting in Port-Harcourt delivered on 16th January, 2008 wherein the lower Court dismissed the Appellant’s appeal. The Appellant and another had sued in…

The State V. Emmanuel Gbahabo & Ors (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division, hereinafter referred to as the lower Court, delivered on the 13th day of June 2013, setting aside the judgment of the Kwara State High…

Adegbeyiro Seun V. The State (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report KUMAI BAYANG AKA’AHS, J.S.C. The appellant and two others were arrested on 15 September, 2012 in an uncompleted building close to the house of Hon Justice Agbelusi Micheal Ayowole of the High Court of Justice, Ekiti State who was the victim of armed robbery…

Mr. Anthony Igwemma & Anor V. Chinedu Benjamin Obidigwe & Ors (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report JOHN INYANG OKORO, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division delivered on 12th April, 2019 which affirmed the judgment of the Federal High Court Awka, dismissing the suit of the…

Charles Umezinne V. Attorney-general Of The Federation & Ors (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJEMBI EKO, J.S.C. At the Federal High Court, holden at Lagos, the Appellant was the applicant seeking, against the respondents herein, the enforcement of his fundamental right to personal liberty. He had alleged that he was arrested, detained and continually…

Union Bank Of Nigeria Plc V. Clement Nwankwo & Anor (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report PAUL ADAMU GALUMJE, J.S.C. The 1st Respondent herein, who was the plaintiff at the Benue State High Court holden in Gboko, is a customer of the Appellant and operates a current account no. 203146817 at the Appellant’s Gboko Branch.…

Okwara Agwu & Ors V. Julius Berger Nigeria Plc (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report PAUL ADAMU GALUMJE, J.S.C. The Appellants herein were staff of the Respondent before they were declared redundant. The Respondent had industrial problem with its workforce in Abuja, that led to the closure of its activities on the 16th June 1999.…

Alabi Tope V. The State (2019) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI, J.S.C. This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Ekiti Judicial Division, delivered on 20/2/2015, which affirmed part of the judgment of the High Court of Ekiti State, which convicted and sentenced the Appellant to 5 years…