Judgements Categories: Supreme Court

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] ALHAJI TAJUDEEN BABATUNDE HAMZAT & ANOR V. ALHAJI SALIU IREYEMI SANNI & ORS   IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA ON FRIDAY, THE 30TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2015 SC.295/2012   OTHER CITATIONS (2015) LPELR-24302(SC) LN-e-LR/2015/12 (SC)     BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS SULEIMAN GALADIMA, JSC MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI, JSC OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA, JSC MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD, JSC KUMAI BAYANG AKA’AHS , JSC   BETWEEN ALHAJI TAJUDEEN BABATUNDE HAMZAT ALHAJI SURAKATU SODIPO (For […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] ALHAJI I.A ONIBUDO & ORS V. ALHAJI A.W AKIBU & ORS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA ON FRIDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF JULY, 1982 SC.50/1981 LN-e-LR/1982/7 (SC) OTHER CITATIONS (1982) All N.L.R 207 (1982) 7 S.C. 29   BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS GEORGE SODEINDE SOWEMIMO, JSC MOHAMMED BELLO, JSC CHUKWUWEIKE IDIGBE, JSC ANDREWS OTUTU OBASEKI, JSC ANTHONY NNAEMEZIE ANIAGOLU, JSC   BETWEEN ALHAJI I.A ONIBUDO & ORS – Appellant(s) AND […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] AGBONIFO V. AIWEREOBA AND ANR  IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA 19TH FEBRUARY, 1988. SUIT NO. SC 112/1986 CWLR (1988) 4 OTHER CITATIONS (1988) 1 NWLR (Pt. 70) 325 LN-e-LR/1988/8  (SC) ________________________ CHILDREN AND WOMEN LAW: Women and ownership of Property – Possession of land under Bini Customary Law _________________________ BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS   Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa, JSC Abubakar Bashir Wali, JSC Nnaemeka-Agu, JSC Ebenezer Babasanya Craig, JSC ANDREWS OTUTU […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] ADERINOLA ADEYEMI AND 6 OTHERS V. ALHAJI SHITTU BAMIDELE AND ANOR.  SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA SC 675/1965 CWLR (1968) 3   OTHER CITATIONS LN-E-LR/1968/7  (SC)   __________________________ CHILDREN AND WOMEN LAW:- Children/Women and Justice Administration – Children/Women and customary law – Tort proceedings – Competency of parties – Need to prove customary law marriage of woman claiming to be spouse of deceased person – Need to prove legitimacy of out […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] ADEWUNMI AND OTHERS V. OSIBANJO AND OTHERS   IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA 1ST JULY, 1988 SUIT NO. SC144/1987 CWLR (1988) 3   OTHER CITATIONS (1988) NWLR (Pt.83) 483 LN-e-LR/1988/4  (SC)   _________________________ CHILDREN AND WOMEN LAW: Intestacy – Grant of letters of Administration of estate of woman who died intestate _________________________ BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS NNAMANI, J.S.C. UWAIS, J.S.C. KAWU, J.S.C. BELGORE, J.S.C. AGBAJE, J.S.C.   BETWEEN KURANGA L. […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] ADESANYA V. OTUEWU   IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA SC.217/1989 FRIDAY, 22ND JANUARY, 1993 CWLR (1989) 1   OTHER CITATIONS (1993) 1 NWLR (Pt.270) 414 LN-e-LR/1989/5 (SC)   ___________________________ CHILDREN AND WOMEN LAW: Women and Property – Title of Woman over land purchased from a section of the family questioned ___________________________   BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS ADOLPHUS GODWIN KARIBI-WHYTE, J.S.C. (Presided) SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE, J.S.C. PHILIP NNAEMEKA-AGU, J.S.C. OLAJIDE […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] ADESANOYE V. ADEWOLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA 14TH JULY, SC. 171/2004. CWLR (2006) 2                                                                                  OTHER CITATIONS                                                                                                                       LN-e-LR/2006/4 (SC) (2006) 14 NWLR (Pt.1000) 242   ___________________________ CHILDREN AND WOMEN LAW: Installation of a new Chief for a community – Chieftaincy Declaration stipulating that the persons qualified to be proposed as candidates to fill a vacancy in the Chieftaincy stools are members of the Ruling House of the […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] SAMUEL ADAJE V. THE STATE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA 22ND JUNE, 1979.  SUIT NO. SC 32/1978 3PLR/1979/1 (SC)   OTHER CITATIONS (1979) All N.L.R 94     BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS   SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. IRIKEFE, J.S.C. BELLO, J.S.C. ESO, J.S.C. ANIAGOLU, J.S.C.   REPRESENTATION Chief B. O. N. Omoruwa, Counsel for the Appellant R.O. Omuoreu, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Justice, Bendel State, Counsel for the Respondent MAIN ISSUES CRIMINAL […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] AJOR ACHIMI V. THE STATE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA 18th October, 1972. SUIT NO. SC 178/1971. CWLR (1972) 3 OTHER CITATIONS LN-e-LR/1972/3 (SC) (1972). NSCC Vol. 7   BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS:   ELIAS, C.J.N. COKER, J.S.C. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C.   REPRESENTATION A. Akinola for the Appellant. Mbrey-Bassey, Senior State Counsel, South- Eastern State, for the Respondent.   MAIN ISSUES CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE:- Murder – Proof – When the defences of provocation, […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] AJOR ACHIMI V. THE STATE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA 18th October, 1972. SUIT NO. SC 178/1971. 3PLR/1972/3 (SC) OTHER CITATIONS (1972). NSCC Vol. 7     BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS:   ELIAS, C.J.N. COKER, J.S.C. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C.   REPRESENTATION A. Akinola for the Appellant. Mbrey-Bassey, Senior State Counsel, South- Eastern State, for the Respondent.   MAIN ISSUES CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE:- Murder – Proof – When the defences of provocation, self-defence, defence […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] TOM ABUKAR V. THE STATE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA 31ST OCTOBER, 1969 SUIT NO S.C. 158/69 3PLR/1969/4 (SC)     ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS:        ADEMOLA, C.J.N. COKER MADARIKAN, JJ.S.C.   REPRESENTATION AKINSANYA for COLE – for the Appellant LIBERTY, Senior State Counsel – for the Respondent   OTHER ISSUES CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: – Culpable homicide punishable with death under section 221 of the Penal Code – How proved – […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] PETER ABU V THE STATE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA 27TH MAY, 1976. SUIT NO. SC 275/1975. CWLR (1976) 1   OTHER CITATIONS (1976) 5 S.C.12 LN-e-LR/1976/3 (SC)   BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS: SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. IRIKEFE, J.S.C. OBASEKI, J.S.C.   REPRESENTATION Mr. J. A. Cole, – for the Appellant Mr. E. A. Olukole, Principal State Counsel, with Mr. A. N. Kosigba, Senior State Counsel, – for the Respondent   MAIN ISSUES CRIMINAL […]