July 2019

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Lawyer derobed for fraudulently increasing the price of property.

Summary of Facts Adapted from the Judgment of Bage, JSC: Anthony Ojigho v. NBA & LPDC (2019) LPELR-46895(SC); [2019] 9 NWLR (Pt. 1678) 399. A lawyer, Mr. Anthony Ojigho, was petitioned for fraudulently increasing the price of a property which the Petitioner (Banjo Onanubi) paid the vendor through the lawyer. It was alleged that the […]

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July 30, 2019
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Supreme Court blows hot against airlines guilty of reckless flight cancellation.

Mekwunye v. Emirates Airlines [2019] 9 NWLR (Pt. 1677) 191; (2019) LPELR-46553(SC) The Story Miss Promise Mekwunye (“the Appellant”) bought Emirates Airlines’ (“the Respondent”) flight ticket to enable her travel from Texas, USA to Lagos, Nigeria and back. Between the date the ticket was purchased and the scheduled flight date, the Respondent confirmed to the […]

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July 28, 2019
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Disobeying Court Order can NEVER be in public interest: How the AGF misapplied the legal principle in Dokubo v. FRN.

Introduction According to the Punch*, during the ongoing ministerial screening exercise of the newly appointed Ministers by President Buhari at the floor of the Senate, the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), was asked why he decides to disobey court orders by refusing to see to the release of persons who […]

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July 27, 2019
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July 21, 2019
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Technicality in Law – CJN’s Misfire and the need to Reload.

INTRODUCTION On 17th of July, 2019, Hon. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad was confirmed by the Senate as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). During the proceedings at the Senate, Justice Muhammad, CJN was confronted with a question by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe [Senator representing Abia-South Senatorial District, Abia State under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party […]

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July 19, 2019
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Man bags death sentence for robbing shop-owner of N1,705 and 2 rolls of Peak Milk

The Story Adapted from the Judgment of Nweze, JSC in John v. State [2019] 9 NWLR (Pt. 1676) 160. On the fateful day (November 18, 2005), the Appellant went to a shop parading himself as a customer. Samuel, the son of the woman who owns the shop, went to attend to the Appellant’s demand. The […]

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July 17, 2019
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Supreme Court maintains that NBA lacks legal personality.

Moses v. Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) [2019] 8 NWLR (Pt. 1673) 59 at 69, para. H, per Augie, JSC: “The bottom line is that the Respondent (NBA) cannot be sued in its name, which is what this Court held in Fawehinmi v. NBA (No. 2) (supra) decided in April, 1989, and it is safe to […]

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July 16, 2019
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Pathetic! Federal High Court Begs IGP and Abba Kyari to obey Court Orders and produce suspect.

Background The facts contained below are from reliable information, credible reports and from certified true copies of Court documents obtained. Mr. Nanpon Sambo (“Mr. Sambo” or “the Defendant”) was charged before the Federal High Court, Jos Division, on the allegation of illegal possession of firearms. This was in Charge No. FHC/J/106C/2016: Federal Republic of Nigeria […]

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July 12, 2019
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Failure to query an amount of debt in a letter written by a bank amounts to admission.

Bagobiri v. Unity Bank Plc (2016) LPELR-41161 (CA) Pp. 22-23, paras. F-B, per Abiru, JCA: “The Courts have held that where a bank makes a demand for settlement of a debt by a letter and the amount of the debt is contained in the letter and the debtor does not query the figure written in […]

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July 12, 2019
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S*x Toy Senator toiling with the Law.

We have seen members of the National Assembly engage in physical combat at several occasions. While such incidents appear to give us some hindsight about the characters we elect into the legislative arm of Government, we readily excuse them on the premise that legislative violence is within contemplation and is a usual occurrence across the […]

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July 3, 2019
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