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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF NIGERIA

IN THE LAGOS JUDICIAL DIVISION

HOLDEN AT LAGOS

 

ON FRIDAY THE 22ND DAY OF MARCH, 2013

 

BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS:

 

IBRAHIM M.M. SAULAWA         JUSTICE, COURT OF APPEAL

CHIMA...

AS observed above, Section 309 of the Penal Code under which the trial court acted in the instant case gives the court a wide latitude or discretion to exercise. This the Honourable court exercised as it deemed fit.

The law is trite that once a...

USE these days to get outside and spend some time walking, contemplating and simply noticing the life and beautiful things around you. Do this regularly to get back into the swing of the world. Don’t try too hard – just let the warmth of the...

ONE of the conditions prescribed by the provision of Section 44 of the 1999 Constitution for the validity of law that seeks to compulsorily take over private property is that such a law should make provision for the prompt compensation to the...

AT a recent public event in Ibadan, Oyo State, Chief Solanke SAN had pointed out that for corruption to be effectively tackled in the country the fight has to be start with the judiciary. In calling on the judiciary to play a critical role in...

Introduction

NIGERIAN democratic experience has been punctuated with different challenges ranging from coups d’état, civil wars and political violence, economic instability among others.

The latest is the menace of militant and terrorist...

In his appraisal of the nation’s democratic experience, a renowned constitutional lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ahamba, believes the current Nigeria’s socio-political problems do not arise from the content of the 1999...

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In the Lagos Judicial Division,

Holden at Lagos,

On Friday, March 22, 2013,

Before their Lordships:

Aminu Adamu Augie,

Justice, Court of Appeal;

Chima Centus Nweze, Justice, Court of Appeal;

Chinwe Eugenia Iyizoba...

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On Monday, January 28...

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ORDINARILY, the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court is specified in Section 251(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (CFRN 1999) and Section 7(1) of the Federal High Court Act Cap F12, LFN 2004, which former section...

THE event was organised to address the worrisome manner in which suspects are treated during their arrest or detention at police stations in Nigeria.   It was a training programme for lawyers, with an overall objective of correcting public...

In what appears as a tacit acquiescence with the maxim that justice delayed is justice denied, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, recently charged judges in the country on quick and thorough dispensation of justice...

HE was exposed to commercial legal practice very early in his professional career. And like a chain in a sprocket, Uche Valentine Obi, the incumbent chairman of the Capital Market Solicitors Association (CMSA), immediately got stuck. The result...

In the Court of Appeal,

In the Lagos Judicial Division,

Holden at Lagos,

On Friday, March 22, 2013,

Before their Lordships:

Aminu Adamu Augie,

Justice, Court of Appeal;

Chima Centus Nweze, Justice, Court of Appeal;

Chinwe Eugenia Iyizoba...

LAGOS State Government said hence forth it is going to invoke Sections 96 and 363 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011, the sections that deal with criminal infraction of falsification of documents of land titles, to prosecute people who while...

WHEN you lose someone, a pet or a dream that has been very precious to you, the grief is intense. Pain, memories, and questions can easily haunt you. You may feel that you’ll never be the same again. Never really laugh, never recover, never be...