Property law

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• OSEMWENGIE V. OSEMWENGIE & ORS. (2026)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria, Abuja

  Judgment date

  17 July 2026

  Supreme Court decision on the Benin customary-law Igiogbe, the eldest son’s inheritance rights, and the validity of contrary testamentary bequests.

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  • Customary inheritance→
  • Igiogbe→
  • Property law→
  • appellate review of factual findings→
  • benin native law and custom→
  • eldest son’s inheritance rights→
  • validity of testamentary dispositions→
  • wills and testamentary freedom→

• HON. ESEME SUNDAY EYIBOH V. DAHIRU SHEIKH MUJADDADI & ORS. (2021)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  10 December 2021

  Summary of Eyiboh v. Mujaddadi, where the Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a claim for specific performance of an alleged property sale contract.

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  • Admission against interest→
  • Agency→
  • Agency fee→
  • Approbating and reprobating→
  • Authority of agent→
  • Concurrent findings of fact→
  • Consensus ad idem→
  • Consideration→

• COLE V. JIBUNOH (2016)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  15 January 2016

  Summary of Cole v. Jibunoh (2016), on res judicata, judgment in rem and the 21-day limit for challenging auction sales of immovable property.

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  • Attachment and sale of immovable property→
  • Certificate of purchase→
  • Coordinate jurisdiction→
  • Estoppel per rem judicatam→
  • Fraud and forgery→
  • Issue estoppel→
  • Judgment enforcement→
  • Judgment in rem→