"It's my money and I can sue you over it"
~ Man tells a single mother after she refused to show up at his place despite receiving N2,100 for transport fare.
The SC in Neconde Energy Ltd. v. FBN Quest Merchant Bank Ltd. (2026) 15 NWLR (Pt. 2063) 465 reiterated that an appellate court becomes fully seised of an appeal only upon its entry, which occurs when the record of appeal is transmitted to it. Consequently, the mere filing of a notice of appeal, particularly against an interlocutory decision, does not automatically divest the trial court of jurisdiction over the substantive suit or operate as a stay of proceedings. Until the appeal is duly entered, the trial court remains competent to proceed with the matter, and the Court of Appeal cannot exercise appellate control over an appeal not yet properly before it.