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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has approached the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, asking it to set aside the judgement of the National Industrial Court, NIC, that ordered to call off its over seven-month-old strike action. The union, in a 14-ground of appeal it lodged through its team of lawyers led by a frontline human rights activist, ...
Court Cases
September, 2022
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23 September
ASUU in dilemma, Falana appeals today
There are indications that the Federal Government has got ASUU in a tight corner with the Court Order mandating the union to ho back to school. If they obey court order, they will forfeit seven months pay. At on the other hand should they refuse to go back to class, they risk being charged with contemp & possible dismantling Either ...
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20 September
Is 21yrs imprisonment a slap in wrist for Evans,the kidnapper ?
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, alongside an ex-soldier, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. The judge, who handed down the verdict without an option of fine on Monday, said the sentence would run concurrently. On count one, she convicted and sentenced Evans and Aduba ...
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19 September
Court sentence Evans to 21yrs of imprisonment
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, 2014, at Kara Street, Amuwo Odofin in Lagos and ...
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17 September
10 Lawyers ask court to stop rally for Obi in Lagos
Ten plaintiffs, including nine lawyers, have asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to stop the Labour Party (LP), its candidates, and supporters from conducting an #EndSARS rally, tagged ‘#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally’ on October 1, 2022, or any other date in Lagos State. They asked the court to restrain the LP, its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, his running mate, ...
August, 2022
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28 August
Lawyer completes one-month jail term, vows to fight oppressor
A Lagos-based lawyer sentenced to one-month imprisonment, Inibehe Effiong, on Friday completed his jail term at the Uyo Correctional Centre, Akwa Ibom. The legal practitioner was handed with the prison term by the Akwa Ibom State Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot. “I am back, stronger and more determined to confront the forces of oppression and to continue to speak nothing ...
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18 August
Navy Dismisses Officer for homosexual affair with teenager in Delta
The Nigerian Navy has dismissed an officer, SLT VN Ukpawanne, on allegations of sodomising a teenager in Delta State. Ukpawanne was court martial and found guilty on four counts of disobeying standing order, attempting to commit sodomy, disgraceful conduct and wrong use of drugs. An officer a Sub- lieutenant in Nigerian Navy (Equivalently a Lieutenant in Army) earning Approximately nothing ...
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12 August
Breaking : Wike denies suing Atiku, says :I never filed suit against him
Wike, has expressed surprise over the suit, said to have been filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, described the suit as the handiwork of mischief makers who merely want to use him to score cheap political goals. While stating that, “I don’t know the lawyers”, Wike said: “Am I a kid to be filing a suit at this time. ...
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8 August
Details of what Oyetola is tackling Adeleke with, seeks Bayelsan treatment
Two years ago a governor- elect and his deputy were removed by the court at some hours before their swearing-in ceremony as the governor and deputy for reason of discrepancies in the deputy governor- elect names. David Lyon of Bayelsa was removed because of multiple names. Re: Ademola Adeleke and discrepancies in his names. Whose fault?* As observed and pointed ...
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7 August
Knocks on Keyamo’s 1st outing at Tinubu’s Campaign Spokesperson
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on Friday night suggested that the six-month-old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was not important. Already there are comments : See how money change people this young man was a very nice man before fighting for the right of Nigeria he was a good lawyer who used ...
