The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it shied away from creating new Senatorial Districts and constituencies. INEC in a
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze has reacted to the Supreme Court judgement which affirmed Mr. Isaac Abbot-Ogbogbula, Chairman of the APC in Rivers State.
DAILY POST reports that the apex Court in a judgement read by Amina Adamu Augie, JSC, upheld the ruling of the Appeal Court and declared Isaac Abbot-Ogbogbula, Chairman of the APC in Rivers State following his appointment by the national leadership of the party.
Justice Augie on Igo Aguma v All Progressives Congress & 2 Ors (SC.17/2021) resolved that the decision of the trial court presided over by Justice George Omereji, (rtd) of the Rivers State High Court was out of place because the court lacked the jurisdiction to hear the matter.
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The African Bar Association (AFBA) has paid a courtesy visit on the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, to brief him of the activities of the association.
The association also used the opportunity to invite the CJN to its 2021 annual conference coming up in August this year in Niamey, Niger Republic.
President of the association, Barr Hannibal Uwaifo, and his entourage were received by the CJN and some justices of the Supreme Court namely, Justices John Inyang Okoro, Amina Adamu Augie, Uwani Musa Aba-Aji and Abdu Aboki.
Uwaifo who told the CJN that the visit was on behalf of the chairman of AFBA Governing Council, Mr Joseph B Daudu (SAN) added that it was also part of the association’s continuous consultations with chief justices of the Supreme Court across the continent.
LSHA’s Anti-Cultism Law
Let me start by saying that I have not seen the full and final text of the Cultism (Prohibition) Law of Lagos State 2020 (CPL), but I have seen a version of it dated 17/4/20; and while some of its provisions may have been amended, its aims and objectives remain unchanged – to stamp out cultism in higher educational institutions. The CPL lays emphasis on the eradication of secret/unlawful/illegal societies, cultism and criminality in educational institutions. This menace has not only pervaded our society, but also tertiary, and even some secondary institutions. A couple of years ago or so, we featured a secondary school in Delta State, where the culture of cultism is already rampant. In that school, a girl was raped multiple times by cult members, in order to be initiated into the cult, while others were harassed and threatened when they attempted to quit the cult.
Facts
The Appellant was an employee of the Respondent until his employment was terminated by a letter of termination dated 26th April, 2000, on the ground that “his service no longer required”. Consequently upon this, the Respondent filed an action against the Respondent at the Federal High Court. By the Originating Summons dated 9th July, 2003, he sought an order of court compelling the Respondent to pay his pension and medical benefits, following the termination of his employment.
The Respondent filed a Preliminary Objection challenging the competence of the suit, on the ground that the action was statute barred by virtue of Section 12(1) of the NNPC Act. The trial court delivered its ruling on the Preliminary Objection, holding that the action was not caught by Section 12(1) of the NNPC Act as it was an action bordering on right to pension and other benefits which were not limited by the said Act. The Preliminary Objection was thus, dismissed.