The National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out a suit the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, filed to compel the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government to call off the ongoing strike action. Justice Polycarp Hamman terminated further proceedings in the matter, after it was withdrawn […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) should obey the National Industrial Court ruling and call off its ongoing nationwide strike, while negotiations are ongoing, Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has advised. The minister spoke on the matter while fielding questions from journalists at the Federal Government of Nigeria, United Nations Development […]
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A Wuse Zone Six Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that Professor Zainab Duke be remanded in Suleja correction centre for alleged assault. The police alleged that Duke grievously assaulted her orderly in company of some accomplices on Tuesday at her residence in Garki, Abuja, due to the refusal of the orderly to breach professional ethics […]
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The Supreme Court has struck out a suit instituted against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to enforce the party’s zoning and rotatory policy ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The Court on Friday, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro, struck out the suit on the ground of lack of jurisdiction to entertain […]
Continue ReadingA federal high court in Abuja has set aside a consent judgment in favour of Panic Alert Security Systems Limited against the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). Panic Alert Security Systems Limited is one of the beneficiaries of the controversial payment of $418 million to consultants, a contentious issue between the three tiers of government. The […]
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