AGWU & ORS v. JULIUS BERGER [NIG.] PLC: On Proper Step for Court Where Similar or Overlapping Reliefs are Sought in Both Interlocutory Application and Substantive Suit: An Insight into the Supreme Court Landmark Decision
CITATION: [2019]11 NWLR PT.1682 AT 165. Courtesy: Moruff O. Balogun Esq. Summary of Facts:The respondent is a public limited liability company. The appellants were some of its employees. The respondent informed its employees that it intended to declare some of them redundant, and that employees declared redundant and paid, should vacate its quarters within a
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The Digitalization of Advance Tax Rulings: The Use of Machine Learning to Improve the Ease of Doing Business, Preventing Avoidable Litigation and Ensuring Better Policy Decisions
By Chiedozie Kelechi Ogbu and Eze Kenechukwu INTRODUCTION The need for an advanced tax ruling may arise where there is an uncertainty as to the correct application or interpretation of tax law to a set of facts. In such cases, the tax payer can apply to the tax authority for an interpretation of the statute
Read MoreLawyers Gave N9.4bn Bribes To Judges In Three Years –ICPC
A survey by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences has found that estimated N9.4bn bribes exchanged hands in the judicial sector between 2018 and 2020. The report said the level of corruption in the justice sector was heightened by the “stupendously high amounts of money offered as bribes to judges by lawyers handling
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International Travellers Buying Fake COVID-19 Result Certificates In Lagos – Health Commissioner
Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, has decried the sale of fake COVID-19 result certificates to international travellers in the state. The commissioner on Monday at a briefing in Lagos said such peddlers of fake COVID-19 result certificates would be prosecuted when arrested. He said, “Positivity for inbound travellers is on the rise
Read MoreHundreds Flee Borno Villages As Troops Battle ISWAP For Hours
Hundreds of villagers in communities in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State have fled their homes following a clash between the military and fighters of the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) that raged for hours at the weekend. Newmen gathered that the ground troops and the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya
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Northern Elders Reacts To Kukah’s Outburst Against Buhari’s Gov’t
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has joined other groups to react to Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah’s outburst on Buhari’s government, saying that the cleric should go to court rather than calling for an undemocratic process to addressing the alleged poor governance. The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese was quoted to have attacked President Muhammadu Buhari’s
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General Bajowa Saved Me From Being Killed In 1976 Coup, Says Nigeria Ex-President Obasanjo
A former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has narrated how General Olu Bajowa (Rtd) saved him in the February 1976 military coup involving Buka Dimka, a lieutenant colonel in the Nigerian army at the time. Following a coup led by Dimka which targeted top military officers for execution, Murtala Mohammed, a brigadier general of the Nigerian army and head
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COVID-19 Second Wave: Governor Nyesom Wike Threatens To Impose Fresh Lockdown In Rivers State
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has hinted that he would re-impose COVID-19 lockdown in the state beginning from January following the recent upsurge in the number of coronavirus cases in the State. Wike according to a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, gave a hint of the imminent second phase
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NBA PRESIDENT EULOGISES PA EMMANUEL ABIODUN: SAYS HE WAS A TRUE ROLE MODEL
The NBA President, Mr. Olumide Akpata, today in Ibadan paid glowing tribute to foremost Lawyer and Patron of NBA Ibadan Branch, Late Pa Emmanuel Abiodun who passed away on the 23rd of December, 2020. Mr. Akpata who was at the residence of the late Bar Leader on a condolence visit to the family, described him
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Police Gifts NBA Lagos Duty Solicitors ‘Xmas Hamper’ —By Emeka Nwadioke
On Tuesday, December 22, 2020 the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch Police Duty Solicitor Scheme (PDSS) Sub-committee received the following SOS message from an apparently distraught and helpless father: “Hello sir, I am Joseph (surname withheld). I got your contact from a good Samaritan who confirmed that you could be of help. “My son,
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