The founder of PRNigeria, Malam Yushau A. Shuaib, has dragged the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Plateau State, before a Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging his withdrawal from the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 47 of the Institute.

In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1329/2025, Shuaib, a renowned public relations expert, is demanding ₦1 billion in general, special, and aggravated damages against NIPSS over alleged emotional trauma and reputational damage.

He is also seeking an additional ₦100 million as litigation costs, having issued a pre-action notice on June 16, 2025, to the Institute’s Director-General, Professor Ayo Omotayo, which was allegedly ignored by the management.

The case, filed on his behalf by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Yunus Abdulsalam, seeks a court order setting aside his withdrawal from SEC 47 and reinstating him with full rights, benefits, and privileges.

Shuaib is also asking for a perpetual injunction restraining NIPSS, its agents, or officials from further harassment, intimidation, or cyberbullying.

In his originating summons, the plaintiff raised eight issues for determination. He argued that the publication of a news article by PRNigeria, an independent media organisation, cannot lawfully be attributed to him as misconduct when he neither authored nor endorsed it.

He also questioned whether NIPSS’s alleged access to and use of his private email without consent violated his constitutional right to privacy under Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution.

Shuaib further contended that disciplinary action against him for professional opinions expressed in a published article breached his right to freedom of expression guaranteed by Section 39(1).

He argued that barring participants from interacting with him and removing him from official platforms amounted to harassment, cyberbul