The National Industrial Court (NIC) sitting in Yenagoa has again postponed indefinitely the suit brought before it by a lecturer of the Federal University, Otuoke, Dr. Etumudon Asien, against the institution’s Vice Chancellor (VC), Seth Jaja, and two others.

The respondent was a paid secretary of the appellant. The respondent was found to have embezzled the sum of N4, 301,010 and which he admitted to in a statement dated November 7, 2012. The respondent subsequently made a promissory note on December 20, 2012, to pay N1, 000,000 by April/May 2013.

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has approved the reinstatement of 556 teachers recruited by the immediate past administration but left out on the state’s payroll.

The National Industrial Court (NIC), Lagos has dismissed the objection filed by a multinational oil company, Exxonmobil Corporation and its parent body...

Justice Anthony Ubaka of the National Industrial Court (NIC), Lagos has fixed July 10, 2019 to hear a suit filed by 404 former employees...

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has dismissed the suit opposing the trial of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), a claimant, Peter Abang, who is also a lawyer, had instituted the suit challenging the jurisdiction of the…

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), to reinstate and pay a dismissed Consultant, Ahidjo Kawu his entitlements. The entitlements as ordered by the court includes arrears of salaries and benefits from June, 2015, the time his employment was terminated till date. The claimant had approached the…

National Industrial Court (NIC), Lagos has nullified the unlawful termination of the appointment of Phoebe Awange by Elion House Limited on the grounds that she wasn’t given fair hearing. The defendant unlawfully sacked the plaintiff, a former staff of Elion and she challenged it at the NIC. Delivering judgment, trial judge, P.A Bassi, ruled that…

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday affirmed the dismissal of one Rabi Ibrahim, from Unity Bank Plc, following her involvement in N306.2 million fraud. Ibrahim was dismissed on grounds of negligence, when it was discovered that she used her password to approve unauthorised transactions from accounts belonging to three different organisations without the consent…

Dencia Services Ltd. V. Azunna (2018) LPELR-46043 (CA) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (LAGOS JUDICIAL DIVISION) ON THURSDAY, THE 6TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2018 BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIP JOSEPH SHAGBAOR IKYEGH J.C.A UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU J.C.A TOBI EBIOWEI J.C.A Suit No: CA/L/444/2018 Between DENCA SERVICES LIMITED APPELLANT (S) And MR. NNAMDI AZUNNA RESPONDENT (S) LEAD JUDGMENT…

National Industrial Court (NIC), Lagos has ordered Nigerian Breweries Plc to pay its former employee, Mr. Bala Yesufu, the sum of N3, 199,029 wrongfully deducted from his entitlements when he took an early retirement from the organisation. Justice Nelson Ogbuanya made the order, while delivering judgment on the suit filed by Yesufu against his former employers,…

The National Industrial Court, yesterday, in Abuja, ordered the reinstatement of 170 workers of the Kogi State Government. The claimants/workers had joined the state governor and attorney general as co-respondents in the suit. The presiding Judge, Justice Edith Agbakoba, held that provisions of the law guiding and regulating the termination of employment in the civil…