National Industrial Court
16 Feb 2019
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…
14 Jan 2019
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…
1 Jan 2019
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…
18 Dec 2018
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,…
8 Dec 2018
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…
2 Nov 2018
The Organised Labour has insisted on embarking on a nationwide strike over the non-implementation of N30, 000 as the new National Minimum Wage, in spite of the National Industrial Court ruling in Abuja. Mr Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…
1 Nov 2018
Prospects of a quick fix to the impasse over a new minimum wage dimmed yesterday as the Federal Government headed to court to stop the planned strike by organised labour.
18 Sep 2018
Eighteen former area managers of Visionscape Sanitation Solutions have sued the company at the National Industrial Court, Lagos over alleged wrongful termination of appointments and refusal to pay their entitlement after a year in its employment. The foreign waste management firm is partnering Lagos State Government on waste management in the state. In the suit…
3 Jul 2018
The National Industrial Court Lagos, has refused and dismissed the preliminary objection filed by ENL Consortium Ltd against the suit of over 600 of its former employees who are pressing for the implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the parties. The over 600 former Dockworkers approached the court in a representative capacity. Counsel…
19 Jun 2018
The National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) to reinstate its embattled bursar, Mr. Olu Ibirogba, who was sacked in 2015 for allegedly exposing corrupt practices in the institution.
12 Jun 2018
The National Industrial Court (NIC) has dismissed a suit filed by incorporated trustees of Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria against Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria (TOAN). The Incorporate Trustee Tricycle Owners and operators instituted the suit against the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Minister for Labour and Employment, Registrar of Trade Unions, Tricycle…
12 Jun 2018
A former resourcing specialist at Tetra Pak West Africa Ltd, Elo Ogodo, has sued her former employers at the National Industrial Court, Lagos accusing them of sacking her on racial grounds. Ogodo is praying the court to hold that her sack was due to racial discrimination, as she was never accused of any gross misconduct…
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