...ed on 11 October 2004 upon successful completion of the prescribed probationary period. Over the ensuing fifteen years, he received two promotions, was honored with two formal commendations from agency management, and enjoyed periodic salary and emolument increases without ever facing a disciplinary query. In recognition of his consistently diligent performance, he was subsequently transferred to the sensitive Operation Lafiya Dole posting in Maiduguri, Borno State, where the agency deemed his s ...

...March 2022 and, with the leave of this Honourable Court, filed a Further Amended Complaint on 13 July 2022, seeking the following reliefs: (1) A DECLARATION that the purported appointment of the 5th Defendant to the office of Registrar of the 1st Defendant, while the Claimant’s term of office is still subsisting, is unlawful, illegal, null, and void. (2) A DECLARATION that any purported appointment of the 5th Defendant as Registrar before the expiration of the Claimant’s guarantee ...

...A, refused to accept service of the Tribunal processes because the Company has no presence in Bayelsa State.   By a Motion on Notice dated and filed on the 13th July 2023, the Appellant /Respondent sought for and was granted leave by the Tribunal to “Amend its Notice of Appeal, all other accompanying processes as well as the Appellant’s Demand Notices to reflect the name; CONTINENTAL OIL AND GAS LIMITED” as the Respondent in this Case. The Application was granted and an ...

... to release to the claimant his original degree certificate (Bachelor of Science Labour/Pharmacology) and NYSC Exemption Certificate forthwith.   The sum of N500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira) Only being the claimant’s unpaid salary for ten (10) months at the rate of N50,000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira) only per month.    The sum of N5,000,000.00 (Five Million Naira) Only, as general damages and punitive damages for fina ...

... lacked his qualifications—were elevated to GL-15. He further asserts that none of his predecessors as director had ever held COREN certificates or undergone a cadre conversion to advance beyond GL-14. CLAIMANT’S RELIEFS AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS: The claimant’s complaint and accompanying processes were filed on 12/7/2021. Within, he seeks the following reliefs: A DECLARATION that the action of the defendants in promoting the claimant’s ...

...e court to resolve the following questions: Whether the 1st defendant is possessed of or clothed with the powers or authority to unilaterally suspend, terminate, nullify or in any way interfere with the employments and appointments of the Claimants through Exhibits D and E, the Claimants having been in the service and employment of the 3rd Defendant. By virtue of the letters of appointment issued to the Claimants attached as Exhibits A1 – A2, w ...

...p;appointments of the applicants through Exhibits D and E, the applicants having been in the service and employment of the 3rd defendant (respondent). By virtue of the various letters of appointments issued to the applicants attached as Exhibits A1 – A6, whether the applicants are not entitled to maintain and retain their employment with the 3rd respondent in line with the extant laws regulating their employment with the 3rd& ...

...he defendants to compute the claimant’s benefit, gratuity and pension on salary Grade level 16. N10,000,000.00 General Damages The cost action. On July 18, 2024, the claimant opened his case by adopting his earlier depositions of February 25 and May 19, 2022. He gave evidence in person as Witness C.W.1, tendered 13 documents (admitted as Exhibits C1–C13), and was&nbs ...

...nbsp;           E.S.                    BUF,    ESQ;  FOR                   THE APPLICANTS.   P.A. DAFFI, ESQ. (HAG); SABO LONGJI, ESQ; P.N. DASHAK; J.I. MANTU; T.P. CHIGERO; K.D. WUYEP FOR THE RESPONDENTS.   JUDGMENT The claimants (to be referred to as the ...

...K; J.I. MANTU; T.P. CHIGERO; K.D. WUYEP FOR THE RESPONDENTS. JUDGMENT 1.                      The claimants (to be referred to as the applicants in this judgment), had through an originating summons dated and filed the 17th day of May 2024, sought answers to the following questions: a.   Having regards to the directive of the Executive Governor of Plateau State contai ...

...hether the 1st defendant (respondent) is possessed of or clothed with the powers or authority to unilaterally suspend, terminate, nullify or in any way interfere with the employments and appointments of the applicants through Exhibits D and E, the applicants having been in the service and employment of the 3rd defendant (respondent).    2.   By virtue of the various letters of appointments issued to the applicants attached as Exhibits A1 – A6, whether the appl ...

... and accompanying processes were filed on 25/2/2022. Within, he seeks the following reliefs: 1.   An ORDER DECLARING the actions of the defendants as discriminatory.   2.   AN ORDER COMPELLING the defendants to compute the claimant’s benefit, gratuity and pension on salary Grade level 16.   3.   N10,000,000.00 General Damages 4.   The cost action. 3.           ...

... and accompanying processes were filed on 25/2/2022. Within, he seeks the following reliefs: 1.   An ORDER DECLARING the actions of the defendants as discriminatory.   2.   AN ORDER COMPELLING the defendants to compute the claimant’s benefit, gratuity and pension on salary Grade level 16.   3.   N10,000,000.00 General Damages 4.   The cost action. 3.           ...

...further deny any obligation to pay salaries and have asked the court to dismiss the case in its entirety.   QUESTIONS FOR DETERMINATION: 3.           On 30 September 2024, the claimants filed an originating summons in which they ask the court to resolve the following questions:                           ...

...lawful, null, void and of no effect whatsoever. b. A DECLARATION that the failure of the 1st defendant to avail the claimant the opportunity to defend himself before his purported suspension as required by the 1st defendant’s Employee’s Handbook and 3 the Human Capital Management and Administration Policy and Procedure strikes at the root of denial of his fundamental right to fair hearing and therefore the said suspension is thus, wrongful, null, void and of no effect whatsoever. c ...

...e constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and exhibits DG1 and DG2 attached to the affidavit in support of this summons, the applicant who claims on behalf of the family and estate of the deceased, Mrs. Nanwor Dindam Dashe, who died in active service of the 1st respondent on the 1st day of October, 2013 after serving the latter for over 20 years, is entitled to be ...

...in, she seeks the following reliefs: A DECLARATION that the claimant was, as at 2004 when her husband died, entitled to be paid the sum of Six Hundred and Seventy Thousand, Three Hundred and Seventy Nine Naira, Thirty Nine Kobo (N670,379.39) being the computed pensions and gratuity also described as death benefits of Late Mr. Samuel Pam Davou who served the 1st defendant, (Plateau State&nb ...

...p;to the Kassa/Vom centre as site manager and provided a Toyota Hilux with a dedicated driver.On 13 January 2023, she went to the defendant’s headquarters at 1B Wamba Road, GRA for a brief assignment. The driver parked the official vehicle outside the gate. The meeting, expected to last only a few minutes, ran the entire day past the 5 p.m. closing time. Wh ...

...gether with the corresponding amended additional witness statement on oath.   According to his pleadings, the claimant, in Paragraph 33 of the amended statement of facts filed on 12 May 2023, seeks the following reliefs:   A DECLARATION that the purported invitation of the claimant mentioned in the letter of suspension dated 27th February 2018 was not proper as a result of which same was incapable of being honoured as per the time and place of the scheduled mee ...

...e claimant all his monthly salaries, allowances and entitlements amounting to the sum of N155,257.49 (One Hundred and Fifty-Five Thousand, Two Hundred and Fifty- Seven Naira, Forty-Nine Kobo) accrued monthly commencing from December 2019 to date.   N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) general damages.   30% Monthly Post Judgment Interest f ...

...nbsp;dated June 23, 2015. Governor Lalong acknowledged that his retirement had been wrongful and reinstated him by letter dated March 6, 2018. The 3rd defendant also notified the governor by memo dated January 24, 2018, confirming the claimant’s exoneration and reinstatement.   Despite being reinstated, the claimant has not received his back pay, arrears, or allowances, and the period of hi ...

... documents (admitted as exhibits C1–C7), was duly cross-examined by the first defendant’s counsel, and then closed his case on the same day.   4.          On March 21, 2024, the first defendant lodged its statement of defence along with the supporting documents. That defence was later revised by an amended statement of defence dated September 10, 2024, which was filed on September 12, 2024.   5.          On 12 ...

...;  The claimant explains that he began his training at the Nigerian Army depot in Zaria, Kaduna State, then spent two more months training in Kontagora, Niger State. He was subsequently transferred to the 3 Division Garrison at Maxwell Khobe Cantonment in Jos, where he served until his dismissal on December 18, 2020.   6.                  The claimant described his employment as a statuto ...

...s employment was summarily terminated on July 27, 2022, without any proven misconduct or fair hearing, in breach of his contract and of the Bank’s own disciplinary procedures. He further seeks the return of his personal mobile phone which he says was seized unlawfully and withheld pending investigation.   4.        The defendants admit employing the claimant from 2007/2008 and concede that his services ceased on July 27, 2022. They assert, ho ...