...nbsp;                 v.            Accommodation Allowance — ?30,248.75 × 36 months = ?1,889,028.00                            vi.            Utility Allowance — ?20, ...

...nd gratuity, vis-à-vis the applicability of Exhibit C4. Counsel concluded by urging the court to grant this application by interpreting the subject Judgment, as same will not occasion any injustice or prejudice the Respondent. In response to the application, the Defendant/Respondent filed written address in objection to the motion on the 25th of November, 2025. Arising from the written address, counsel to the Respondent formulated a lone issue to wit: Whether there is need for ...

...st, 2018, accompanied by a Witness Statement on Oath, List of Witnesses, and List of Documents. The Defendant later filed a Further Amended Statement of Defence on 5th September, 2022.   Upon service of same, the Claimant filed a Reply on 4th November, 2022.   Trial commenced on the 4th day of December, 2024, wherein the Claimant testified as CW1 and adopted his Witness Statements on Oath marked C1(a) and C1(b). Through the said CW1, twenty-three (23) documents were t ...

...he 18th day of November 2024, foreclosing the Applicant from cross-examining the Claimant (CW1) in this suit. 2.      An Order granting leave to the Applicant to cross-examine the Claimant (CW1). 3.      Such further or other orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances.   The application was predicated upon, inter alia, the following grounds: 1.      That the order fo ...

...t of their respective cases on 23rd May, 2025 with the Claimant testifying as CW1. He adopted his witness statement on oath filed on the 3rd day of May, 2024, which was adopted and marked as Exhibit C1(a).   In the course of his testimony, CW1 tendered seven (7) documents which were admitted in evidence and marked as Exhibits C2 to C8, while Exhibits C4 and C6 were admitted under protest. The documents admitted are as follows: ·         ...

... when the Claimant opened his case. The Claimant, Mr. Pius Chile Ogbonna, testified for himself as CW1. He adopted his witness statements on oath made on the 15th day of January, 2025 and the 25th day of January, 2024, which were admitted and marked as C1(a) and C1(b), respectively.   During his testimony, CW1 tendered nine (9) documents, which were admitted in evidence and marked as Exhibits C2 to C10, with Exhibit C10 admitted under protest. The documents were admitted as fol ...

...n, to wit whether, having regard to the facts and circumstances of this case and the state of the law, the Applicants’ motion has merit. Counsel submitted that the application is incompetent and runs contrary to the provisions of the Rules of this Court. He argued that by virtue of Order 38 Rule 6(3) of the Rules of this Court, an application to relist a suit struck out must be brought within fourteen (14) days of the order striking out the suit, except where time is first enlarged by o ...

...p;  The sum of ?20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million Naira) as exemplary damages for breach of the terms of her employment.   In response, the Defendant on the 19th of August, 2022 filed a Memorandum of Conditional Appearance accompanied by a Statement of Defence, list of witnesses, witness statements on oath, list of documents and copies of same.   The Claimant filed a Reply to the Statement of Defence on the 26th of October, 2022.   Trial commenced on t ...

...ishee proceedings and setting aside the garnishee order nisi made in this suit.   Dissatisfied with that ruling, the Judgment Debtors/Applicants have now approached this Court by way of a Motion on Notice, brought pursuant to Order 64 Rule 8 of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (Civil Procedure) Rules, and under the inherent jurisdiction of this Honourable Court.   Arising from the said motion on notice, the Judgment Debtors/Applicants seek the following relie ...

...nts by the Defendant after the six-month probation period and further years of service to the Defendant was unjust and unlawful. c.    AN ORDER quashing the termination of the Claimants’ employment by the Defendant in August 2018. d.    AN ORDER directing the Defendant to reinstate the Claimants and confirm them, having served the six-month probation period and further years with the Defendant meritoriously. e.    AN ORDER directing ...

...nt may file and serve his Statement of Defence. 4.    An order deeming the Statement of Defence and accompanying processes filed along with this application as properly filed and served, appropriate default fees having been paid. 5.    Such further orders as the Court may deem fit in the circumstances. The application is predicated on eleven grounds, summarized as follows: 1.     That the originating processes were served on ...

...r with the inscription: “ACCESS DENIED. SECURITY RISK” and conspicuously displayed at the main gate — being the only entrance into the premises of the 1st Defendant’s Obagi base and the only entrance to the Obite Gas Plant — and thereby publicised to the 1st Defendant’s employees, contractors, visitors, and members of the general public, constitutes a libel and defamation of the Claimant. f.    The sum of ?500,000,000.00 (Five Hundred Million Naira) being ge ...