...ting processes in this suit, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants entered a conditional appearance and thereafter filed their statement of defence and counterclaim on the 23rd day of December, 2014. The said statement of defence/counterclaim was duly accompanied by the requisite frontloaded processes, to wit: a list of witnesses, witness statements on oath, and a list of documents to be relied upon at the trial. The 1st to 3rd defendant counter-claimed as follows: An order dire ...

...;                          (Secretary) (Sued for themselves and as representing he Caretaker Committee of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Awka South Local Government Area Branch) 6.       Ojinaka Uzoechina (Sued for himself and as representative of the Audit Panel)         & ...

...sp;        (now known as Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe) 4.       Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Tertiary Education, Anambra State 5.       Accountant-General of Anambra State 6.       Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Anambra State             &nbs ...

...ssue that calls for determination is: “Whether this suit, having regard to the judgment of this Court in Suit No. NICN/AWK/47/2019, constitutes an abuse of Court process and is barred by the doctrine of estoppel per rem judicata”.   5.     The law on res judicata is settled. For the doctrine to apply, it must be shown that: a)     the parties in the two actions are the same or privies; b)    the subject matte ...

...he inherent jurisdiction of this Honourable Court.   2.     By the said Preliminary Objection, the 7th defendant/applicant prays this Court for an order dismissing the suit on the ground that this Court lacks the requisite jurisdiction to hear and determine the suit against the 7th defendant/applicant, and for such further or other orders as this Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances.   3.     The objection is founde ...

... An Order of Perpetual Injunction restraining the Defendants by themselves, their agents, servants and/or privies from interfering with the duties and functions of the Claimants in any manner whatsoever as the executive members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (Heavy Truck Branch), Oleh, in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State. Cost of this suit.   THE CLAIMANTS’ CASE The case of the Claimants, as glea ...

... compelling the defendant to grant officers of the claimant access to the defendant’s total monthly payroll from July, 2011 up to date and thereafter for purposes of assessing the defendant of the minimum monthly contribution of 1.0 percent of the total monthly payroll from July, 2011 up to date and thereafter. An order directing the defendant to pay into the Employees Compensation Fund 40% of the total monthly payroll from July, 2011 up to date as penalty for default in failing to ca ...

...ant’s payroll, whether the Claimant may make its own estimate of the payrolls, assess and levy on that estimate and whether the Defendant is liable to pay the said estimate as a penalty for the default? If an employer within the context and meaning of the Employees’ Compensation Act, 2010, and considering the provisions of Section 39 (4) of the Employees’ Compensation Act, 2010, where the Defendant does not furnish complete and accurate particulars of the Defendant’s ...

...urportedly filed by one Obianuju Umeh (Nee Okeke) and others who allegedly represented the 2nd and 3rd Defendants, and that none of those counsel appeared in open court to adopt any written address, contrary to what was reflected in the judgment. It was further deposed that the Applicant had earlier petitioned the National Judicial Council against the trial Judge for alleged acts of misconduct, and that three letters of acknowledgment from the NJC were received Exhibits A, B and C as well as a q ...

...t is financially capable of paying all entitlements should the appeal fail.   FACTS IN SUPPORT The facts as deposed are briefly that the Claimant/Judgment Creditor was a staff of the Ministry of Education who was dismissed from service on 2nd April, 2013 following allegations of sexual harassment of female students. Judgment was delivered by this Court on 18th January, 2024 setting aside the dismissal, ordering his reinstatement, and directing payment of ...

... An Order directing the Defendant to pay the Claimant his outstanding sixteen (16) months’ salary arrears for his first tenure in office as a Member of the Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB). An Order re-appointing the Claimant for a further period of four (4) years as a Member of the Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB) in line with the provisions of Section 5(c) of the Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board Law, 2005. ...

... (as amended), with reference to paragraphs 3 and 4 of the supporting affidavit to the motion.    COURT’S DECISION I have carefully examined the affidavit in support of the motion, the written address of the Applicant, and the oral submission made by counsel to the 4th Defendant.   The preliminary issue raised under Section 115 of the Evidence Act merits consideration. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the supporting affidavit contain ...