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	PUBLIC OFFICERS (PROTECTION) ACT, 2004 - CONDITION PRECEDENT TO THE APPLICABILITY OF SECTION 2 OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS (PROTECTION) ACT, 2004 By Admin2, 3 days ago	Civil Litigation
	"In the case of Akwa Ibom State University v. Ikpe (2016) 5 NWLR (Pt. 1504) 146 at 164 Paras. E-H this Court held that:- "For the Section of the Act to avail any person, two conditions must be cumul...
	RE: PUBLIC OFFICERS (PROTECTION) ACT, 2004- SCOPE OF THE STATUTORY PROTECTION ACCORDED PUBLIC OFFICERS UNDER SECTION 2(A) OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS (PROTECTION) ACT, 2004 By Admin2, 3 days ago	Civil Litigation
	Summary Of Fact: By a Writ of Summons, the Plaintiff/Respondent claimed against the Defendant/Appellant in the Federal High Court Gombe, sitting in Yola, a declaration of the Honourable Court that ...
	PUBLIC OFFICERS (PROTECTION) ACT, 2004- SCOPE OF THE STATUTORY PROTECTION ACCORDED PUBLIC OFFICERS UNDER SECTION 2(A) OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS (PROTECTION) ACT, 2004 By Admin2, 3 days ago	Civil Litigation
	"For clarity purposes Section 2(a) of the Public Officers (Protection) Act 2004 provides thus:- "Where any action, prosecution, or other proceeding is commenced against any person for any act done i...
	Judiciary groans as Buhari delays judges’ appointment By Manuel Akinshola, 6 days ago	Judiciary
	Judiciary groans as Buhari delays judges’ appointment The handling of judicial appointments by the President, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), leaves the judiciary with uncertainties, instability and...
	Re: Open Letter to Jagaban By Manuel Akinshola, 6 days ago	Politics
	RE: OPEN LETTER TO JAGABAN I’ve read the “Open Letter to Jagaban” by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, which has drawn me out - unusually but temporarily - to write this rejoinder, against my policy of self-iso...
	AWARD OF DAMAGES - CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE AN APPELLATE COURT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE AWARD OF DAMAGES BY A TRIAL COURT By Admin2, 1 week ago	Action
	"Howbeit, the fact that the quantum of damages is at the discretion of the Court does not mean that there are no circumstances when an Appellate Court would interfere with the award of ...
	WHETHER A COURT IS BOUND BY A PREVIOUS DECISION TO EXERCISE ITS DISCRETION IN A RESTRICTED WAY By Admin2, 1 week ago	Civil Litigation
	"Let me restate that the assessment of the quantum of general damages is at the discretion of the Court. Judicial discretion is a vital tool in the administration of justice. Judicial discretion is a ...
	RE: PURPOSE OF FRAMING OR RE-FRAMING AN ISSUE FOR DETERMINATION By Admin2, 1 week ago	Action
	Summary Of Fact: The Appellant, a Legal Practitioner and post-paid customer of the Respondent, contended that the Respondent breached its contractual obligations to him when, for a cumulative perio...
	PURPOSE OF FRAMING OR RE-FRAMING AN ISSUE FOR DETERMINATION By Admin2, 1 week ago	Action
	"It is hornbook law that a Court can and is entitled to re-formulate issues formulated by the parties or counsel in order to make for precision and clarity. In the words of Uwaifo, JSC in Musa Sha (...