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After reports that an NYSC official threatened Ms. Uguamaye into taking down her comments on the economic hardship facing Nigerians, LACIVLER formally demanded that the NYSC reaffirm corps members' rights under Section 39(1) of the Constitution and investigate the official involved.
Parties: Ms. Ushie Rita Uguamaye, serving corps member, Lagos State
Forum: Letter to the Director-General, NYSC (received at NYSC NDHQ)
Read the case →The court declared that registered voters captured in INEC's register are entitled to vote with their Temporary Voter's Card, and ordered INEC to allow the plaintiffs to vote in the March 18, 2023 elections. Neither the Constitution nor the Electoral Act limits voting to the PVC.
Parties: Kofoworola Olusegun & Wilson Allwell v. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Counsel for the Plaintiffs: Opatola Victor
Forum: Federal High Court, Abuja — Hon. Justice Obiora Atuegwu Egwuatu
Read the case →A two-volume originating summons asking the court to determine whether the Tax Laws gazetted and published to Nigerians are the same laws passed by the National Assembly and assented to by the President — and, if not, the legal status of the conflicting texts.
Parties: Incorporated Trustees of LACIVLER Development Foundation & Emmanuel Orjih v. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Clerk of the National Assembly, Attorney-General of the Federation & National Assembly
Forum: Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division
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