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Adesiji77:
LAGOS—The 20 Nigerian cabin crew members recently laid off by Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd, have instituted a N5billion suit against the Airline before the National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos.
Aviation Logistics and Management Ltd is also a defendant in the suit.
The Nigerian cabin crew, through their counsel, Chief Felix Fagbohungbe, SAN, are praying the court to restrain the respondents from laying them off or giving effects to the notice of termination of employment served on them pending the hearing and determination of the suit.
Wants suspension of notice of termination of employment
They are also want the court to suspend the notice of termination of employment served on them pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
They are further asking the court to direct the respondents to pay them the sum of N5billion as damages for the act of discrimination against them.
The 20 cabin crew,  Genevieve Mordi, Umo Akinselure, Lukman Yusuf, Ekaete Victor-Iyamu, Victoria Enyi, George Ezemba, James Ajayi, Rosemary Ogbor, Babajide Akinyele, Remilekun Lashebikan, Yewande Salau, David Dagat, Babafemi Oshifeko, Babatunde Olamuye, Juliet Ezumba, Rachel Ideho, Ademola Olowolade, Imelda Blankson, Halimat Odeyemi and Tolumilade Sogbesan, are contending that they were all laid off on November 30, 2015, following an internal memo issued by the Executive Vice President, Customer, of the Airline, Jill Brady.
Cultural expertise no longer required
In the memo, it was disclosed that the provision of cultural expertise which was the primary purpose of employing the claimants was no longer required by the Airline on its Lagos-London route.
In a 36 paragraph affidavit in support of the suit, deposed to by one of the plaintiffs, Umo Akinselure, they averred that the claimants were never informed by any of the respondents that the sole reason for their employment was to provide cultural expertise in respect of the Airline’s flight operations on the Lagos-London route.
No survey conducted
They further averred that no survey was ever conducted by the Airline which revealed that the cultural expertise provided by the claimants in respect of its Lagos-London route is no longer required.
According to them, the Airline’s intention to terminate their employment was based solely on their race, colour and social extraction, even though the Lagos-London route was said to be the most commercially viable and most profitable route for the Airline.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/nigerian-staff-sue-virgin-atlantic-airways-for-n5bn/ lalasticlala, Seun

its no news cos several organisations has been right sizing for quite sometime now, nd nothin has been done since

ChuzzyBlog:
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Laura the sister to the infamous blogger Linda Ikeji, shared a photo of her braced teeth. Se had to do that to feel more confident about her look. She also opted to assist one person who feels less confident about his/her dentition. She promised to pay the bills to fix that... See post after the cut


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https://www.instagram.com/p/_B9kikMfQp/

excess money

Gombs:
Today's Pastor Chris Oyakhilome's birthday.

I join the whole world in celebrating a dispensation,an Icon, my father, boss, teacher, life coach, mentor... and hero, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome P.hD.

Happy Birthday to a great man of God for our time. You have been positioned by God for our generation. It is a priviledge and honor to be associated with the ministry God's given you. I get deeper insight into God's Word as I listen to you break them down for the simple minds.

My wish for you this special day, is that God will lift you even higher and expaand your coast beyond imagination. God bless you abundantly as He opens a new page of Glory and anointing over you and your ministry. Happy Birthday once more sir!!!

To mark this day, several community services are held all around the world to commemorate the birthday of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD.


These global events are in celebration of dear Pastor Chris, and to show our appreciation and gratitude for the blessing that he has been to all of us in the Ministry, and the body of Christ.

you can send birthday wishes to Pastor Chris here or visit www.dec7.org

. Happy Birthday to you Pastor and more Grace to carry on

LoveDecay:
How did Saharsreporters find this information. This evidence is not permissible in any court. It was obtained illegally and all Dino has to do is deny it, and switch to swiss Banks. After all he is a wealthy man.


Saharareporters been in the US does not protect you. You need to know that, if the Nigerian govt desires you out - so shall it be. All it takes is one phone call, thread very cautiously. The world is changing

. If this is the case like you noted, why then the likes of the late Gen. Sani Abacha being prosecuted.

kadas01:
Only The LORD knows the real truth about these incidents!

And HE would surely judge everyone, either good or bad!

. He can defend himself one on one with a journalist, but he couldn't come and give all dis explanations when he was invited by Oputa Panel. We dnt need all dis explanations. Let him keep it to himself, cos if he's the real culprit, he'll never hide away from God. Concerning the plane crash, he said some people were supposed to have been punished why didn't he do the needful den by punishing dem? Big liar.

Bsc:
Doesn't make sense to me...cuz it still falls back on us... 1.They may decide to reduce salary of workers
2.Consumers may begin to experience high cost in tariff
3.They may also sack some of their workers (mostly Nigerians)
Ques: Na who go chop the fine? me abi our Government !

. Right sizing and salary cut is not new in Nigeria.

Saturn213:
If you don't know by now that SR has inside sources then you need to do more research

I don't know why people are surprised, SR reported all these shady deals before and during the elections

GEJ and all his accomplices will face the wrath of the law. They should face the firing squad if found guilty which is the most likely outcome.

Nigerians are tired of corruption which is why we voted for a 73 year old ex military dictator. So far , he is doing a marvellous job

That new EFCC boss is a performer. God bless him

. Shut your smelling mouth, so now SR have more authentic info. Is Sylva, Tinubu, Saraki etc. Are they not corrupt? What has he done about? The whole infos are false, or are u blind to know dat its just a clear case of witch-hunting.

Mynd44:
You cant take outside food inside the cinema

. Its very clear that you don't belong to that class.

loveablequeen:
Ben Bruce replies someone criticizing him for selling popcorn for N800 at his Cinemas

Starzhit.com got ur back

. Was he buying the popcorn @ gun point?

Clerverly:
How?

See oby's reaction.

. Its a big lie. Oby is nothing. Oby please continue the bring back our girls na, or have they been released by BH to Nigeria? If not this is the time we need her to keep clamouring with her big mouth nd Dauda the sexy guy-like big lips.

Virgindove:
Stop being abusive! What transformation did GEJ' ministers bring to this country that is praise-worthy? I think a year shouldn't be too much to give a new government before criticism.

. Shut ur trap, cos u never acknowledged the achievements of Gej how will u c dat of his ministers. The present president is busy travelling around d world, well i don't blame him cos wen he was a military dictator he was not opportuned to do so.

kokoA:
No! I want you to mention names under GEJ's govmt that can stand the current ministers. Wailer!

. How are they better? Ok is it cos they've been appointed as minister or they look gentle. Dem no dey right thief 4 person face o, so Let dem start performing b4 u start assessing dem.

Geniro:
Do you wan't me to waste my time mentioning Audu Ogbe, Ogbonnaya onu et al., No wonder you are all tagged zombies.

. The usual recurring decimal. No mind d smallie he no wise

dre11:
• Opposes Bello, insists on Faleke

• Accuses Buhari, APC of plotting to foist Muslim candidate on Kogi

• INEC in disarray

• We’ll speak on Monday – Oyegun

• Riot in Ajaokuta




http://newtelegraphonline.com/kogi-governorship-crisis-audus-camp-rejects-son/

. Absolute rubbish, Audu's men are trying to use his son to hijack State Governor's so they dry up the states treasury. The good people of Kogi state should come out to resist the imposition of Late Audu's son on them. Moreover Kogi State is not practicing monarchy.

FlirtyKaren:
Wife to Mustapha Audu, Sugabelly's alleged rapist has taken to Twitter to curse Sugabelly for lying against her husband and saying he raped her and caused her to be gang raped when she was just 17 years old.

According to the story Zahra, Mustapha's wife is telling, Sugabelly was a troubled teenager with a history of mental illness. Zahra says she is an obsessive compulsive liar, a lady that stalked her when she first got married to Mustapha.

Zahra insists Sugabelly was not raped and she prays Sugabelly experiences all she claims she has lived through. And also, every single person who has accused, enabled, spread this rubbish stories about her husband, that she prays from her soul that they will have their karma. Every single person who feels that at a time when they, the Audu family should be grieving that they need to deal with this nonsense.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2015/11/mustapha-audus-wife-curses-sugabelly.html

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. Why defending ur husband, were u there wen ur husband raped her as she claimed). Or how will u react wen she brings real evidence to back her claims?... Just be silent about it.

Farnsworth:
what rubbish... why not seal Nigerian markets... just trying to another inconvenience a company investing in Nigeria, why not just give them a warning and fine them... closing ensure they are not making money... if the product is expired tell them to put expiry date on it and check it before selling it.

. Dnt be surprised dat dey don't have such expired edibles in their shops in South Africa

Farnsworth:
what rubbish... why not seal Nigerian markets... just trying to another inconvenience a company investing in Nigeria, why not just give them a warning and fine them... closing ensure they are not making money... if the product is expired tell them to put expiry date on it and check it before selling it.

. My friend m not sure if u live on out planet earth, in biz world u dnt warn an organization dat sells expired edibles, cos dey are aware of d safety rules and health hazards emanating from such. Moreover its not a must to comment on issues u dnt knw anything about.

PassingShot:
Truly Fayose comes across not as a pure-bred Yoruba man. His paternity needs to be checked because he doesn't speak like an Omoluabi. The Yoruba Omoluabis don't behave like motor park touts with no traceable lineage as Fayose is fond of doing. A typical Yoruba Omoluabi is very respectful towards the older ones; doesn't use gutter and uncouth words; doesn't engage is useless chest beating as the tribe we all know; and above all behaves with decorum at all times.

Fayose is a complete disgrace to all civilized Yoruba men and women and most especially to the Ekitis. He has shown over and over again that no matter how you clean a pig, it will find its way back to the gutter. Fayose was once a motor park tout and being a governor has not refined him. A truly bas.tard Yoruba he is.

. Shot ur smelling mouth. You as an individual u dnt like him but his people luv him, now what do u want us to do Mr civilized man.

jumper524:
blieve me fayose only tells people what they want to hear. Ignoring the truth and consequencies of the action

. Well Fayose has made a mark from his comments as regards his views. Then u Mr man that know dat Fayose is not saying d truth, tell us the truth or hold ur peace coward.

loomer:
Who we wan believe now?

. Are you from outside d country. Cos if u really live here in 9ja, its expected dat u should av known dat APC lied their way in2 leadership, e.g. Under 2months we will finish up BH * there's nothing like subsidy, but Buhari is paying it * corruption Allegations against Gej administration, till date nobody has been held responsible * one dollar to #1 , we're still waiting for it * #5k social security. All their campaign promises are lies. What else do u want to here so as to know who to believe?

godunia:
If Audu were to be your father,he contested was winning and all of a sudden before harvest what he has sown,he died mysteriously,is it fair if someone else reap the fruit of your father's labor?how many of us wailing now would be happy if your father's vote is giving to someone else(the election was not cancelled so Audus vote is intact) should someone else inherit it?could u describe such as been fair?If Inec had cancelled the elections fine but under this instance its only fair d son inherit the votes of his father.its not about what's right but what's fair n just n common sense.

. This is a wrong mentality. The Gov office is not a Monarchy kind rule, moreover the son is not even prepared to lead the state. State Gov office cannot be used to compensate anybody irrespective of his status, rather it should be merited by a competent person.

Ndlistic:
PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI DEPARTS ABUJA TO ATTEND COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING(CHOGM) IN MALTA. NOV 26, 2015.

President Muhammadu Buhari on arrival with a chopper as he departed Abuja to participate in the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta.

Source :http://ndubuisiude..com/2015/11/president-muhammadu-buhari-departs.html

. Johnny Walker and Ajala travels is @ it again

dont8:
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/11/26/audus-son-nominated-as-apc-governorship-candidate/

. This son of an embezzler should be totally resisted. The Audus are not born to rule Kogi State. The gene of d Audus is made of stealing tendency

Kyase:
Shatap if the news was "Nigeria drop to 35" would you say its Gej's legacy?
Baba carry go.

. Which Baba and where he dey carry go to? Person wey no know wetin he dey do. No worry wen dullardhino brain go u, u go undstnd better. Gej na u biko

viviangist2:
Photo of Audu’s Son, Mohammed, Nominated As APC Governorship Candidate By Kogi East

source http://www.viviangist.com/photo-of-audus-son-mohammed-nominated-as-apc-governorship-candidate-by-kogi-east

. My friend u better go and mourn your father, u think that Kogi State is a royal stool where after d death of ur father u want to emerge as d Gov. Kogi state should resist nd stop dis young man from becoming d Gov. cos we are tired of people dat never had any plans or program to lead d people. The era of compensating people with leadership positions is over. We need those dat are prepared nd ready to pilot the affairs of our state nd nation to greatness, not d usual Ghana must go mindset (sharing money ).

It regretted that the payment could not take off now due to non budgetary provisions. Were you not aware of it, b4 deceiving Nigerians by promising the #5k to a certain group of elders

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/fg-confirms-payment-of-n5000-stipend-to-unemployed-youth-next-year/[/quote]

Ephemmm:
While I am not here to defend APC, but remember that PDP refused to pay outstanding debt to marketers despite the removal of subsidy, depletion of reserves and rising internal/external debt.

Take it or leave it, PDP as a party that ruled for 16 years will still be attributed to any problem being faced by APC today.

. Stop that trash u're saying. u keep blaming PDP for ur non-performance wen u re supposed to take charge. Its very evident dat apc has no plans for Nigeria.

Standing5:
It has everything to do with it. If Naira losses values against dollar then the prices of Oil sold and refined in Dollar domian will automatically soar in Nigeria. So please give us a exact date of the Fashola news in order to make 'enough' sense.

. My friend what is the essence of subsidizing petrol? Cos naira over time has always been depreciating against dollar, so dis latest one is not special.

[quote author=DONSMITH123 post=40343311]LAWYERS across the country, yesterday, continued to proffer suggestions on how the country could wriggle out of the constitutional logjam occasioned by the death of Prince Abubakar Audu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kogi State.
Audu before his death was leading in the governorship election held on Saturday with over 40,000 votes and looked set to emerge as winner later because only 49000 voters are expected to vote in the supplementary elections to be conducted in 59 polling units.
The Constitution and Electoral Act have no provisions for a situation where a leading candidate dies during an election.
APC should replace Audu for the re-run polls – Olajide
A lawyer, Barrister Asiyanbi Olajide, said: ”The death of Audu Abubakar comes with some constitutional questions. What happens to the inconclusive elections? Who becomes the APC’s Governorship candidate in the re-run elections in the affected areas. Will a new election be ordered in Kogi State? Many more questions, yet few answers.
The scenario would have been different if the results of the election were declared before the death of Audu Abubakar. In that case Section 181(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria would have been invoked. ‘Section 181. (1) If a person duly elected as Governor dies before taking and subscribing the Oath of Allegiance and oath of office, or is unable for any reason whatsoever to be sworn in, the person elected with him as Deputy governor shall be sworn in as Governor and he shall nominate a new Deputy-Governor who shall be appointed by the Governor with the approval of a simple majority of the House of Assembly of the State’.
But the scenario in Kogi is different. Nobody has been declared the winner yet. Therein lies the constitutional/electoral challenge. But its not beyond resolution.
This is where Section 33 of the Electoral Act (as amended) 2010 can be invoked. It provides ‘Section 33. A political party shall not be allowed to change or substitute its candidate whose name has been submitted pursuant to Section 31 of this Act, except in the case of death or withdrawal by the candidate’
”Section 33 of the Electoral Act is wide enough to accommodate the scenario in Kogi State, where a candidate dies where the election is declared inconclusive. This is because Section 33 of the Electoral Act is not limited to pre-election substitution of a candidate. Pre-election substitution of a candidate is specifically provided for in Section 36(1) of the Electoral Act. ‘Section 36(1). If after the time for the delivery of nomination paper and before commencement of the poll, a nominated candidate dies, the Chief National Electoral Commissioner or the Resident Electoral Commissioner shall, being satisfied of the fact of the death, countermand the poll in which the deceased candidate was to participate and the Commission shall appoint some other convenient date for the election within 14 days’. The postponement of the election as contemplated under Section 36 of the Electoral Act is to allow the party to present another candidate.
”However, if the candidate dies where the election is declared inconclusive as in Kogi, the party will be allowed to substitute the death candidate for the re-run election in the affected areas. This is the intention of Section 33 of the Electoral Act. Limiting Section 33 of the Electoral Act will be restricting its intention and deviating from the purposive rule of interpretation.
The party’s garnered votes in the inconclusive election remain valid. This is because the electorates voted for the party not the candidate.
In the end, no constitutional/electoral lacuna exists. The APC should invoke the provisions of Section 33 of the Electoral Act and substitute Audu Abubakar with another candidate, while their votes remain intact as they go in for the re-run elections in the affected areas, declared inconclusive.”
INEC, AGF should approach Supreme Court for interpretation – Alli
Ibadan-based lawyer, Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli, said: ”INEC should approach the Attorney General of the Federation, who may quickly seek interpretation from the Supreme Court as our laws, both the Constitution and Electoral Act never envisaged the present situation. To do otherwise, any party who feels aggrieved would go to court or tribunal making it one of the issues for determination.”

The lacuna is a prove of the lack of indebtedness of those that prepared and reviewed the constitution.

OnankpaBa:
may your tea never lack milk dear..

. The lacuna has really exposed the lack of indebtedness of those that prepared and reviewed the constitution.

MathsChic:
But the thing is, if he hadnt died would you have time and space to write all of these? Can we then say your subject is irrelevant?

. Fool be wise, have u not heard of such b4? Dnt u knw dat such advice comes timely, just like dis? Wise up

Segadem:
case closed

See the PDP spoke person agreed that the party is haven to thieves and looters
Chai, what else can I say?

. Coconut head, who told u dat that statement is from pdp's spokes person. U can't even read nd undstnd, fish brain