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❚ You already voted! ….As Obaseki, PDP Withhold Consent For Any Proceedings During Christmas Vacation The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the All Progressive Congress (APC) to open its case against Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki in the alleged certificate forgery suit preferred against him. This was after the court refused to stay proceedings in the suit as requested by the Governor and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). But INEC said it would abide by the decision of the court.   Igbere TV reports that Justice Ahmed Mohammed in his ruling sa...

Bell v Tavistock") has caused a great deal of concern amongst the parents of children with gender dysphoria and trans children themselves. A link to the proceedings can be found here, but in short, the claimants, Ms Bell and Mrs A, brought a claim for judicial review against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust through its Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS); University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Ms Bell had transitioned whilst she was a patient of GIDS and subsequently de-transitioned as an adult; Mrs A was the mot...

Emoni v Atabo [2020] EWHC 3322 (Fam) Application by a father against a mother for a finding of contempt of court, relating to a child removed to Nigeria. This matter concerns an application by the father ('F') against the mother ('M') for a finding that M is in contempt of court in relation to four court orders. The parties are the parents of NE, a girl, aged 11. Firstly, Mrs Justice Lieven DBE had to decide whether to proceed in M's absence despite this being a committal application. The judge considered Sanchez v Pawell Obaz and Jolant Obaz [2015] EWHC 235 (Fam) finding that M had been pr...