3PLR – CHRISTIANA UGU V. ANDREW EBINNI TABI
MADAM CHRISTIANA UGU V. ANDREW EBINNI TABI IN THE
HUMAN RIGHTS CASES CONNECTED TO CHILDREN AND WOMEN IN NIGERIA
CHILDREN AND WOMEN LAW & POLICY REPORTS WITH SUPPORT FROM AFRICAN MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVES
INDEX TO HUMAN RIGHTS CASES CONNECTED TO CHILDREN AND WOMEN IN NIGERIA
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A.-G, FEDERATION V. A.-G, IMO STATE & ORS.
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Women/Young people and civic rights/responsibilities – New voters – Women not previously enrolled and young people who were under the age of 18 years at time of last enrollment of voters into Voters’ Register for last general elections – Opportunity to be enrolled on attaining age of eligibility – Legal framework for same |
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Wife-killing – Constitutional and Human Rights – Right to Life – Security – Matrimonial Relations – Brutal murder of wife via machete cut on the head – How treated |
| ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED v. THE STATE |
Human rights – Security – Women as armed robbery victims – delayed arraignment of suspects for 3 years after incident – justice administration and vulnerable victims |
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Constitutional and Human Rights: –Woman – Defence of interest in property and place of business – Right to fair hearing – Fundamental nature of concept in judicial proceedings thereof |
| AKINYEMI FASUBA v. MRS. F. TAIWO ADUMASI & ANOR |
Civic and human rights – Police’s seizure, detention and purported sale of a car belonging to woman – How treated |
| Children and Right to Life – Murder of a 7 year old – Killed for spilling millet flour and putting sand into it on a farm – Whether act of child qualifies as provocation – How treated | |
| ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. PRINCE ERNEST AUGUSTUS OF HANOVER |
Women and Citizenship – Lineage and naturalization – Statutory basis for same – Implication and relevance for generations |
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Children/Women and Customs/Human Rights/Justice Administration/Property Rights/Inheritance – Right to Dignity of the Human Person, Protection from Servitude and Right to property – Persons/Families designated as customary slaves/domestic helpers – whether or not a customary slave could be regarded as a member of his overlord’s household – Right of customary slaves/domestic helpers even after several generations of aligning with and living with a particular land holding family and enjoying rights over land – right to property or compensation for compulsory acquisition of property granted by overlord – Whether modern legal developments have not elevated the status of customary slaves to the position of equal partners with their overlord’s children – Implication for the distribution of monetary compensation for property acquired by government even where property had been given to customary law slaves for generations for their use |
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