3PLR – CHRISTIANA UGU V. ANDREW EBINNI TABI
MADAM CHRISTIANA UGU V. ANDREW EBINNI TABI IN THE
CASES CONNECTED TO PHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SECURITY OF NIGERIAN CHILDREN AND WOMEN
CHILDREN AND WOMEN LAW & POLICY CENTER WITH SUPPORT FROM AFRICAN MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVES
INDEX TO CASES CONNECTED TO PHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SECURITY OF NIGERIAN CHILDREN AND WOMEN
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ABADALLABE V BORNU NATIVE AUTHORITATIVE
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Women and Security of homes and neighbourhoods – Murder and assault of women – Midnight assailant kills woman and wounds another to effect his escape – Plea of self-defence and licence to enter – How treated by court |
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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 |
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Security of family life – Children/Women as indirect victims of debt collection methods involving military personnel who harass, assault, intimidate and detain members of the family of a debtor or take away their properties or basic necessities without any court order – Proper way of addressing same – Attitude of courts thereto |
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Women and Security/Domestic Violence – Wife-Killing – Domestic disagreement resulting in the killing of wife by husband – Women and Religion – Tragedy arising from unresolved dispute between married couples of different religions – 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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ABUDU V. THE STATE
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Women and Security – Woman travelling to buy goods waylaid and robbed – Women in Business – Transportation logistics and security of highway – Implication for women entrepreneurs |
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Children and Security of Lives – Murder – Child matcheted to death because killer of killer’s beliefs in relation to misfortunes experienced |
| ADELEKUN V. FAHM |
Widows and home security – Housing and accommodation – Sanctity of tenancy relations executed by deceased spouse – Succession of widow and family thereto – Relevant considerations |
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Women and Security of Life and neighborhood – Horrific murder of defenseless woman [head cut off and hidden] – Evidence of another woman who was eye-witness to the murder – Courage of a woman to witness against a family member involved in the commission of capital crime against another woman – Attitude of court thereto |
| ADEYEMI V. THE STATE |
Armed robbery – Security of homes and property – Effect on women and children |
| AFILAYA V QUEEN | Children and Security – Brutal murder of 9 year old boy – 7 matchet blow and body parts mutilated – Out of wedlock pregnancy and disputes arising therefrom – Implications for security, crime and law enforcement |
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Women and Security/Murder – Pregnant woman assaulted and killed by another woman – Women and Justice Administration – Whether a once pregnant woman is presumed to be better informed concerning the health and safety of other pregnant women – Implications for criminal proceedings |
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Women and Security – Murder – Previous elopement between two persons without more – Whether creates any legal relations – Open-ended sexual relationship between man and woman where man referred to woman as ‘wife’ even though she maintains serial sexual relationship with other men – Dispute over child arising therefrom – Man’s rival claim against that of woman’s current live-in-lover – Whether support of woman for rival claim and verbal abuse amounts to provocation at law |
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AJODHA V. THE STATE AND OTHER APPEALS
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Women and Security- Woman victim of rape and robbery – Women and Justice Administration – Need for Police and Prosecutors to conduct criminal investigation and prosecution properly |
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Women and Security – Murder by Burning – Aged mother of village Head locked into a room and house set on fire by mob – Need to show relevant evidence tying accused persons to the crime – Effect of failure thereof |
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Children and Murder/Religion/Security – Baby-killing for ritual purposes – Security of persons in premises of religious nonprofit/charitable organizations – Effect on family lives – Attitude of court |
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Widow – Security of home and property interest – Assertion and protection of interest in property acquired by deceased husband – Suit lost at High Court and Court of Appeal levels but won at the Supreme Court – Litigation costs |
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Women and Security of Highway – Death of woman pedestrian due to the dangerous driving of accused driver – Criminal prosecution of driver for causing death via dangerous driving – How treated – Relevant considerations |
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Inheritance rights – Customary rules which discriminate against widow without male child for deceased husband – Security of homes and family lives – Attempt to disinherit widow and her daughters of their father’s house – How considered by courts |
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Women and Security/Crime – Murder – Women in Business – Aged farmer found macheted to death and left in muddy waters – Women and Justice Administration – Poor Police work and prosecutorial abilities in murder trials – Effect – Women and Witchcraft – Aged mother accused of ‘killing’ daughter-in-law by means of witchcraft – How treated |
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Children and Security of Education Centers – Death of 8 year old on school playground due to vehicle which crashed through school’s bamboo fence – How treated |
| ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF ADAMAWA STATE AND ORS. V ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION AND ORS. |
Government and Public finances – Resource control among Nigeria’s federating units – Implications for the delivery of the primary purpose of government: security and welfare of citizens – Effect on children and women |
| Security of life – Murder – Wife-murder resulting from acid bath – Plea of provocation by accused husband – How treated | |
| BAGOGO GODWIN V. THE STATE |
Women and Security/Murder – Wife-killing – Husband who killed his wife through multiple stab wounds on her body, liver, intestine and lung – Women and Justice Administration – Effect of failure to properly take an accused person plea on his conviction for murder |
| Will and Estate – Education and material Security of children born out of wedlock | |
| BENSON UKWUNNENYI V STATE |
Security in the society – Murder of man as retaliation |
| BENSON ESANGBEDO V THE STATE | Security of women – Robbery at night – Implication for family life |
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Children/Women and Security/Human Right/Justice Administration – Murder of a 12 year old with a sword – Death from loss of blood and shock – Evidence of mother and a 6 year old schoolgirl – How treated |
| DAWA V THE STATE | Women and Security – Woman whose husband was brutally murdered after she fortuitously left room to attend to grandchild – How treated – Women and Justice Administration – Spouses of persons suspected of crime of murder – Attempt to use wife’s pregnancy and birth-delivery as alibi – Effect of wife’s heroic effort at telling the truth |
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Security of Household, property and family life – Women as direct and indirect victims of crime – Education – Young people in schools and crime – Armed robbery – Woman robbed at gunpoint of her valuables by students – How treated |
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