“YOU ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE”, ADC WARNS GOVERNMENT AGENTS SEEKING PARTY DE-REGISTRATION -JUSTICE PETER LIFU IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, SAYS PARTY. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 “YOU ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE”, ADC WARNS GOVERNMENT AGENTS SEEKING PARTY DE-REGISTRATION -JUSTICE PETER LIFU IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, SAYS PARTY The African Democratic Congress (ADC) wishes to warn, in the strongest possible terms, against any attempt to use the judiciary as an instrument to undermine democracy and plunge Nigeria into a major political crisis. We are deeply alarmed by the judgment reportedly delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a case filed by the so-called National Forum of Former Legislators seeking the de-registration of the ADC and four other political parties. This judgment stands in direct conflict with constitutional principles and all known judicial processes and procedures. The facts are straightforward. The plaintiffs had argued that the ADC and four other political parties failed to satisfy constitutional requirements relating to continued registration. However, in its counter-affidavit filed before the court in May, INEC,...

SHELL PLANS TO PAY $51MILLION TO NIGERIANS AS COMPENSATION?

               According to sources,Royal Dutch Shell is ready to pay up to 30 million pounds {$51 million} in compensation for two oil spills in Nigeria in 2008 after a London court rejected claim.Around 15,000 residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta represented by a law firm Leigh Day,appeared in 2011 to a London court for more than 300 million pounds in compensation.Claimants say that the two spills resulted  in the leakage of 500,000 barrels of oil but Shell estimated the volume at aound 4,000 barrels.The lawyer representing the claimants rejected the sum of 30 million pounds in September 2013,and June 20 2014.The London High court on friday June 20 2014,rejected the claimant's attempts to expand the scope of the compensation,ruling that the pipeline operator could not be held responsible for damage caused by oil theft.A trial is planned to start in May 2015 in Nigeria,but shell urged the claimants to reach a settlement before hand.

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