ANNOY:
The school deserves to be sued. They are lucky they did not suspend my sis. Sue their sorry ASS

the dictator acts like the students who attend his useless school got in for free..even the University of Stavanger in Norway that is tuition free don't cage humans like the covenant university..

What a useless shittty school...churning out kids and calling them graduates..

Ijobaorun:
Does the school force any parent to bring his or her child there? If the answer is no, then they should be ready to obey their rules and regulations at all cost as long as you are still under them.
It's not by force to go to private own schools.
If you want freedom, go to government schools.

what rules...mtsheew

Ijobaorun:
Does the school force any parent to bring his or her child there? If the answer is no, then they should be ready to obey their rules and regulations at all cost as long as you are still under them.
It's not by force to go to private own schools.
If you want freedom, go to government schools.

wee u keep kwayet... for ur mind now, u have made a good point

It's non of your business, perhaps the students are aware of the implications of not attending the religious function. The school is a religious setup and runs with their beliefs and principles

It is unfair, the suspension should have been handed down on those from Christian study department.

bayelsaowei:
I can only conclude that the persons who attend that school are either clueless or docile individuals... oyedepo can continue with this bull crap because zombies still are ready to pay tuition fees to attend the glorified secondary school...what rubbish. ..not even Jesus would run an. institution like covenant university...

This just portray who you are.If you have the money go then why called it a glorified secondary
.,and the aspect of including Jesus just show you are a pauper.

the way the lawyers go loss the case like wrapper ehn. seriously the school has its rules and regulations, failure to abide by the rules comes with consequences. most people dont take time to go through the school's handbook, the rules there are evn more stringent that then ones they enforce. Now any aggrieved party seeking redress must first go through the school's handbook before deciding whether the case can be won in court or not

neoOduduwa:
I see how hard the church universities are trying to uphold the religion. But this becoming more like extremism, [s]maybe not in a violent way like the Muslims[/s], but it's obviously extremism. This is the same university where they cut students' hair for being too bushy/long. There are millions of Jesus' portraits in churches, yet black people don't question the long hair in the pictures. Why do they think it's ideal for a black man to keep his hair short? Why praise the long hair on a white folk but castigate a fellow black when he does the same?

Africans really have a long way to go and religion is the major burden holding us back.

You people can't make comments without misyarning.

maasoap:

You people can't make comments without misyarning.

Na how I take misyarn? I lie?

DLuciano:
It's non of your business, perhaps the students are aware of the implications of not attending the religious function. The school is a religious setup and runs with their beliefs and principles

Well, the punishment is too much for the offence. This type of punishment could be counterproductive in many ways.

Lawyer: I am not advising the parents to sue to school, I am encouraging them to sue
Me: What's that?

stigmond:
There's a point... It can only happen in an under-developed country ...

Hmmm
Nigeria is a developing country sha...

maasoap:

Well, the punishment is too much for the offence. This type of punishment could be counterproductive in many ways.

agreed, I strongly believe the school will play it down, they just want to instill fear and discipline on the students

DLuciano:
It's non of your business, perhaps the students are aware of the implications of not attending the religious function. The school is a religious setup and runs with their beliefs and principles

I Knw people like this will come here to justify the school's mad action........... Some people sha

You guys like making noise on this platform jare! If you want sue go sue jare! Make we hear word. Una dey take panadol on top another person headache. An advise for the lawyer, cool down go start case wey u go lose eeh!

prettyboi1989:
the way the lawyers go loss the case like wrapper ehn. seriously the school has its rules and regulations, failure to abide by the rules comes with consequences. most people dont take time to go through the school's handbook, the rules there are evn more stringent that then ones they enforce. Now any aggrieved party seeking redress must first go through the school's handbook before deciding whether the case can be won in court or not

the point the lawyers are making is clear. the rules of the school are not ultimate, the Nigerian constitution is. so in the court of law, it becomes an issue of if the sch rules are wrong, even though the students are signatory to them. so if the lawyers argue in that direction, is going to be difficult for the sch

If its muslim dat did tis now, everywere wil b on fire. Am a christain buh am dissapointed in convenant

Alero3Arubi:

Hmmm
Nigeria is a developing country sha...

Its not done, how would they just implement some kind of selfish policy without considering it effect on the students!!!

The concerned lawyer should get emission for his subjects, let them voilate such rules and let's watch him sue CU not to be talking from carton.

Ijobaorun:
[s]Does the school force any parent to bring his or her child there? If the answer is no, then they should be ready to obey their rules and regulations at all cost as long as you are still under them.
It's not by force to go to private own schools.
If you want freedom, go to government schools. [/s]

Trash

This is straight up EXTREMISM. That school and its church should be banned.

stigmond:



Its not done, how would they just implement some kind of selfish policy without considering it effect on the students!!!

You are a very passionate guy I see.

My question is: Is the University means for only Chirstian or they also involved other Religion...

In as much as I am not happy about their suspension, I think they ought to understand the institution they are in. It is a religious one for crying out loud!!!! If they never wanted all these they wouldnt have applied in the first place. Its COMMON SENSE!! It is a religious school and should be respected and seen as one. You want secularism? Go to federal, State, or other private secular schools like APTI. Its just COMMON SENSE. They werent forced to enroll

neoOduduwa:
I see how hard the church universities are trying to uphold the religion. But this becoming more like extremism, maybe not in a violent way like the Muslims, but it's obviously extremism. This is the same university where they cut students' hair for being too bushy/long. There are millions of Jesus' portraits in churches, yet black people don't question the long hair in the pictures. Why do they think it's ideal for a black man to keep his hair short? Why praise the long hair on a white folk but castigate a fellow black when he does the same?

Africans really have a long way to go and religion is the major burden holding us back.

Which jesus picture...
Who told you those picture is JESUS...
Dats d picture of an actor...
And the truth be sey nah africans dey go hell pass...
The brain washing don dey too much jorr

If the school was an Islamic one, Issues like this wouldn't have been raised you know? And as for the lawyers..... hmmmmm of course they need clients to foot bills lol

Statsocial:
Seun

A lawyer and President of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Mr. Malachy Ugwumadu, also advised the students to sue the school if they were sure there was no express provision in the school’s rulebook that they could be suspended for up to a year if they didn’t attend the institution’s religious activities.


He said, If there is an express provision that the students can be suspended for a year because they fail to attend an activity, they might not be successful in the court of law.



A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, appealed to the institution to temper justice with mercy and recall the suspended students, in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ, on whom the school was founded.

He said, “In Nigeria, there is freedom of religion, according to Section 38 of the Constitution. It provides that no citizen shall be discriminated against on the basis of their religion, sex and others. If, for instance, a Muslim was denied admission into Covenant University, they can sue the school.

“ But once you become a student, you are bound by the contract you have entered into to obey the school’s rules and regulations . The law is called “voluntaire non fit injurie,” which means no person can complain of any harm caused by a contract to which they agreed to.

This is why Nigerian can never progress socially technologically or economically, we treat university student like kindergarten students. Why does the students have to wait for their parents to sue the university, are they not of legal adult age?
I am surprised a SAN like mike Ozekhome can spew the rubbish attributed to him in the article, even though I am not s lawyer, common sense should tell you that you cannot sign your fundamental human rights away.

Section 38 (1) of the 1999 constitution and Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Right states;
“ Every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom (either alone or in community with others, and in public or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.

And the constitution states that any law that is in conflict with the constitution is null and void, so no document that the student filled can take away their rights of freedom of worship.
Imagine the stupidity of the whole episode, you suspend students because they did not attend a religious program, what will they do if the student should backslide, change church or even change religion.

voluntaire non fit injurie does not apply here as the contract was null and void in the first place. You cannot sign a contract to allow Your head to be cut off. Likewise a contract to sell your children is null and void.

gadaffioba:
200 hundred students

how far the thing shock u for brokos.

The school is a "CHURCH SCHOOL" To attend YOU MUST BE CHURCHY! Hate being "CHURCHY"? Don't bother enrolling

Despite the extreme religious doctrine Covenant university imposes, its graduates are no better than the graduates of other universities in moral uprightness. The reason for suspending the students is flimsy and puerile, though Bishop Oyedepo, chancellor of the university, slaps people at his own whims even in church.