Family of French explorer who died in Titan sub disaster seeks $50m in lawsuit
Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five who died when sub imploded during a voyage to the Titanic wreck site in 2023 The Guardian The family of a French explorer who died…
UN Human Rights Office denounces Ghana’s Supreme Court ruling that upholds anti-gay law
The country is reportedly awaiting a new court ruling that might include heavier punishments under a new law Bella Ifasola The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights…
Libya jails 12 officials after 2023 floods that killed thousands
Reuters BENGHAZI ‐ A Libyan court has jailed 12 officials in connection with the collapse of a series of dams in Derna last year that killed thousands of the city’s…
SERAP sues Central Bank of Nigeria over failure to account for missing ₦100 billion ‘dirty notes’
Olayomi Koiki A civil rights organisation, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for failing to “account for and…
Court sentences 3 to life imprisonment for raping deaf woman, 18, in northern Nigeria
Matthew Onocheta KEBBI, Nigeria – A High Court in Nigeria’s northern state of Kebbi – on Tuesday, sentenced to life three men, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno of…
Nigerian court orders electoral body to probe electoral offences ‘perpetrated by governors’
Olayomi Koiki Abuja – A federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate cases of electoral violence, bribery, vote-buying, and conspiracy…
Bangladesh court winds back job quotas that sparked unrest
AFP Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday pared back contentious civil service hiring rules but failed to mollify university student leaders, whose demonstrations against the scheme sparked nationwide clashes that have…
Nnamdi Kanu files brief at court of appeal seeking restoration of revoked bail
Matthew Onocheta Abuja – The illegally detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a brief at the Court of Appeal, seeking restoration of his…
Italy’s antitrust takes aim at Google over personal data usage
Reuters ROME – Italy’s antitrust agency said on Thursday it had launched an investigation into online search giant Google, and its parent company Alphabet over alleged unfair commercial practices involving…
European Commission was wrong to redact Covid vaccine deal details: EU court
AFP The European Commission was wrong to redact details of multi-billion-euro deals it struck to secure Covid vaccines during the coronavirus pandemic, an EU court said on Wednesday. The commission…