Top US senator found guilty of corruption
AFP NEW YORK, U.S. – Jurors found a powerful US senator guilty on all counts of corruption Tuesday after gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash were…
Nigerian court denies ex-governor of Central Bank Emefiele’s request to embark on UK medical trip
Martins Owoseni Abuja ‐ Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has dismissed the application of Mr Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria…
Man in U.S. facing execution for 1998 killing of elderly woman for her money
ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON, U.S. — A Texas man who has long sought DNA testing claiming it would help prove he was not responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old…
Tesla’s UK lawsuit for 5G patents licence thrown out by UK court
Reuters LONDON – U.S. technology firm InterDigital and a patent licensing platform on Monday won their bid to throw out a London lawsuit by Tesla (TSLA.O), which was seeking a…
Nigerian court orders former minister Lai Mohammed to disclose agreement between federal government and X
Morakinyo Akinosun Lagos – A Federal High Court sitting in Nigeria’s Lagos State has ordered former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to disclose the details of the agreement…
Mother wins battle to stop son having Covid vaccine she feared could kill him
The Telegraph London – The mother of a disabled son with a rare heart condition in the UK – has won a landmark case to prevent the state from injecting…
Justice Restored: The Harrowing Ordeal and Triumphant Release of Surajo Asimiyu after 80 Days of Police Detention without a Charge
By Pelumi Olajengbesi We are relieved to have secured the release of Mr. Surajo Asimiyu, known as Baba Ibeji, an indigent Nigerian who was detained by the Nigerian Police for…
Nigeria’s highest court grants local govt financial autonomy
Olayomi Koiki Abuja – Nigeria’s highest court, the Supreme Court declared on Thursday that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated for local government administrations. The seven-man…
ECOWAS court finds Nigerian government guilty of rights abuse, violation of several international human rights standards for using force on #EndSars protesters at Lekki tollgate in Lagos
Morakinyo Akinosun The Nigerian government abused the rights of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate in October 2020, according to a ruling by the Economic Community of West African States…
Spain court drops ‘terror’ probe into Catalan separatist leader
Agence France Presse Spain’s Supreme Court on Tuesday closed a “terrorism” investigation into Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled abroad in 2017 to avoid prosecution over that year’s failed…