Legal

By Lucy Adautin Dr. Chidinma Thompson, a woman of Nigerian descent, has been appointed as the first Black Justice of The Kings Court of the Bench in Canada. A post on X (formerly Twitter) by the...

By Lucy Adautin The special investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu has requested the international criminal police organization (Interpol) to add three suspects to its watchlist regarding an alleged fraud totaling $6,230,000. The suspects are Adamu...

By Emmanuel Nduka Nigeria's Supreme Court has upheld the five years sentence earlier handed to former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, for receiving a bribe of $500,000 from businessman Femi Otedola. Heritage Times HT reports...

By John Ikani Liberia's once-revered former chief justice and justice minister, Gloria Maya Musu-Scott, has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of her niece. A prominent figure in Liberian politics and law,...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The son of Niger's deposed President Mohamed Bazoum has been released by a military court in the country's capital Niamey, after spending more than five months in detention. The 22-year-old Salem Bazoum had...

By John Ikani A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama, has directed the Federal Government to compensate the sum of N100 million to the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank...