Legal

By Enyichukwu Enemanna US President-elect Donald Trump has criticised outgoing President Joe Biden for commuting the sentences of nearly all federal prisoners on death row, describing the decision as senseless. “Joe Biden just commuted the Death...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 out of the 40 federal inmates on death row, ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as President next month. Trump, during his...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A once highly influential Defence Minister in Guinea, Mohamed Diané, has been sentenced to a five-year jail term for corruption, illicit enrichment, embezzlement, and money laundering. The court also ordered him to pay...

By Emmanuel Nduka Nigeria’s anti-graft agency - the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 792 suspects in a major raid on a building allegedly used as a hub for international online fraud. The suspects...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A Kenyan gay rights activist, Edwin Kiptoo, can now have a peaceful rest as a court in the East African country has found his former housemate guilty of his murder nearly two years...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Ugandan government is to pay the sum of 10 million Ugandan shillings ($2,740) to each victim of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a court in the East African country has ordered. Commander Thomas...