Legal

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Morocco's king has granted pardon to almost 5,000 persons convicted, or on the wanted list over charges bordering on illegal cultivation of cannabis, the justice ministry said in a statement. The number comprises...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A Burundian journalist who was slammed ten years imprisonment has been pardoned by the country's President, Evariste Ndayishimiye in a development welcomed by pro-democracy activists and free press campaigners. Floriane Irangabiye was convicted...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Presidency of Nigeria has accused a Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited of deceiving a French Court into seizing three Nigerian Presidential jets. Heritage Times HT had reported that the...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Outrage has trailed the plan by Nigeria's House of Representatives to introduce a Bill prescribing a 10-year jail for those who refuse to recite the new national anthem. Heritage Times HT reports that...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A former Mozambican Minister of Finance has been found guilty of corruption that led to the worst economic crisis in the country since independence. Manuel Chang was convicted for accepting kickback through US...

Federal prosecutors in Switzerland said on Monday they have found the international unit of a commodities trade company, Glencore “criminally liable” and ordered the firm to pay over $150 million in fines and compensation after ending...