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ECOWAS Court Inducts New Judges

The President of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, has challenged newly recruited judges and staff to quickly familiarize themselves with the people, relevant documentation on the Court and its procedures that will contribute to the effective discharge…
24/11/2022

South African Appeal Court Orders Zuma Back to Jail

An appeal court in South Africa said on Monday that former president, Jacob Zuma, was unlawfully given medical parole from a jail term last year and should return to prison to complete his sentence. Zuma, 80, had been handed a 15-month term…
21/11/2022

UN Resolution on Crimes Breaks Three-Year Inaction

The sixth committee of the United Nations General Assembly, on Friday, adopted a resolution to move toward drafting a treaty on crimes against humanity, breaking three years of paralysis brought on by the opposition of a handful of countries. According to Human…
21/11/2022

COP27 Summit Agrees to Help Climate Victims

The world has failed to reach an agreement to phase out fossil fuels after marathon UN climate talks were “stonewalled” by a number of oil-producing nations. Negotiators from nearly 200 countries at the COP27 UN climate summit in Egypt took the historic step of agreeing…
21/11/2022

FIFA Confirms Alcohol Ban at Qatar World Cup Stadiums

World Cup organisers have banned the sale of alcohol around stadiums in Qatar after last-minute showdown talks, FIFA announced on Friday. FIFA confirmed that sales of alcoholic beverages would be banned at the stadiums except for zero-alcohol beer, Bud Zero. In a statement posted…
19/11/2022

Former Italian PM Berlusconi Acquitted in Bribery Case

An Italian court on Thursday acquitted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing a witness in a 2013 underage prostitution case, giving a boost to the veteran politician weeks after his return to parliament. Berlusconi, 86, was charged with allegedly paying Italian singer…
18/11/2022

U.S. Repatriates $20.6m Abacha-Linked Loot

THE United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DoJ) announced today that it has repatriated more than $20.6 million worth of assets linked to former Head of State, the late Gen Sani Abacha and his associates. The DoJ said in a statement yesterday that…
18/11/2022

TY Danjuma Drags P&ID to Court over $40m Loss

A firm owned by a billionaire and former Nigerian Defence Minister, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma is suing Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), an ex-business partner that is at the centre of a London trial over an $11 billion arbitration award. Documents from the…
18/11/2022


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