Legal

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A Federal High Court in Nigeria's capital, Abuja on Wednesday ordered the final forfeiture of about 48 properties linked to the country's former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. Judge Joyce...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A High Court in Kenya has dismissed a filing by a Rastafarian group seeking to legalise the use of cannabis, otherwise known as Indian hemp for religious purposes. The Rastafarian community had told...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Nigeria's security agencies have arrested a self-acclaimed Director General of "fake" agency of the federal government, Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi in an operation in the South West State of...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A Sudanese court has sentenced the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo to death in connection with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide over atrocities committed in...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Members of the bench in Uganda have rejected a directive by the country's lawyers' association instructing its members to stop addressing judges as "My Lord" or "My Lady" and to do away with...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has ordered its members to immediately put an end to colonial-era courtroom traditions, including addressing judicial officers as “My Lord,” “Your Lordship,” “My Lady,” and “Your Worship,” in...