Legal

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A woman is someone biologically born female, the UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, excluding transgender people from the legal definition in a long-running dispute between a feminist group and the Scottish government....

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A military court in Moscow, the Russian capital, on Tuesday handed jail sentences to five young people in connection with the role they played in setting ablaze a helicopter and railway equipment on...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The umbrella body of Nigerian lawyers has changed the venue of its 2025 Annual General Conference, earlier scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, in protest against the emergency rule it...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Three United States nationals who were last year convicted in connection with their roles in a failed coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been sent back to their country to serve...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna John Steenhuisen, leader of South Africa's second-largest party in the coalition government, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has instituted legal action before the Western Cape High Court challenging the passage of the 2025 budget....

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities have commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences handed to three American citizens following their conviction last year in the East African country's failed coup, the presidency...