Legal

By Emmanuel Nduka  Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, over alleged money laundering offences involving about N500 billion. Sources within...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Suspended South African police chief on Wednesday returned to the Pretoria Magistrate Court where he has been charged with failing in his duties to provide proper oversight in his role following a health...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Federal High Court in Nigeria's capital, Abuja on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to a total of 75 years’ imprisonment over a ₦33.8 billion ($24.6m) fraud...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Prominent South African opposition leader Julius Malema has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately resign, citing a Constitutional Court ruling that the parliament had violated the constitutional provision by blocking moves to...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna  France's Court of Appeal on Wednesday ordered that investigations should resume against Rwanda’s former first lady for her alleged “complicity in genocide”. This overturns a 2025 ruling of the lower court which dismissed...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna  Uganda's parliament passed ​legislation to curb what it termed foreign influence after an amendment that proposed restrictions on funding from ‌abroad, which the central bank governor warned could lead to "economic disaster". A...