Legal

By John Ikani Mauritius has overturned a long-standing colonial-era law that made same-sex relations a criminal offence. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Mauritius ruled that Section 250 of the Mauritian Criminal Code, in existence since...

By Emmanuel Nduka Former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been arraigned before the Westminister’s Court in London over bribery allegations, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed on Monday. The EFCC, in...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Governorship Election Petition Court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State, North West Nigeria, has set aside the election of the state governor, Sen. Uba Sani and ordered a re-run. The petition was filed...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Supreme Court of Nigeria has said election petition cases are not affected by a fire incident that gutted the building in Abuja in the early hours of Monday, the apex court Director...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna An Ethiopian contractor has been arrested in the United States and charged with sending classified information to Ethiopia. Abraham Teklu Lemma, who worked at the State and Justice departments, is accused of passing...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A Court on Friday slammed a two-year jail term on a United States woman from Nebraska for assisting her teenage daughter acquire abortion pills, the New York Times reports. Jessica Burgess and her...