Legal

The long-awaited first trial of a court established to prosecute war crimes in the Central African Republic’s drawn-out conflict has been postponed for the second time. “The lawyers for the defence and those for the civil...

By John Ikani Nemesis has caught up with the wanted billionaire drug baron who was an accomplice to Nigeria's suspended and indicted 'Super Cop,' DCP Abba Kyari in a N3 billion Tramadol deal linked to Kyari-led...

BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIARB, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D. INTRODUCTION Crimes are vices that should not be tolerated in any society. They are offences against the state and are punishable under the law. The essence...

By John Ikani A Chinese national, Sun Shujun had been sentenced to 20 years in prison for torture after he was captured in a viral video beating men tied on a tree. In August 2021, the...

By John Ikani Central African Republic's (CAR) Special Criminal Court, set up to probe war crimes and crimes against humanity committed since 2003, opens its first trial on Tuesday, seven years after it was created. The...

By Emmanuel Nduka Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has denied arresting Ebelechukwu Obiano, wife of Willie Obiano, the immediate past Governor of Anambra State. Report making rounds late on Thursday, was...