NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA On Monday, an Indonesian politician was sentenced to 12 years in prison for embezzling more than $1 million of COVID-19 aid funds when he was social affairs minister last year. Juliari Batubara was guilty of accepting […]
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International legal and public-affairs news, major court decisions, regulatory developments and events with relevance to Nigerian readers.
By AFP Kenya’s Court of Appeal on Friday rejected a government bid to make fundamental changes to the constitution, in a new blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta who had initiated the controversial proposals. A seven-judge panel confirmed an earlier High Court […]
By AFP A man released early from a prison sentence for terror offences who was shot dead by police after going on a stabbing spree was lawfully killed, an inquest jury said Friday. But the jury at the Royal Courts of […]
By AFP The court of justice of the West Africa bloc ECOWAS has demanded that Mali justify the alleged detention of ex-leaders Moctar Ouane and Bah Ndaw, a lawyer for the two men said Friday. Ouane and Ndaw were respectively appointed […]
by Bolanle Olabimtan Dominic Raab, British foreign secretary, says the UK government did not foresee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Taliban fighters had on Sunday invaded Kabul, and took over power after Ashraf Ghani, the Afghanistan president, fled. In an interview […]
by Jemilat Nasiru The Taliban says Afghanistan will not be used as a base for terror activities, and women will be allowed to work. There have been concerns about the retrogression of gains made on women rights over the past […]
By AFP A court will deliver its verdict Friday against Paul Rusesabagina, the “Hotel Rwanda” hero turned government critic, who is charged with terrorism in a trial supporters say is politically motivated. Prosecutors have sought a life sentence for Rusesabagina, the […]
By Agency Report The Taliban has renamed Afghanistan the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ after its fighters swept into the capital, Kabul, a bustling metropolis of six million that has turned into a male-dominated city without police or traffic controls. Aljazeera reports that scores […]
by Wasilat Azeez President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan says he fled the country to avoid bloodshed, as Taliban fighters entered the presidential palace in the capital city of Kabul. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Ghani said he believed “countless patriots […]
NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA Prosecutors and lawyers for South Africa’s jailed former president, Jacob Zuma, have jointly requested that his scheduled appearance this week in a corruption trial be postponed. The ex-president’s foundation reported on Monday on its Twitter handle […]