A group of corps members under the auspices of 'Legal Aids', a community development association, Monday held a rally in Abuja to create awareness on the dangers and legal punishments involved in human trafficking.
Last week, Jean Pierre Bemba, leader of the opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) after being arrested six weeks ago by Belgian police within the framework of an international
The United States has characterized the situation in Zimbabwe as a threat to peace which justifies the imposition of sanctions on the country under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
Angola's Constitutional Court will on June 17 come out with its ruling on the situation of parties troubled by factions, Angop learned Tuesday in Luanda.
Rwandan government has blasted the new policy of the Arusha-based UN court trying the 1994 genocide suspects of introducing conjugal visits for the detainees, describing the move "as ridiculous and mockery of the justice process".
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has faulted the interpretation of the Supreme Court judgment of local government elections by the Attorney General of the Federation, Michael Aondoakaa, saying it was a misrepresentation of the issues at stake.
The Senate last week passed a resolution barring the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), other anti-graft agencies and the police from arresting suspects within the National Assembly complex, saying such arrests were capable of affecting the ongoing probes. Davidson
A total of 34 applications of political parties' candidatures for the legislative elections of September 5 this year were submitted to the Angolan Constitutional Court (TC) between June 26-27, Angop learned.
AN INVESTIGATION of alleged financial mismanagement in a state body responsible for taking telecoms services to the poor will land its chief financial officer up in a disciplinary hearing.
A LANDMARK judgement on dual citizenship in Namibia, delivered in the High Court last week, affirms that Namibian citizens by birth or descent can also hold the citizenship of another country without having to renounce their Namibian citizenship.
A NAMIBIAN-FLAGGED fishing vessel, the Paloma V, faces an international ban after a New Zealand court ruled that it was linked to illegal toothfish fishing in the Antarctic Ocean.
The Hawiye Cultural and Unity Council has described the operations by the Banaadir administration to demolish residential areas in the district of Abdiaziz, Mogadishu as robbery of people's property.
INVESTIGATIONS by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism into alleged abuse of cheetahs at a guest farm in the Kunene Region have found no truth in the claims, a senior official in the Ministry said yesterday.
Prime Minister Raila Odinga was kept in the dark on crucial information and transactions that led to the controversial sale of the Grand Regency Hotel.
An interesting power play yesterday enveloped Ekiti State House of Assembly. By the time normalcy was restored, the speaker, Hon. Femi Bamisile had lost his job.
Over the past week, the country has been treated to high-voltage debate on whether or not Finance minister Amos Kimunya should resign over the sale of the Grand Regency - one of Nairobi's five star hotels.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Commission), have unveiled plans to hold a workshop for Heads of Police and Prisons from across the West African sub-region.
