(New York, December 16, 2008) - As a regional attack on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) unfolds, all parties should respect international humanitarian law and LRA leaders accused of war crimes

A man identified as Sunday Onwunnah was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment for forging international money orders, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said yesterday. Onwunnah who was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos where he bagged

The Federal Court of Appeal sitting in Jos has upheld the election of Brigadier General John Shagaya (retired) as the duly elected senator representing Plateau South senatorial constituency.

A sitting High Court Judge of Imo State judiciary, Justice Onoueze Madu has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) over alleged "embarrassing and dehumanizing treatment being meted out to her by the Chief Judge of Imo State, Justice Paul Onumajulu.

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umar Faruk Abdullahi yesterday threatened to drag erring contractors before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

On 15 December 2008, Reporters Without Borders expressed its disgust at the obstruction and bad faith of Gambian authorities, who have allowed continuing impunity for the killers of Deyda Hydara, co-founder of the privately-owned daily "The Point", four years after

Human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), yesterday rejected the award of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), bestowed on him by the Federal Government, saying: "I find it extremely difficult to accept that President Umaru Yar'Adua's government has

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead the traditional leader of a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region, the latest in a series of attacks on the 2.7 million people uprooted by over five years of fighting

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), scheduled to complete its mandate end of 2009, is now confronted with ten new cases coupled with the possibility of loosing seven of its current judges.

The Executive Secretary of the National Commission charged with preventing genocide ideology in Rwanda Jean de Dieu Mucyo has called for increasing the capacity of the media in the country so as to eliminate the "still prevalent" genocide ideology in

There is a modest rush to bring humanitarian aid to the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). After weeks of escalating conflict, during which hundreds of thousands have been displaced, hundreds more women raped, and many civilians slaughtered, there

A high court judge in Imo State, Onoueze Madu, has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) over alleged "embarrassing and dehumanising treatment" being meted out to her by the Chief Judge of the state, Paul Onumajulu.

A group of presidential candidates in Somalia's semiautonomous region of Puntland have issued a public statement supporting a decision attributed to the region's influential traditional elders, Radio Garowe reported Monday.

As the Supreme Court swears-in, today, 25 senior legal practitioners who were recently admitted into the prestigious rank of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday called for the review of the requirements for the

No fewer than five "strange" beneficiaries of revenues into the Federation Account meant for the three tiers of government were on Monday identified by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

Nuhu Ribadu was last week denied asylum by the United Kingdom, which did not see why he should be granted protection either because of his disagreement with his police bosses or his travails as former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

On 10 December 2008, Lotfi Hidouri, an OLPEC member and news desk editor for Kalima newspaper, was arrested at Tunis' Carthage airport as he was preparing to leave for Lebanon, where he was to take part in the Third Forum

Abike Dabiri-Erewa is the chairman of House of Representatives' Committee on the Diaspora. She talks to EMEKA UMEJEI, on her recent trip to Indonesia as part of the Nigerian delegation that went on plea for leniency for Nigerians on death

THE Court of Appeal, Jos has upheld the election of Brigadier General John Shagaya as senator representing Plateau South District, upturning the earlier decision of the state Elections Petitions Tribunal which nullified his election.