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Kenya: Kibaki Approves Supreme court Bill
President Kibaki has finally assented to the Supreme court Bill effectively bringing to life the highest court in the land. Before the enactment of a new constitution, the court of Appeal was the highest court and its decisions were final. But with the establishment of the Supreme court, a litigant can move to the court if he or she is dissatisfied with the ruling of a lower [detalii...]
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Uganda: court Dismisses Cases Against Museveni Challenger
THE Constitutional court has stopped the treason and terrorism cases against Col. Kizza Besigye in the High court and in the General court [detalii...]
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Uganda: Civil Relief As court Martial Amends Self
Four years after the Constitutional court ruled that trials of civilians in the court Martial was unlawful, the military has now agreed to refer such cases back to civilian arbitration. The decision was reportdely announced about a fortnight ago by the General court Martial chief, Brig. Charles Angina, who based his directive on two different court [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Salami Drags Jonathan to court
The suspended President of the court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, yesterday, dragged President Goodluck Jonathan before a Federal High court sitting in Abuja, praying the court to declare the appointment of an acting President of the court of Appeal, by the President as illegal and [detalii...]
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Ghana: Tarzan Return to court as AG Appeals Against High court Ruling
The Attorney Generals Department has appealed at the court of Appeal against the ruling of the Fast Track High court (FTC) that discharged two former government appointees over alleged impropriety in the celebration of the countrys 50th [detalii...]
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Kenya: Polls Agency Appeals court Ruling
The Interim Independent Electoral Commission heads to court on Monday to challenge a decision by the High court to stop the Kamukunji [detalii...]
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Uganda: Here Is the List of Countrys Thieves
Only two years in operation, the Anti-Corruption court has distinguished itself as the most effective court by delivering judgments and dispensing justice faster than the other five divisions of the High [detalii...]
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South Africa: Top court Splits in Key Finding on Police Unit
The following explanatory note is provided to assist the media in reporting this case and is not binding on the Constitutional court or any member of the [detalii...]
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Coopers court date a reality check
Mercurial Wallaby flyhalf Quade Cooper will be faced with a ghost from the past when he steps into court Gold Coast court to answer burglary [detalii...]
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Nigeria: court Orders NDLEA to Bring Baba Suwe to court
An Ikeja High court in Lagos yesterday ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to produce Nollywood star, Babatunde Omidina, aka Baba Suwe, physically in court on November [detalii...]
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Liberia: Ecobank-Liberia Losses Legal Battle At Civil Law court
The Judge of the Civil Law court at the Temple of Justice Friday, September 23, 2011 dismissed an Action of Damages for Breach of Contract by Attachment earlier filed by Ecobank-Liberia against the Milad Hage Business Complex and Testate Estate of the late Milad Hage in Monrovia. The complaint was filed before the court during its September Term of court. In his ruling, Judge Peter Gbenewele said the Civil Law court cannot act on a matter that is already pending before another court (Probate court), because as he put it, the two courts have concurrence [detalii...]
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Kenya: German Bigamy Case Appeal Fails
A German national whose wife has taken him to court on allegations of bigamy had his application to dismiss the case rejected. The 69-year-old Jurgen Paul Flach had appealed to High court at Nakuru to drop charges against him at a lower court. He had also asked the court to expedite the release of his passport to enable him travel to Germany for treatment a heart condition. Flach was arrested on April 15 at his hotel room in South Coast on a court [detalii...]
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Serena wonders why she, Venus get court 2
Serena Williams wonders why she and her older sister Venus have played once each on court 2 at Wimbledon this year -- instead of Centre court or court [detalii...]
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Kenya: Lobby Rekindles Fight for More Women in the Supreme court
Six womens rights groups have appealed against a court ruling that dismissed their case on the setup of the Supreme [detalii...]
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East Africa: Regional court Decries Lack of Permanent Judges
The Registrar of the East African court of Justice (EACJ), Dr John Ruhangisa, has called for permanent judges to be resident at the regional court, adding that the continued operations on ad hoc basis renders the court [detalii...]
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Kenya: Appeals court Rejects Govt Bid to Take Back Cases
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal court (ICC) confirmed on Tuesday that the crimes against humanity cases of six top Kenyans accused by the ICC are receivable by the court. It thus rejected a Kenyan motion which argued that the cases were not receivable under the so-called "complementarity rule". The Appeals court ruling confirms a similar decision delivered by the lower court on May 30, [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: court Rules Against Deputy PM
Arthur Mutambaras attempts to regain control of the smaller MDC faction took a knock on Wednesday, when the High court ruled that he cannot purport to be president of the party until the leadership dispute is fully resolved in [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Dubai court Upholds Governors Extradition to UK
Dubais highest court, the cassation court, has ruled that former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, must be extradited to the United Kingdom to face money laundering [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Supreme court Affirms Death Sentence On Actress
The Supreme court on Friday affirmed the death sentence passed on Hausa actress, Rabi Ismail, by a Kano State High court and and upheld by the court of Appeal in the Kaduna Division, for drugging and killing her boyfriend, Ibrahim Auwalu, in [detalii...]
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Makarova upsets Petrova in all-Russian dual
An off-court medical time-out, outfit change, on-court treatment and all the ice packs and cold drinks on Show court 2 werent enough to help Nadia [detalii...]
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Kenya: High court Can Eject Tobiko, Says Lawyer
Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko will not have to be removed through a tribunal if the court finds that his appointment was unconstitutional, a Nairobi court heard on [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Supreme court Ex-Justice Calls for Amendment of court Rules
A retired Justice of the Supreme court, Justice George Oguntade, has called for amendment of Rules of the court, to aid advocacy in the nations judicial system, describing congestions in courts as [detalii...]
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Namibia: court Overhaul Under Discussion
THE way that litigation is conducted in Namibias High court should be overhauled to give the court and its judges, rather than litigants and their lawyers, more control over the litigation process and to speed up and improve the delivery of [detalii...]
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Kenya: Hague court Pushes Back Over Govt Bid to Defer Trials
The International Criminal court (ICC) has raised concern over Kenyas diplomatic campaign in Africa against The Hague-based [detalii...]
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Namibia: Ninja Returns to court to Appeal
THE man known as Ninja was back in the High court in Windhoek yesterday more than twelve and a half years after he left the same court to start serving a life term of [detalii...]
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Tanzania: court Accuses Police of Breach of Law
A trial magistrate has accused the police of showing double standards by failure to enforce court orders to arrest a senior government official over contempt of [detalii...]
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Uganda: Chogm Ministers Case Sent to Constitution court
THE Anti-Corruption court has halted cases of abuse of office and causing financial loss of sh14b against three cabinet ministers as it referred them for interpretation in the Constitutional [detalii...]
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Gambia: Pristine Consulting Cases Drag on in court Negotiation Still Continues
Both the Civil / Criminal trial of the Pristine Consulting Company and the State could not proceed on Wednesday 6th July, at the High court in Banjul. The Director of Special Litigation, Daniel O. Kulo appeared for the State and informed Justice Joseph Ikpala of the Special Criminal court at the Banjul High court that the State is applying for a two weeks adjournment for settlement out of [detalii...]
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Kenya: court Suspends Migunas Case
A case filed by former Prime Minister Raila Odingas advisor on coalition affairs Miguna Miguna has been suspended for at least two weeks to allow the parties pursue an out of court settlement. Deputy Solicitor General Muthoni Kimani yesterday told High court Judge Jeanne Gachehche that they received two letters from Miguna seeking to have the matter settled out of [detalii...]
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Namibia: Smile for the Camera Even If You Are Appearing court
I believe in the presumption of not guilty until proven guilty. Just because someone is charged with a crime and they appear in court does not necessarily mean that they are guilty. Yet, when my brothers and sisters appear in court and they see cameras, it puts more fear in them than anything that I can [detalii...]
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Uganda: Ankole Crown Prince, Wife Seek to Settle Divorce Case Out of court
Ankole Crown Prince John Patrick Barigye, who sought to divorce his wife is now negotiating for an out-of-court settlement of the case, court heard on Friday. Prince Barigye and Ms Denise Tusiime Kwezi, who he married 21 years ago, told the chief magistrates court at Nakawa that they agreed to have an out-of-court [detalii...]
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Zambia: court Throws Out President Parentage Case
The Lusaka High court has dismissed a matter in which the Patriotic Front (PF) took President Rupiah Banda to court in an attempt to restrain him from filing his nomination papers today ahead of this years [detalii...]
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Tanzania: PS Fined for Contempt of court Order
The High court yesterday slapped a Sh500, 000 fine on Mr Patrick Rutabanzibwa, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development and two others or be jailed for six years over contempt of [detalii...]
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Uganda: Police Besiege City court
In a scene reminiscent of the November 16, 2005, siege of the High court by shadowy outfit the Black Mambas, security personnel yesterday besieged the Kasangati Magistrate court in an attempt to re-arrest three walk-to-work protest [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: Woman Jailed for Contempt of court
A WOMAN, who appeared in court in a drunken stupor last week and defied the magistrate, was slapped with a 60-day jail term for contempt of [detalii...]
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Namibia: Sterilisation Case in court
The case in which Government is being taken to court over the alleged forced sterilisation of six women at state medical facilities reopened in the High court yesterday, and is likely to continue next [detalii...]
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Kenya: court Halts Suspended Minister Kosgeys Case
A suspended minister facing abuse of office charges got a reprieve Thursday after the High court stopped his prosecution in a magistrates [detalii...]
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Rain stops, Roddick, Murray, Nadal into quarters
NEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Roddicks move to an outside court turned out to be a good one. The former champion pulled off a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 upset over fifth-seeded David Ferrer on Thursday in a fourth-round match moved to court 13 when the court in Louis Armstrong Stadium became [detalii...]
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Kenya: Gesami Wants Misuse of CDF Case Against Him Settled Out of court
Public Health assistant minister James Gesami has initiated talks with an anti-corruption agency with an aim of settling out of court a case relating to misuse of constituency development funds lodged against him. Gesami who had gone to court to stop any attempts by the state to arrest him in relation to the charges yesterday told a judge that he intends to have the matter sorted out of [detalii...]
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South Africa: court Orders Top Police Officers to Appear Over Contempt
Western Cape police commissioner Arno Lamoer has been ordered to appear before the High court on Monday to explain why he should not be found guilty of contempt of [detalii...]
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Africa: Museveni Urges Africans to Embrace World court
President Yoweri Museveni has described the review conference of the International Criminal court (ICC) as an opportunity to discredit the claim that it is a court for Europeans to judge [detalii...]
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Roddick upsets Ferrer after moving to court 13
Andy Roddick pulled off a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 upset over fifth-seeded David Ferrer on Thursday in a fourth-round match moved to court 13 when the court in Louis Armstrong Stadium became [detalii...]
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Zambia: court Upholds Headmans Death Sentence
THE Supreme court sitting in Ndola has upheld the death sentence of a 59-year-old village headman who was convicted of murder and aggravated robbery by the Kabwe High [detalii...]
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Gambia: In Impersonation Case, Deputy Chief of Protocol Ordered to Appear in court
The Banjul Magistrates court presided over by Magistrate Taiwo Alagbe has ordered the Deputy Chief of Protocol at the Office of the President, Baboucarr Jobarteh to appear before the court to shed light on certain issues emerging from an impersonation case at the said [detalii...]
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Kenya: Director of Public Prosecution Tells court to Dismiss Suitability Case
The Director of Public Prosecution wants the court to dismiss a case challenging his suitability to hold office. He told the high court through his lawyer yesterday that the court lacks jurisdiction to handle the [detalii...]
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Kenya: Historic court Ruling Sparks Election Chaos
Confusion reigned over the fate of a key parliamentary by-election nullified by the court on Friday after election officials evaded court service and political parties urged voters to turn up on [detalii...]
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Serena wonders why she, Venus get court 2
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Serena Williams wonders why she and her sister Venus have played on court 2 at Wimbledon - instead of Centre court or court [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Magistrate Orders Journalists Out of court
A Magistrate in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mrs. Zainab Bashir, yesterday ordered journalists, who were in her court to cover the case of N7.5 billion fraud uncovered at Zenith Bank out of her [detalii...]
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East Africa: EAC Told to Establish court of Appeal
THE East African court of Justice has directed the Communitys Secretary General to immediately convene a meeting of the Council of Ministers with a purpose to re-establish the regions appellate [detalii...]
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Kenya: SK Macharia Told to Respect court Process
The High court was on Wednesday asked not to allow Media owner SK Macharia to "abuse" court processes to prevent a transport company from recovering a Sh34 million debt from [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Supreme court - Jonathan Won April Poll Fair, Square
The Supreme court Wednesday in Abuja affirmed the decision of the court of Appeal upholding the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan at last Aprils presidential [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Alleged Graft - El-Rufais Absence in court Angers Judge
Following his absence in court, an Abuja High court Thursday reviewed the bail it granted to a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, who is facing charges of abuse of office alongside two [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Hague court Looks at Jos Violence
The Chief Prosecutor of the Hague-based International Criminal court (ICC) Luis Moreno Ocampo has said that the court is analyzing issues concerning the crises that occurred in Jos to establish potential crimes against [detalii...]
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Kenya: Supreme court Takes Prime Ministers Case From court of Appeal
Parties seeking interpretation as to whether President Kibaki should consult Prime Minister on public appointments were yesterday spared from making a fresh application to the Supreme [detalii...]
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Nigeria: court Sacks Katsina Legislators
The Supreme court yesterday sacked two senators and eight House of Representatives who are members of the Senator Yakubu Garba Lado faction of the Katsina state chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), thereby affirming the decision of the court of Appeal in [detalii...]
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Chad: Hague court Complains Govt to UN Security Council
The International Criminal court (ICC) decided today that Chad has not met its obligation to fully cooperate with the court by failing to arrest and surrender Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his visit to Chad in [detalii...]
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court Positioning Quiz
Test your knowledge of court positioning for singles and doubles. Each question on this quiz presents you with a court diagram on which you must find the best positioning for ...Read Full [detalii...]
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Uganda: International court Wants to Try LRA Leader
The president of the International Criminal court, Judge Sang Hyun Song, has said the court that indicted leaders of the Lords Resistance Army over war crimes is frustrated by the States failure to arrest the rebel [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Supreme court Affirms Jonathans Victory
The Nigerian apex court, the Supreme court, Wednesday morning, upheld the election of President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo, bringing to an end, eight months of legal [detalii...]
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Roddick upsets Ferrer; Youngs run at Open ends
NEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Roddicks move to an outside court turned out to be a good one. The former champion pulled off a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 upset over fifth-seeded David Ferrer on Thursday in a fourth-round match moved to court 13 when the court in Louis Armstrong Stadium became [detalii...]
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Namibia: court Has Heard All Arguments in Poll Case
The Windhoek High court has reserved its judgment in the election case recently referred back to it by the Supreme court, after both applicants and respondents in the matter indicated they would not make further arguments or submissions in the [detalii...]
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Nigeria: court Bars Governors Elections in Five States
The court of Appeal sitting in Abuja Friday affirmed the judgment of a Federal High court which barred the Independent National Electoral Commission from holding the governorship election in five states because the tenure of the governors had not yet come to an [detalii...]
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Sierra Leone: Constituency 96 Wants Magistrate court
Newly elected Chairman of Constituency 96 in the east-end of the city has appealed for a Magistrate court to be constructed in his community so that his people would stop working long distance to seek redress at the Law court in central [detalii...]
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Uganda: Ministers Case Goes to Constitutional court
The Anti-Corruption court yesterday halted the trial of three ministers accused of causing financial loss, after they challenged the powers and jurisdiction of the Inspector General of Government and powers of the Magistrates court to cancel bail of [detalii...]
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court Positioning Quiz
Test your knowledge of court positioning for singles and doubles. Each question on this quiz presents you with a court diagram on which you must find the best positioning for the given [detalii...]
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Liberia: Dutch High court Squashed Verdict On Taylor Confidante
The Dutch High court has squashed the earlier verdict of the Appeal court nullifying the guilty verdict of a lower court against the Dutchman Guus Kouwenhoven, charged with war crimes and weapons dealings when he served as a confidante of former President Charles Taylor, in charge of the Oriental Timpber Company [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Supreme court Okays Death Sentence for Actress
The Supreme court yesterday in Abuja affirmed the death sentence passed on Kano State-based Kannywood actress, Miss Rabi Ismail, by a Kano State High court and the court of Appeal in the Kaduna Division, for allegedly drugging and drowning her boyfriend, Mr. Ibrahim Auwalu, to death in [detalii...]
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Rwanda: U.S. Lawyers Appeal Goes to High court
Embattled American defence lawyer, Prof. Peter Erlinder, yesterday appeared before the High court in Kigali to appeal against the ruling by a lower court to be remanded in custody awaiting the beginning of his trial on charges of Genocide [detalii...]
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Kenya: Top Officials in court As Hearings Start Before ICC
Kenyas Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Cabinet Secretary Francis Muthaura and Postmaster General Mohammed Hussein Ali were all in court Wednesday afternoon as their confirmation of charges hearings got under way before the International Criminal court in The [detalii...]
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Tanzania: court Orders Arraignment of Former Deputy Mayor
The Ilala District court yesterday ordered the arrest of former Ilala Municipal deputy mayor Mohamed Yakub for failing to show up in the [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Jonathan Wins at Supreme court
THE Supreme court of Nigeria on Wednesday, December 28, upheld the decision of court of Appeal that President Goodluck Jonathan as winner of April 16 presidential [detalii...]
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Africa: International Criminal court Accused of Bias
Parliamentarians from member-countries of the International Criminal court (ICC) in Africa are accusing the court for selectively pursuing justice by focusing on investigating suspected criminals mainly from this [detalii...]
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Uganda: court Orders Army to Produce Byamaka
The High court has ordered the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces to produce detained opposition Forum for Democratic Change member Aggrey Byamaka in court on [detalii...]
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Rwanda: French court Upholds Hutu Rebels Transfer to ICC
A French court on Tuesday ruled that an exiled Rwandan Hutu rebel leader arrested in France in October will be transferred to the International Criminal court over alleged war crimes in the Democratic Republic of [detalii...]
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Nigeria: court Orders Baba Suwes Release
Justice Yetunde Idowu of the Ikeja High court has ordered the NDLEA to release the embattled comedian Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe on bail on Friday the 4th of November at the termination of the 15 days court [detalii...]
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Kenya: Supreme court Judges Swearing in Halted
A swearing in ceremony for Supreme court judges slated for Monday will now not take place after the high court issued an order blocking [detalii...]
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Nigeria: April Poll - Challenger Drags Akpabio to Supreme court
Unsatisfied with the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and the verdict of the Appeal court, Calabar, the gubernatorial candidate of the Progressive Action Congress (PAC), Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Steve Ibanga, has gone to the Supreme court to challenge both [detalii...]
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Uganda: Kwoyelo Detained Again Despite court Ruling
THE International Crime Division of the High court has urged the Director of Public Prosecution and the Amnesty Commission to comply with the ruling of the constitutional court and grant LRA Thomas Kwoyelo [detalii...]
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South Africa: Top court to Mull Criminal Mcbride
THE Citizen newspaper has filed an application with the Constitutional court, challenging a Supreme court of Appeal ruling this month that former Ekurhuleni metropolitan police chief Robert McBride should not be branded as a murderer because his conviction had been expunged from all criminal [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Suspect - Police Disobey court Orders
An Abuja High court has threatened to commit a prosecuting police counsel to jail if the police failed to honour the orders of both an Abuja Chief Magistrates court and a High court, directing it to release a Boko Haram suspect, Malam Aliyu Tasheku, on [detalii...]
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West Africa: Nigeria Demonstrates Willingness to Collaborate With Ecowas court
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has demonstrated its willingness to collaborate with the court, to enable it carry out fully the mandate assigned to it, a press release issued by the court on 23 June 2011 [detalii...]
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Liberia: Taylors Lawyer Storms Out of court
Charles Taylors defense lawyer courtenay Griffiths stormed out of court this morning after telling the Special court for Sierra Leone judges that the defense was not prepared to take part in the closing arguments of the trial scheduled to commence [detalii...]
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Zambia: Editor of Private Daily Charged with Contempt of court
A court in the Zambian capital Lusaka charged the news editor of local Post Newspaper with contempt of court for running a story on the trial of a journalist accused of pornography over a picture showing a woman in [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Graft - EFCC Asks court to Dismiss Bankoles Objection
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has asked the Abuja High court to dismiss the preliminary objection filed by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, challenging his trial before the [detalii...]
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Kenya: Women Win Big As court Puts Damper On Nominees
The recent High court ruling declaring President Kibakis nominees to justice and budget office jobs as unconstitutional is a win for women. (Read:court says Kibaki nominees [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Ex-NDLEA Boss - court Upturns Conviction
FORMER Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Bello Lafiaji, serving a 16-year jail term on conviction of abuse of office and conspiracy by a Lagos High court, has been set free by the court of Appeal in [detalii...]
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Nigeria: 200 Security Men to Man Baba Suwes court Appearance
ABOUT 200 security operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) including mobile Policemen are expected to provide security at the Lagos High court, Ikeja, as Babatunde Omidina appears in court [detalii...]
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Wimbledon 2010: Clay-court king Rafael Nadal wants his grass-court crown back
Rafael Nadal missed Wimbledon last year through injury, but the clay-court king is fit again and wants his grass-court title [detalii...]
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South Africa: Top court Orders Inquiry Into Conduct of Judge Over Zuma Case
The Supreme court of Appeal on Thursday upheld an appeal against the Judicial Service Commission and the Judge President of the Western Cape High court John Hlophe in a second matter regarding possible disciplinary matters involving [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Al-Mustapha Gets court Nod to Appeal Ruling
Lagos High court Igbosere yesterday granted leave to Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha, embattled Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Gen. Sani Abacha to appeal against its earlier ruling in which the court dismissed their no-case [detalii...]
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Nigeria: court Orders Arrest of Two Delta Lawmakers
who of the Delta State High court sitting at Akwukwu-Igbo, has ordered the arrest of the member representing Oshimili-North in the state House of Assembly, Mr. Patrick Mozea and Mr. George Nkencho, both of Ibusa for failure to appear before the court to face a murder charge against [detalii...]
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Nigeria: court Awards Adigwe N. Five Million Damages Against EFCC
A Federal High court in Lagos has awarded the former Managing Director of AfriBank (now MainStreet Bank), Mr. Sebastine Adigwe, the sum of N500, 000 as damages for his arrest and detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on May 3 without a court [detalii...]
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Nigeria: N5.2 Billion Electricity Scam - Ugbane, Elumelu Ask court to Quash Charge
Senator Nicholas Ugbane and Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, who are facing trial before an Abuja High court in Gudu for allegedly abetting financial misappropriation in the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) project, Thursday applied to the court to strike out the charges against [detalii...]
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South Africa: Judicial Service Commissions Lack of Transparency Questioned By court
THE JSC should be subject to the provisions of the constitution, be accountable and transparent, yet appeared opaque and inconsistent in failing to explain why it failed to appoint two Western Cape High court judges in April, said Judge Pete Koen in the Cape High court [detalii...]
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Nigeria: No court Can Stop Constitution Amendment - Senate
The Senate yesterday faulted the court ruling in Lagos stopping further amendment of the 1999 Constitution, saying no court in the land could stop the process as it was the exclusive function of the legislature to make [detalii...]
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Ghana: Four Legon Students Finally Appear in court
Four out of the thirteen students from the Sarbah Hall of the University of Ghana, Legon, who failed to appear in court for allegedly sexually harassing a suspected thief, Amina Haruna, finally appeared in court [detalii...]
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Nigeria: court Orders Arrest of Army General
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates court has ordered the arrest of the Commandant of the Nigerian Army Central Workshop, Kaduna , Brigadier General A. C. Ani, for refusing to appear before the [detalii...]
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Kenya: Hague Defence Lawyers Pull Odingas Name Into court
Prime Minister Raila Odingas name has been mentioned at least three times at the International Criminal court hearings at The Hague with strong indications by defence lawyers that they will seek an explanation why he was not presented before [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Power Outage Paralyses Federal High court
The hearing of an application filed by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole at the Federal High court in Abuja could not hold Wednesday as activities at the premises of the court came to a halt following power [detalii...]
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South Africa: Bank Claims Victory as court Dismisses Huge Claim
STANDARD Bank scored a victory in the high court in Johannesburg on Friday when the court dismissed a R180m claim by Advertising Digital Services (ADS) that the bank stole a confidential system to prevent [detalii...]