Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko has started a hunger strike after being arrested on new charges, while his lawyers criticize his arrest. Sonko, a vocal critic of President Mac… Read More
A former Chinese judge, Li Jianfeng, was roughed up by Lao immigration police when he tried to visit detained human rights lawyer Lu Siwei at an immigration detention center in Laos. Li was… Read More
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's lawyers are seeking legal challenges against his three-year sentence for graft, which prevents him from contesting national elections. Khan, a fo… Read More
Shanghai police have arrested the founder and CEO of Wailian Chuguo, the city's largest immigration consultancy firm, as part of a crackdown on mass emigration. The move is seen as a warning… Read More
Poland's Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, plans to hold a referendum alongside parliamentary elections in October, asking voters if they are willing to accept "thousands of illegal immigr… Read More
The Catholic Church in South Africa has filed a class action lawsuit against mining companies on behalf of coal miners who have suffered from lung disease. The lawsuit, filed by lawyers with… Read More
The SSS has arrested Abbas Umar Masanawa, the chief executive officer of Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, NIRSAL, for his alleged role in the ongoing cor… Read More
The Biden administration has expanded the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Ukrainians in the U.S., allowing an additional 166,700 Ukrainians to apply for deportation protections… Read More
Mauritanian migrants are exploring new routes to the United States, driven by economic insecurity and state violence in their home country. Social media has played a significant role in spre… Read More
A trial has begun in a Texas federal courtroom to debate President Joe Biden's immigration policy that grants parole to thousands of people from Central America and the Caribbean. The progra… Read More
Inmates at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in Newfoundland and Labrador are reportedly being bitten by rats and mice, with the problem described as the worst it has ever been. The facility is als… Read More
President Bola Tinubu has sought protection from a U.S. court to prevent the public release of his records from Chicago State University (CSU), in order to safeguard his reputation as the Ni… Read More
The Biden administration has opened migrant processing centers in Latin America to discourage migrants from attempting the dangerous journey to the U.S.-Mexico border. The first center opene… Read More
In the wee hours of Thursday, a bunch of lawyers strutted out of a gig thrown by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), all because they couldn’t stomach the choice of Portable as the mai… Read More
The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on a plea by the National Conference challenging the denial of the 'plough' symbol to its candidates for the upcoming Ladakh Autonomous Hill Develo… Read More
Lawyers in Jodhpur, Rajasthan went on a one-day strike in protest of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's comment suggesting "corruption" in the judiciary. Gehlot had stated that some judges might… Read More
Multiple immigration officers in New Zealand have revealed concerns about a dysfunctional visa system that allows fraud and negligence. Officers say they have been instructed to ignore crimi… Read More
The Supreme Court of India has reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The five-judge bench, he… Read More
Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25, 2023 election, has accused President Bola Tinubu of wrongfully taking the mandate of Nigerians… Read More
LexisNexis, a legal software company, is exploring the use of generative AI, inspired by OpenAI's ChatGPT, to assist lawyers with legal writing and research. The move comes after a controver… Read More
The Biden administration has granted temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans already in the US, in response to the growing number of people fleeing the country and arr… Read More
Vietnam executed death row prisoner Le Van Manh, despite claims from his family and lawyers that the evidence against him was not clear enough. Manh was sentenced to death in 2005 for allege… Read More
The city of El Paso, Texas, is experiencing a surge of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, with over 2,000 people per day seeking asylum and exceeding shelter capacity. Mayor Oscar Lee… Read More
India plans to extend its border fence along the Myanmar border in Manipur state to counter illegal immigration, arms smuggling, and drug trafficking. Currently, less than 10% of the 400-kil… Read More
Ajay Verma, the incharge of the Mahakal police station in Ujjain, has taken responsibility for the medical treatment, education, and marriage of a 12-year-old rape survivor who was turned aw… Read More
Sam Bankman-Fried, the defendant in a criminal trial set to start on Tuesday, opposes allowing a Ukraine-based FTX customer to testify remotely. The customer, referred to as "FTX Customer-1… Read More
Legislative elections in Eswatini are unlikely to bring about political change as the country's parliament holds only an advisory role in the last absolute monarchy in Africa. Human rights l… Read More
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is currently polling ahead of the three parties that make up the country’s coalition government, Wahlrecht data shows, with immigration conc… Read More
The fraud trial against former President Donald Trump in New York is focusing on who was responsible for fraudulent financial statements. Trump's lawyers are attempting to shift blame onto a… Read More
Family members of imprisoned lawyers and politicians in Tunisia are urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate allegations of political persecution and human rights abuses… Read More
FTX co-founder Gary Wang testified in a New York trial that Sam Bankman-Fried, also a co-founder, authorized the illegal use of FTX customers' funds to cover losses at an affiliated hedge fu… Read More
After several battling years, 21 Savage has formally been granted U.S. citizenship and the ability to travel internationally.
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The Delhi High Court has reserved its order on the pleas made by NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakravarty, head of the human resources department, against their arrest and p… Read More
Retired US doctor Thomas Chris Lang has lost his High Court appeal against his conviction for the murder of Brisbane socialite Maureen Boyce. Lang was found guilty twice of stabbing Boyce fi… Read More
The ongoing custody battle between popular On Air Personality, Oladotun Ojuolape, known as Do2dtun, and his estranged wife, D’banJ’s sister Omotayo, have taken a controversial tu… Read More
Recent reports indicate that Cristiano Ronaldo has allegedly been sentenced to receive 99 lashes in Iran.
This supposedly occurred during his visit to the country in September with the team… Read More
A judge in Senegal has overturned the removal of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko from the electoral rolls, allowing him to stand as a presidential candidate in February 2024. Sonko's lawyers… Read More
Reports claiming that Cristiano Ronaldo, the Al-Nassr forward, would face 99 lashes in Iran for kissing artist Fatemeh Hamami have been debunked by Iranian authorities.
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Andrew Flintoff has reached a £9 million settlement with the BBC following his accident while filming for Top Gear. The deal is based on the former England cricketer missing two years'… Read More
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The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo has decided to judge former Prime Minister Augustin Matata "by default" in a trial for alleged embezzlement of public funds. Mata… Read More
Former President Donald Trump was warned by a judge to keep his voice down during his New York civil fraud trial after he spoke aloud to his lawyers while a witness was testifying against hi… Read More
The Biden administration plans to create a new legal immigration pathway for Ecuadorians in an effort to discourage them from trekking to the U.S.-Mexico border. The program, set to be annou… Read More
The United States has resumed deportation flights to Venezuela, with a plane carrying over 100 migrants landing in Caracas. This is the first time in years that the US has deported people to… Read More
Following more than three years of heated litigation, record company 1501 Certified Entertainment has announced that the two parties will “amicably part ways.”
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A diaspora newspaper in New York is combatting false information and misinformation that Haitians in the area are being confronted with. The trusted newspaper is taking a stand against false… Read More
Dotun Kayode and his ex-wife, Taiwo Oyebanjo, who is also the sister of popular music star, Dapo DBanj Oyebanjo, have reportedly been found guilty of contempt today.
Taiwo Oyebanjo, who file… Read More
The Corporate Affairs Commission has announced that it has uncovered as many as 189 fake companies used to secure land allocations in the Federal Capital Territory, The PUNCH reports.
The Re… Read More
Lawyers representing the losing side in Nigeria's presidential election petition have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court ruling which dismissed their petition and affirme… Read More
Lizzo’s legal team has dismissed the lawsuit filed by three of her former dancers as a false narrative. The 35-year-old singer was sued in August by three ex-members of her dance troup… Read More
On Friday, President Joe Biden hosted the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Leaders' Summit, where leaders from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada came together. The summit… Read More
The branch of the Unification Church in Japan has offered $67 million to compensate victims of the group's allegedly fraudulent donation tactics. The funds will be disbursed by the governmen… Read More
In Maitama, Abuja, a federal capital territory high court granted bail to Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The presiding judge, Olukayode Adeniyi, r… Read More
Nigerian musician and record label executive, Habeeb Okikiola also known as Portable, has debunked claims of coordinating an attack on his former signee, Young Duu.
His management issued a d… Read More
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Balanced News reports that French Socialist Senator Akli Melouli strongly opposes an immigration law that he believes will create more undocumented individuals. He argues that the law fails… Read More
Senegal's Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that allowed jailed opposition figure Ousmane Sonko to run in the 2024 presidential election. The court ordered a retrial of the case, stating… Read More
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