Screenshot: Eyewitness News ABC7NY Don Peebles, a former prominent fundraiser for both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns, has criticized New York State Attorney General Letitia James for fast-tracking an effort to seize assets from former President Donald Trump. Peebles believes James is going after Trump’s properties with guns blazing because …
Read More »German ISIS bride who chained up five-year-old Yazidi slave girl in the sun and let her die of thirst loses appeal against 14 year sentence
A German federal court has rejected a woman’s appeal of her 14-year sentence for allowing a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband enslaved when they were members of the Islamic State group in Iraq to die of thirst in the sun. The defendant, a German convert to Islam, …
Read More »Appeal Court dismisses lawsuits seeking release of asset declaration forms of Jonathan, Buhari and others
Separate appeals seeking an order to compel the Code of Conduct Bureau to release the asset declaration forms of former presidents, their vice and National Assembly principal officers, have been struck out by the Court of Appeal. Justice Okon Abang who also delivered the lead judgement, held that the …
Read More »Appeal Court affirms Abure as LP chairman
The Court Of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Julius Abure as the Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a ruling delivered today March 6, the Appellate Court also set aside the decision of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court which last year restrained Abure and two others from …
Read More »Rapper Tory Lanez files appeal of his guilty verdict in shooting of Megan Thee Stallion days after Drake defends him
Canadian rapper, Tory Lanez has filed an appeal of his guilty verdict in his July 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, saying that prosecutors in the case engaged in misconduct. Attorneys for the 31-year-old rapper, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, said that the grounds for the appeal …
Read More »Supreme Court upholds election of Fintiri as Adamawa governor, dismisses Binani's appeal
The court held that the suit was lacking in merit. The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by Aishatu Ahmed, also known as Binani, challenging the election of Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa.
Read More »Child serial killer, Lucy Letby has bid to appeal convictions for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill another six rejected
Child serial killer, Lucy Letby’s attempt to appeal her convictions for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill another six has today been rejected by the Court of Appeal. The former nurse, 34, filed an application for permission to appeal the convictions in September. But a judicial spokesperson said that …
Read More »FIFA upholds Luis Rubiales' three-year ban from football as he loses his appeal over the Jenni Hermoso 'kiss-gate' scandal
Shamed former Spanish football president, Luis Rubiales has lost his appeal against the three-year ban on all football-related activities he was dealt with by FIFA. A statement from FIFA read: ‘Amongst other considerations, the appeal committee was comfortably satisfied that Mr Rubiales behaved in a manner contrary to the …
Read More »EFCC heads to Court of Appeal to avoid paying Emefiele one kobo
The EFCC insists the former CBN boss was held with a valid order of court. The EFCC has expressed dissatisfaction with a judgement of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court awarding ₦100 million damages against it in favour of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), …
Read More »Mexican drug lord, El Chapo has his life sentence appeal rejected by US judge
A judge in New York City has rejected a request from Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman to review the 2019 ruling that sentenced him to life in prison. Guzman, 66, led the powerful Sinaloa cartel that is blamed for thousands of deaths in Mexico for decades. He escaped from Mexican prisons twice and …
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