Rapper Fetty Wap has asked a judge in his federal drug trafficking case to only sentence him to the mandatory minimum years. Fetty is seeking a 5-year sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine stemming from his October 2021 arrest. His …
Read More »Pentagon withholding evidence in Russia war crimes case: Senators
United States senators have grilled the head of the Pentagon for what they called a failure to cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Speaking during a Senate committee hearing on Thursday, Democrat Dick Durbin said he had been told by the international …
Read More »Supreme Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s case until September 14
Prior to the hearing, Kanu’s Special Counsel had urged the Supreme Court to ensure justice in the trial of his client. The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in the suit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu until Sept. 14.
Read More »Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Legal Case Against Marvin Gaye’s Song Similar To His
British Singer, Ed Sheeran has won the copyright case for his single, ‘Thinking Out Loud’, for which he won a Grammy award. Naija News reports that the singer was sued by the heirs of Ed Townsend, co-writer of ‘Let’s Get It on’, a 1973 songs by the late, Marvin Gaye. …
Read More »Justices Wrestled With Court’s Power in Landmark Abortion Case, Papers Show
WASHINGTON — In June 1992, less than two weeks before the Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy sent a colleague some “late-night musings.” “Roe was, at the least, a very close case,” Justice Kennedy wrote in the three-page memorandum, …
Read More »Henry Ruggs To Plead Guilty In Fatal DUI Case
Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a fatal DUI crash that occurred in November 2021. Former Raiders’ WR Henry Ruggs III unconditionally waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Tuesday and will plead guilty to one count of …
Read More »Russia’s Navalny slams ‘absurd’ terrorism case from jail
Russia’s main opposition figure is serving a combined sentence of 11 and a half years for fraud and contempt of court. Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny says investigators have opened an “absurd terrorism” case against him, possibly leading to a further 30 years in jail. Navalny appeared in a …
Read More »‘If your wife is sleeping around, pray for her’ – Bukunmi Oluwasina makes case for women
According to the actress, men should consider other options, such as praying for their wives who may have been unfaithful, instead of being violent. Nollywood actress Bukunmi Oluwasina has issued a stern warning to Nigerian men, urging them not to hastily divorce their wives for the mistake of infidelity.
Read More »R. Kelly appeals federal sex crime case in New York
R. Kelly has officially filed an appeal against the federal sex crimes he’s being accused of in New York. The disgraced singer who was found guilty in 2021, on 9 federal counts that included RICO charges as well as charges pertaining to sex crimes and human trafficking, listed some …
Read More »Murder charge dropped against co-defendant in case of killer accused of faking his own death in South Africa | CNN
CNN — South African prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against Zolile Sekeleni, the father of the girlfriend of high-profile convicted murderer Thabo Bester, who is accused of escaping from a South African prison after faking his own death in a fire, officials told CNN Monday. Sekeleni’s daughter, Nandipha Magudumana, …
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