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US President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will soon make a decision regarding the operations of the TikTok platform after the Supreme Court upheld a law requiring TikTok to be banned unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells it to an American firm, according to his post on Truth Social .   On Friday, January 17, the US Supreme Court …

A federal court in Lagos State has ordered the arrest of gospel singer Mercy Chinwo‘s former manager, Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, over a $345k fraud. On Thursday, January 16, 2025, the presiding judge granted the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed an ex parte motion for his arrest. Bilikisu Buhari, representing the EFCC in court, cited legal provisions …

Lawyers for impeached South Korean President, Yoon Suk Yeol failed in their court effort to secure his release on Thursday, January 16, a day after he was detained at his residence for questioning over rebellion allegations linked to his martial law declaration last month.     Yoon was sent to a detention centre near the country’s capital, Seoul, after undergoing …

A High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State on Wednesday, ordered that a 25-year-old man, Oghenevwede Friday, should be remanded to the Warri Correctional Center for allegedly r3ping a 14-year-old girl.      The magistrate case adjourned the case till the 4th of February 2025 pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP.      …

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a 54-year-old man, Kajola Ahmed, in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl.     The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ahmed, whose address was not provided, was charged with defilement.     The Chief Magistrate, B.A. Sonuga did not take the defendant’s plea, however.    …

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has discharged and acquitted the immediate past Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Bamidele David Oleyeloogun, along with Hon. Felemu-Gudu Bankole and a top civil servant, Segun Oyadeyi, of N2.4 million fraud charges.    The trio had been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) three years ago …

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday, January 13, sacked Chukwuemeka Aaron, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state. Chukwuemeka is a self-confessed loyalist of the former governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, who is currently the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Justice Stephen Jumbo in his ruling nullified the …

The two Reverend Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, and an Anambra High Court Judge who were kidnapped last week have been released, bringing relief and joy to the community.   The Reverend Sisters, Vincentia Maria Nwankwo and Grace Mariette Okoli, were abducted while returning home after attending a meeting. The judge, whose name has been …

The Jigawa State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has dismissed three judicial officers and taken disciplinary actions against several others for misconduct and violation of judicial procedures.    The decision was made during the commission’s 178th meeting on January 7, as confirmed in a statement issued on Sunday by Abbas Wangara, Director of Protocol and Publicity for the Jigawa State Judiciary. …

AmaZulu Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela has filed a court application to stop her husband, King Misuzulu, from marrying another woman, arguing that such a marriage would be unlawful under South African law.   The application, submitted to the high court on Friday, follows reports that King Misuzulu plans to wed his third wife, Queen Nomzamo Myeni, later this month. According to …