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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 …

A Manhattan judge sentenced Donald Trump to no penalty on Friday, January 10 on his conviction for concealing a “hush money” payoff that hid a sex scandal from voters making the president-elect the first person convicted of a felony to assume the White House.   Justice Juan Merchan who oversaw a trial in which jurors heard evidence that Trump paid …

US President-elect, Donald Trump must be sentenced on Jan. 10 in the criminal case, a judge ruled on Friday, Jan. 3.  In May 2024, Trump was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star.  On Friday, Justice Juan Merchan said he denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case due to his presidential election victory.  The judge said the Republican president-elect may appear …

A New York has ruled that the woman accusing Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of r@ping her at age 13 can proceed anonymously in her lawsuit against the rap moguls.In her written order, Judge Analisa Torres also chastised the lawyer representing Jay-Z for what she described as his combative motions and inflammatory language against the plaintiff’s lawyer, calling them inappropriate. The Manhattan …

Benedict Kanyip, President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, has recused himself from hearing cases filed by 62 former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials who were recently disengaged from service.   Kanyip stepped down from the cases after a lawyer representing the CBN, who announced an appearance during Tuesday’s court session, was revealed to be his in-law.   …

  New York Judge, Juan Merchan has ruled that President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction is valid. The judge rejected Trump’s argument that it should be dismissed in the wake of a landmark immunity ruling from the US Supreme Court. The ruling comes after Trump and his lawyers requested Merchan overturn his guilty verdict in New York v. Trump, citing …

A judge was shot dead on Wednesday, December 11, in Acapulco, once a glamorous beach destination now plagued by violence, local media and the Guerrero state prosecutor’s office have confirmed.   Local reports identified the victim as Edmundo Román Pinzón, president of the Superior Court of Justice in Guerrero state. He was reportedly shot at least four times while in …

Lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has claimed that the Imo state police have refused to release his client, singer, Speed Darlington or take him before a judge to face trial.    The singer who was arrested in October over a petition written against him by his colleague, Burna Boy, was re-arrested in Owerri, in November for jumping bail.    In a post …

The ruling creates uncertainty around criminal prosecution of the aerospace giant in connection with the development of its bestselling airline plane. ADVERTISEMENT A federal judge on Thursday rejected a deal that would have let Boeing plead guiltyto a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine for misleading US regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, …

The judge who presided over Hunter Biden’s federal tax case in Los Angeles rebuked President Joe Biden for pardoning his son this week, saying he misrepresented the facts of his son’s criminal case when he announced the move.     In a brief order, U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi also called out the president for maligning law enforcement and the …