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WASHINGTON — Before her country and her life were suddenly and fundamentally changed in 2021, Mahnaz Akbari was the trailblazing commander of the Afghan National Army’s Female Tactical Platoon, an all-female squad that accompanied elite U.S. Special Operations troops as they carried out daring mountain missions, hunted ISIS combatants and …

Sacked CNN anchor Don Lemon is leaving the network with at least $25 million but is reportedly preparing for a potential legal battle with his former employer.   Lemon, the 51-year-old former co-host of “CNN This Morning,” had signed a high $7 million-a-year contract with CNN in September 2022 that …

Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians who are aggrieved by the outcome of the general elections to “wait patiently and allow our legal system to run its course.”   He said this in his Easter Day message to citizens.   He said: “I join Christians in Nigeria and around the world …

By Philip Wegmann for RealClearWire The fever dream finally broke when former President Trump was arrested Tuesday evening. Minus handcuffs, his New York arraignment happened almost exactly like “the Resistance” long hoped and dreamed. And then, Trump returned to Mar-a-Lago; all but called the Manhattan district attorney, as well as …

Former US President Donald Trump was awarded about $121,972 in attorney fees from adult film star Stormy Daniels just hours after he appeared in court Tuesday April 4, for the first time in connection to hush money payments made to Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.   The Ninth Circuit …

Popular legal practitioner, Inibehe Effiong, has said that singer Portable is every lawyer’s nightmare when it comes to dealing with difficult clients.    In a post shared on his Facebook page, Effiong said that the singer is the type of client who will do and say things that are contradictory …

William Jacobson, the founder the popular website Legal Insurrection and a professor at Cornell University, recently joined The Political Insider’s Brett Smith to discuss his new Equal Protection Project, as well as why he and his organization are continuing to shed a light on discriminatory practices in education and the …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Friday that it was ready to defend the mandate of its candidate, Bola Tinubu, at the court following a suit by the losers of the 2023 presidential election. Recall that the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi …

Jose Mourinho has threatened legal action against the fourth official for Roma’s game against Cremonese on Tuesday night, after being sent off in the opening minutes of the second half for dissent.  The third red card Mourinho has received this season, referee Marco Piccinini sent off the Portuguese manager for …

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has asked Kaduna residents to disregard President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement that N500 and N1000 notes are no longer legal tenders.  El-Rufai insisted that the old notes remain legal tender in Kaduna state and businesses that refuse to accept them will be sealed.  In his …