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The US Supreme Court has rejected former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution, ruling that while former presidents are immune from prosecution for their official acts, they are not immune from unofficial acts. Monday’s historic 6-3 ruling doesn’t answer the question of what is an official or unofficial act. …

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has said his administration has begun the prosecution of a lawyer, Mrs. Adachukwu Cukelu-Okafor, over abuse of her 11-year-old housemaid, Happiness.      LIB reported that a team from the state Ministry for Women and Social Welfare received a report on the incident on Wednesday, …

Former US first daughter,  Ivanka Trump is among the Trump family members prosecutors plan to call in the fraud trial set to start next week Monday in New York. According to Mail Online, she is among three Trump children listed as witnesses in the case, after Judge Arthur Engoron issued …

In late 2006, in an effort to turn the page on a legacy of state-sponsored torture, prosecutors for the George W. Bush administration began an experiment at Guantánamo Bay. They set up teams of law enforcement officers to try to obtain voluntary confessions from men who had spent years in …

The Nigeria Police Force will be investigating and possibly prosecuting Nigerian comedian, Abdulgafar Abiola, popularly known as Cute Abiola, over the disrespectful use of police uniforms in two comedy skits. Naija News reports that the spokesperson of the Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement via Twitter …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was on Monday, July 19, barred by a federal high court sitting in Abuja from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his declaration of Aisha Dahiru, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, as governor in the March 18 poll. …

Jonathan Goodman, the magistrate judge assigned to handle Donald J. Trump’s arraignment, did something of a double take during the proceeding on Tuesday, when the Justice Department offered the former president a bond deal that was not merely lenient but imposed virtually no restrictions on him at all. Jack Smith, …

The Nigerian police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has reacted to the viral video of Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as Portable, resisting arrest at his bar, saying the conduct is unruly and punishable under law. Recall that Naija News reported that the police officers stormed the singer’s bar in a bid …

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has reacted to the petition filed by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, demanding the arrest of the Labour Party LP Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates, Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively, for comments he described as incendiary and capable …

The 1/6 Committee will vote on Monday to refer Trump for prosecution on insurrection, obstructing an official proceeding, and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Politico reported: The report that the select panel is expected to consider on Monday afternoon, described to POLITICO by two people familiar with its contents, …