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Zimbabwe: Journalists Facing Treason Charges Need Medical Attention Before Legal Proceedings, Say LawyersLawyers representing Zimbabwe Peace Project director Jestina Mukoko and freelance photojournalist Shadreck Manyere on 5 January 2009 argued for the suspension of proceedings against their clients at the Magistrates' Courts pending the outcome of an appeal filed with the High Court before Justice Mary-Ann Gowora.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 23:43
Botswana: Combi Owners Take Govt to Court Over New Fares
While commuters are celebrating a 30thebe reduction in combi fares, and reductions on long distance buses, the operators are busy arranging papers they will present before the High Court to reinstate the P3 charge to fight any reduction.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 21:17
Is Govt Numb Or Dumb On Global Economy?
The past year was a relatively eventful year. Looking ahead to 2009, there are a number of issues that will preoccupy our society and the world.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 21:17
Zimbabwe: Jestina Mukoko Still in Custody As Case Postponed Again
The case against human rights activist Jestina Mukoko and her eight other co-accused was once again postponed in the Harare magistrates court on Tuesday, in order for a superior court to rule on the group's arrest.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 21:07
IGP Honours Eight Police Officers
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong last Wednesday honoured eight distinguished police officers in Cape Coast for their dedication to duty.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 18:51
Rights Group Names And Shames Judges, Lawyers
Human rights lawyers in Harare have issued a blow-by-blow account detailing how the actions - and inaction - of named Zimbabwean judges, magistrates and state lawyers have facilitated the unlawful detention of activists who have allegedly been tortured.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 18:33
Mozambique: Three Phoney Policemen Detained
The Mozambican authorities have detained two men pretending to be police officers in the southern province of Inhambane, according to Pedro Cossa, the spokesperson for the National Police Command, speaking to reporters on Tuesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 18:18
Mozambique: Policemen Injured in Maputo Gun Battle
Three members of the Mozambican police force were injured in a shoot-out with armed criminals on Monday night in the inner Maputo neighbourhood of Coop, reports Tuesday's issue of the daily paper "Noticias".
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 18:18
Liberia: Court Continues Jurors Selection
The Criminal court "C" at the Temple of Justice has selected six jurors out of a total of 15 empanelled jury required to try economic sabotage case involving five former officials of the erstwhile National Transitional Government.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 16:09
Timeline of Events Relating to Located Abductees
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 15:16
Nigeria: Contractor Mobilises to Site Over Threat of Court Action
FOLLOWING the threat by the Anambra State government to drag the contractor handling the reconstruction of the Zik"s avenue in Awka to court for alleged sabotage, the contractor, Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) has mobilized its workers to site and work has started in earnest.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 12:12
Nigeria: Fashola Signs N405 Billion Budget Into Law
Governor Babatunde Fashola, of Lagos State yesterday signed the 2009 Appropriation bill of N405 billion, saying it aimed at renewing the commitment of the state government to fulfil the social contract with Lagos residents.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 11:41
Nigeria: How Judiciary Meandered Through Political Cases in 2008
But for the exemplary performances of few courageous judges serving on the nation's bench, it will not be unfair to say that the judiciary disappointed or so it seemed in the performances of its sacred roles in the last twelve months. This is so given several controversial and conflicting verdicts that emanated from the hallowed temples of justice in several political cases that came before it between the last legal year and now. The conducts of few serving judicial officers who played gods in their handling of sensitive public interest litigations did not help matters.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 11:41
Nigeria: Motorcyclists, Passengers React to Helmet Usage
Motorcyclists and their passengers yesterday in Abuja reacted to the Federal Road Safety Commission's directive on the usage of safety helmets. Sani Ado, a commercial motorcyclist who plies Gwagwalada roads, complained that the introduction of the crash helmet will worsen his financial situation as he makes little from his bike that is not enough to feed his family, not to talk of procuring crash helmets.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 10:19
Nigeria: Helmet Compliance - FRSC Gives Kubwa Cyclists Pass Mark
The Kubwa unit commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Tanimu Ali Sule, yesterday said that 50 percent of Kubwa cyclists have started complying with the safety helmet directives of the commission.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 10:10
Nigeria: Police Officers Decry Release of Armed Robbers By Courts
Police officers in the Federa Capital Territory and Nasarawa State have decried the manner at which armed robbery suspects are being granted bail by courts.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 10:10
Nigeria: The Return of Police Affairs Ministry
The recent reorganization of Federal Government Ministries by Mr. President Umaru Yar'adua that separated the Nigeria Police Force from the Ministry of Interior is a welcome development.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 10:10
Nigeria: Our Laws Outdated - AGF
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mike Kaase Aondoakaa, SAN, yesterday said that the Nigerian laws are no longer in tune with modern reality, saying there is need to urgently reform them.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:51
Nigeria: Helmet Deadline - We are Carried Along
The Vice Chairman, Motorcycles ransport Union of Nigeria (MTUN), Bwari Branch, Comrade Chika Madu, has said that his branch was not carried along in all negotiation with the government on the dateline on the use of helmet.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:44
Nigeria: Law Reform Commission Inaugurated, to Review Obsolete Laws
The newly inaugurated members of the Nigerian Law Reforms Commission (NLRC), yesterday offered to partner with the National Assembly in its proposed amendment of the 1999 Constitution to fine tune some of the existing laws that have become obsolete for the economic and political development of the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:27
Nigeria: FRSC Arrests 111 in Abeokuta Over Crash Helmet
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Abeokuta has arrested no fewer than 111 commercial motorcyclists who failed to wear crash helmets.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:24
Nigeria: Crash Helmets - Law Rules Over Okada Riders in Lagos
A new wind of change is blowing on Lagos roads with regard to the operation of commercial motorcyclists otherwise known as okada. Since January 1, the okada riders, who hitherto never gave a qualm about the way and manner their activities were endangering their lives and more importantly those of their passengers, were forced to amend their ways and face the reality of their existence on the roads.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:24
Nigeria: Fashola Signs N405 Billion Appropriation Bill Into Law
The Lagos state Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Monday, signed the Lagos State 2009 appropriation bill into law ,saying hope of accelerated infrastructural development as enshrined in the budget could be marred if Lagosians refused to pay their taxes promptly and resolve industrial matter through dialogue.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:24
Nigeria: Prison Official Sues NDLEA for Unlawful Detention
An official of the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS), Richard McCarthy has sued the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade, at a Federal High Court in Lagos, over alleged unlawful detention since February 19, 2008.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:24
Nigeria: Safety Helmets - 55 Percent Compliance in Kubwa
Following the Thursday arrest of 75 okada riders by the Kubwa Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), the region has recorded 55 per cent level of compliance in the use of safety helmets by riders.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:24
Nigeria: When Will Bush Have His Day in Court?
If there is one burden the whole world has had to live with and endure since the close of the Second World War (1939-1945), it is the aggressive foreign policies and murderous tendencies of successive administrations of the US, the self-acclaimed prefects of the world.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:23
Nigeria: Nipost Contravened Grant - El-Rufai
Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-rufai, yesterday explained that the piece of land acquired by NIPOST as far back as 1994 was exclusively meant for the construction of its district office within a period of two years.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 08:54
Zimbabwe: Senator Accused of Diverting Fertilizer
Seke-CHIKOMBA Senator Gladys Mabhiza allegedly connived with a Dema councillor and fraudulently diverted to the illegal parallel market 30 tonnes of fertilizer that was meant for approved farmers under the Government's Operation Maguta.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 08:05
Zimbabwe: AMG Global Defies Court Ruling
AMG Global has defied a court ruling to hand over share certificates of Shabani Mashava Mine Holdings to former owners Turnall and Newall, nearly a month after the English Court ruled that African Resources Limited has not defaulted payment for the acquisition of the local asbestos mining firm.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 08:05
Zimbabwe: BP Complies With Court Order
PETROLEUM giant, BP and Shell Marketing Services has complied with the High Court order compelling the company to release over 20 000 kilogrammes of liquid petroleum gas to a local company Vesbin Investments.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 07:49
Zimbabwe: Court Contest Over 'Tortured' Activists
THE Attorney General's Office yesterday urged the court to dismiss various court applications being made by lawyers representing Zimbabwe Peace Project director Jestina Mukoko and 15 MDC-T activists, saying they were just tactics employed to delay trial proceedings.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 07:48
South Africa: Foodcorp to Pay R45 Million Cartel Penalty
FOOD producer Foodcorp has agreed to pay a R45,4m fine for its role in a bread cartel, but still faces prosecution for a possible role in a milling cartel.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 07:48
South Africa: Competition Body Wants Hackers Prosecuted
The Competition Commission has laid criminal charges against the unknown hackers who lifted the lid on highly confidential information about the South African banking system that the four big banks wanted to keep under wraps.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 07:48
40 Lawyers to Defend Ribadu
EMBATTLED former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, is ready to commence his legal battle challenging his demotion from the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police to Deputy Commissioner and his subsequent dismissal from the Nigeria Police Force
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 07:07
Nigeria: Judiciary, the Law And the Court of Public Opinion
It is worth waiting a little while for the dust thrown up by the verdict on the 2007 Presidential Election to begin to settle down; at least so that away from passion and politics one can take the public on an academic journey into why judges reason the way they do. The law being 'an ass', the last verdict has left views both on strict points of law and on the plains of morality; on the exigency of political stability and on the imperative of electoral credibility.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 00:10
Claims That Jestina Mukoko Being Force Fed Poison in Custody
Former ZBC newsreader and now political prisoner Jestina Mukoko is being force fed poison at the notorious Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, according to the UK Sunday Independent newspaper.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 18:59
Nigeria: Ogoni Students Ask for Ogoni State
The National Union of Ogoni Students' (USA) has demanded for the creation of Ogoni State out of the present Rivers State, arguing that creation of the new state would generate employment for over 95% unemployed youths as well as addressing lack of infrastructural development in the area.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:40
Nigeria: Single Hull Tankers - Country Works Out Modalities for Imo Compliance
In a bid to ensure compliance to the International Maritime Organisattion (IMO) convention on the phasing out of Single Hull Tankers, the Nigerian government is working out modalities to beat the 2010 deadline of the international body.To this end, the nation through its apex maritime regulatory agency, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), is partnering with indigenous ship owners under the aegis of Indigenous Ship Owners Association of Nigeria (ISAN) to ensure that the country beats the deadline.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:40
Nigeria: Probe of Jos Riot Useless, Says Mudiaga - Odje
A constitutional lawyer, Dr Akpo Mudiaga-Odje, says the setting up of an administrative panel of enquiry by the Federal Government to look into the crisis that recently engulfed Jos was unconstitutional and of no effect whatsoever.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:40
Nigeria: Whistle Blowing Policy - Sec Protects Employees, Shareholders
THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has endorsed whistle blowing policy for quoted companies in the country, while promising to protect employees and shareholders who expose any illegal activity of companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:40
Nigeria: Electoral Fraud - Citizens May Seek Justice Outside Court in 2011 - Akeredolu, NBA President
GETTING the Nigerian Bar Association President, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, for an interview was a little bit of an uphill task. It is understandable because the NBA topmost seat demands much of its occupant's time. When an initial contact was made on telephone sometime last November, he requested for a little more time to enable him fix an appointment. A few days later when he picked a call that was put through, he was far away in Ilorin attending an official meeting. He was due to return the following week. That response dampened a nurtured hope of an early interview.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:40
Nigeria: Nigerians'll Give Last Judgment On Ribadu - Mamora
The Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Olurunnimbe Mamora has lamented the dismissal from the Police of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu the erstwhile Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) saying Nigerians would have the last judgment on his war against graft.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:00
Sudan: It Takes More Than a Law to Stop the Cut
A law passed in November 2008 prohibiting female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the state of Southern Kordofan is unique in Sudan. But for it to translate into genuine abolition, deep-seated attitudes and misinformation will have to be overcome.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 14:28
Nigeria: Politicians Tasked On Transparency, Accountability
Politicians in the country have been advised to shun politics of blackmail and the pull-down syndrome.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 13:22
Nigeria: Ilorin Fails FRSC Helmet Deadline
The proposed January 1, deadline for the use of crash- helmets by commercial motorcyclists put in place by the Federal Road Safety Commission has not been totally complied with in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 13:22
Nigeria: Sanitation - Court Convicts 2,000 Persons
The Clean and Green crusade being championed in Imo State by Governor Ikedi Ohakim administration has convicted about 2,000 persons for sanitation offences.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 12:43