Just in: Turkey makes a U turn on Child rape Law
Turkey has abandoned plans for a controversial law that would have allowed men who had sex with underage children to be pardoned if they married the victim.
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A cringey day in Nigeria as a supreme Court Judge is Docked
Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Nigeria’s Supreme Court, on Monday, pleaded not guilty to a 16-count criminal charge preferred against him by the Federal Government and was granted bail on self recognisance...
Is Turkey about to legalise child rape? Tomorrow will decide
Thousands have protested in Istanbul in Turkey against a bill that would let off men who assaulted underage girls if they marry their victims.
Can the State Prosecute and Defend? Nigeria’s Supreme court to decide in a robbery case
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has been left to decide an appeal filed by a robbery suspect on death row, Mr. Akeem Jimoh.
Court admits evidence of 31 Million Naira advert in the Trial of Olisa Metuh
The Federal High Court, Abuja , has admitted in evidence documents showing various payments allegedly made by the office of former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa...
A Nigerian court remands a 2 month old baby;arraigns a woman for selling a newly born
An Abakaliki Magistrate’s Court has remanded a two-month-old baby alongside his mother, Chinyere Inya (34), father, Benard Inya (42) and a relative, Ugonma Egwu (38) in Abakaliki Federal Prisons over the alleged...
Black man in a Coffin: A court case in South Africa exposes the scale of racism
A black South African man who was allegedly forced into a coffin by two white farmers for trespassing says he was scared for his life.
Lawyer goes to Prison for taking advantage of female clients
An Ohio lawyer who hypnotized half-dozen female clients and controlled them for his own sexual gratification was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison.
A rape case puts Dubai on an unfortunate spotlight
A British tourist who was allegedly gang-raped in Dubai has been charged by police for having extra-marital sex.
7 years after a historic motion, Tunji Gomez speaks on his controversial Body of Benchers title.
Tunji Gomez is Nigeria’s oldest Practicing Lawyer in Nigeria. He has been in the fore front of the agitation to Abolish the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria through the association he...