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Court orders release of hunger striking Turkish lawmaker
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the supervised release of a detained lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) who is seriously ill as a result of her 11-week hunger strike.
Thousands rally in Turkey to back detained Kurdish MP on hunger strike
Thousands demonstrated Saturday in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast to support a detained lawmaker from a pro-Kurdish party who launched a hunger strike in November.
Jailed Palestinian who sold land to Israelis set to be freed
A Palestinian man who received a life sentence for selling property in occupied territory to Israelis is set to be released to the United States, Israeli media reported.
Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti arrested in Bolivia
Cesare Battisti, an Italian sought by Rome for four murders attributed to a far-left group in the 1970s, was arrested in Bolivia and will be extradited to Brazil and then likely to Italy, a senior aide to Brazil’s new president said Sunday.
Man gets life sentence for killing cousins, dismembering parents
A young Brazilian man who murdered two cousins aged one and three and dismembered their parents was handed a rare life sentence in Spain on Thursday.
Tanzania forms surveillance squad to identify gays on social media and arrest them
Tanzanian authorities have reportedly formed a surveillance squad whose job will be to identify gays on social media and arrest them.
19 sentenced to death in Bangladesh over grenade attack on premier
A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced 19 people to death over a 2004 grenade attack on the current prime minister, although a top opposition leader escaped with a life sentence.
Court jails extremist 30 years over plot to behead British premier
A British man who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group was on Friday sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in jail for plotting to behead Prime Minister Theresa May in a suicide attack.
DRC rebel Bosco Ntaganda on trial at ICC denies involvement in atrocities
A rebel militia leader known as "The Terminator" denied involvement in atrocities in Democratic Republic of the Congo as his three-year trial at the International Criminal Court ended Thursday and judges began considering their verdicts.
Paedophile sentenced to 60 years in prison for raping 7-year-old pupil
Justice Sybil Nwaka of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Lagos, has described Adelaja Olaide, a 48-year-old convicted paedophile, as an “animal”, while sentencing him to 60 years in prison for raping a seven-year-old primary two pupil.
Democracy Day: Governor Lalong reduces jail terms of 2 prisoners
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has reduced the jail terms of two prisoners, one from life sentence to 21 years and the other from 10 years to two years.
Appeal court upturns 2013 life sentence passed on 35-year-old man
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday overturned the life sentence passed by an FCT High Court on 35-year-old David Odey in 2013.
Egypt court upholds life sentence against Brotherhood leader
An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday upheld a life sentence against the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide Mohamed Badie for “planning violent attacks”, judicial officials and his lawyer said.
Video of two-year-old child allegedly raped in Lagos school played in court
A video of a two year old pupil of Chrisland School, Lekki, Lagos portraying her alleged serial defilement by the school’s supervisor was played yesterday at the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court.
Vietnam oil exec gets second life sentence for graft
A Vietnamese former oil executive allegedly kidnapped from Germany was jailed for life Monday for embezzlement, state media reported, his second life sentence tied to a corruption crackdown in the communist country.
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Kano elections: PDP insists Abba Yusuf won governorship poll, rejects result
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its candidate, Abba K. Yusuf, is the rightful winner of the Kano state governorship election, stating that any declaration that does not reflect such cannot stand.
Yobe Desert Stars sack Ngozi Elechi over poor performance
Yobe Desert Stars have sacked their technical adviser Ngozi Elechi, citing the club’s poor performance under his tutelage as the motive.
Kaduna residents urge Governor El-Rufai to give priority to jobs creation, girl-child education
Some residents of Rigasa area of Kaduna State have urged Gov Nasir El-rufai, to create more jobs and give priority to girl-child education in the state.
Bauchi elections: Court strikes out Governor Abubakar’s suit seeking to stop collation of governorship...
An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has deferred its judgement in a suit challenging the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to continue with the collation of results in Bauchi State, after an initial suspension of the results.
Gareth Southgate: Raheem Sterling has qualities to be England captain
Gareth Southgate believes star forward Raheem Sterling has the qualities to captain England in the future.
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Benin DisCo begins enumeration of customers
The Management of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) said on Wednesday that it had begun enumeration of its customers in its franchise areas of Edo, Delta, Ekiti and Ondo.
Court upholds sack of three policemen for receiving bribe
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday, affirmed the dismissal of three policemen, who were sacked for receiving 5,000 dollars as bribe.
Marcus Rashford misses full England training with ankle injury
Marcus Rashford is a doubt for England's Euro 2020 qualifier against the Czech Republic after training separately from the rest of the squad.
New Zealand premier receives death threat on Twitter
The New Zealand Police are investigating death threats sent to Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, on social media, local media reported on Friday.
Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola wants Thomas Partey to replace Fernandinho
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is eyeing a summer move for Ghana international Thomas Partey as a replacement for fans favourite and midfield enforcer Fernandinho.