The approval of the state police amendment by 28 state legislatures has satisfied the constitutional requirement for state-level endorsement, bringing Nigeria closer to decentralising its policing system.
Rio Tinto is jointly funding a A$28m "toad containment zoe" to protect the Pilbara region.
Person’s anonymity remains in place subject to any appeal against high court decision A “well-known individual” has failed in his bid to stop two media organisations from publishing allegations of inappropriate sexual activities, the high court has ruled. The legal team for the anonymous individual, known in court only as PPT, claimed he was “highly likely” to attempt suicide if the allegations were published by the Guardian and ITN.
The jury in the Russell Brand rape trial begins its deliberations in London after more than three weeks of evidence. Here is what the jurors will be weighing up.
In our view, the foreign divorce decree was passed in contravention of the existing matrimonial law in India and on a ground that is not even recognised statutorily, the bench said
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday began suo motu contempt proceedings against unidentified individuals amongst a group of advocates, who barged into the Chief Justice’s court hall and disrupted proceedings by creating ruckus
The protest comes amid growing disagreement between Mr Sowore and the Ekiti State Police Command over a reported attack on team in Ekiti.
George Madgwick of Hampshire county council has been charged with a total of 35 offences A Reform UK councillor has been charged with 12 counts of rape, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. George Madgwick, the leader of the party on Hampshire county council, has been charged with a total of 35 offences, including two counts of sexual assault, two counts of assault by penetration, two counts of making and one count of distributing indecent images of a child.
Indonesian authorities have arrested three people for allegedly tapping President Prabowo Subianto’s phone, police said Tuesday, with media reports suggesting one of the suspects may be a senior official. Top detective Asep Safrudin identified the suspects only by their initials, LSP, ASN, and EH, and said they were under investigation for allegedly tapping “the telephone number of the President of the Republic of Indonesia” and other prominent figures.
Philippe Jaenada wins Prix Goncourt with novel that seeks to solve 77-year-old case and rehabilitates reputation of its victim A literary true-crime investigation that tries to solve a 77-year-old cold case and ends up rehabilitating the reputation of its life model victim has won France’s most prestigious literary prize. The author Philippe Jaenada was announced on Tuesday afternoon as the winner of the Prix Goncourt, for his book L’Inconnue du quai de Javel (The Unknown Woman of the Quai de Javel), a recreation of the murder of a 29-year-old Breton woman named Louise Cansot.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 — Two traders have been arrested in Embu town with 4,995 banned plastic carrier bags in a fresh crackdown by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). Under Section 144 of the Environmental Management and Coordination Act (EMCA) and the Environmental Management and Coordination (Management and Control of Plastic Packaging Materials) Regulations, 2024, offenders face a prison term of between one and four years, or a fine ranging from Sh2 million to Sh4 million, or both.
By John Alechenu ABUJA-The Feminist Digital Watch (FemDigital Watch) has condemned the arrest and arraignment of popular TikTok creator Amani Ishaq and two others by the Kano State Hisbah Board over dance videos posted on social media. They were arraigned before Magistrate Court No. 5, Court Road, Kano.
Cold stores in supermarkets across Europe have been targeted in a cyberattack with no clear culprit.
Around 5,000 party workers will take part in the protest on the first day and the agitation will continue until action is taken, says CPI(M)
Odisha Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari said the southern State was trying to create a constitutional crisis by deciding to hold elections inside Odisha’s territory
Residents are accused of threatening staff and interfering with the property.
Majority Leader James Agalga has defended the Narcotics Control Commission’s (NACOC) account of its involvement in the arrest of a suspected drug trafficker in Lebanon, insisting that the Lebanese authorities would have publicly challenged the Commission’s claims if they were untrue. NACOC had earlier announced that the arrest of a Syrian national at the Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 31, followed a controlled delivery operation undertaken in collaboration with Lebanese drug law enforcement authorities.
The orders aim to prevent public inconvenience and potential safety hazards
They stage demonstrations to protest against the recent series of violent attacks on members of the legal fraternity
Another advocate was attacked at Gowribidanur; advocates demand that the State government strengthen the Advocates Protection Act