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Thames Water has staved off effective government ownership after an unsuccessful legal challenge to its financial restructuring. The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a £3bn loan intended to temporarily sort out its finances while the company raises more private investment, dismissing an appeal. The decision backs the High Court judgment of last month and…
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Bauchi chief judge raises concern over rising cases of witchcraft in court The Chief Judge of Bauchi State, Justice Rabi Talatu Umar, has raised alarm over the increasing number of cases involving witchcraft, describing it as a persistent challenge in legal jurisprudence. She stated this this while reviewing the cases of awaiting trial inmates at…
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US President Donald Trump said Thursday his administration would appeal a federal judge’s ruling that temporarily blocks his attempt to restrict birthright citizenship. “Obviously we will appeal it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the ruling by Washington state District Judge John Coughenour, who said the president’s order was “blatantly unconstitutional.”…
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Nearly 3 million Americans will receive full Social Security benefits under legislation passed in the waning hours of the current Congress and now headed to President Biden, who is expected to sign into law. Senators voted 76-20 for the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate two federal policies that prevent nearly 3 million people, including police officers,…
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Gender discrimination is prohibited under almost every human rights treaty. This includes international laws providing for equal gender rights between men and women, as well as those specifically dedicated to the realization of women’s rights, such as the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women[2] – considered the international bill of rights for women. Federal,…
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Donald Trump has again referred to a gay CNN journalist with a woman’s name. He first referred to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper – one of the most prominent openly gay journalists in the US – as “Allison Cooper” in a post on social media on Friday morning. He followed this up during a rally on…
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In the lead up to the 5 November, our correspondents stateside are answering your questions on the election. Do you feel the election result has the potential to cause unrest or has the US learnt its lesson? Gary, Kilmarnock NBC correspondent Mark Stone says… You hear the phrase ‘civil war’ far too much these days here…
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Lee Hsien Yang — the younger son of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew — and his wife Lee Suet Fern are free to return to Singapore, the police said on Friday (Oct 11). “They are and have always been free to return to Singapore,” they said in response to media queries. Lee had said on Wednesday…
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday pleaded not guilty in appearance at a federal court in Manhattan, one day after unsealing an indictment against him. Federal prosecutors charged Adams with five counts of bribery, wire fraud and solicitation, primarily related to his mayoral campaign in 2021. Adams, a Democrat, entered the court in…
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Kolkata doctor rape-murder case live updates: In a surprise move on Saturday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met the protesting junior doctors at their agitation venue outside Shwaytha Bhawan in Kolkata’s Salt lake area. This comes days after the standoff between the doctors and the state government worsened as the protesters had refused to join…
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President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd and second female Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, in an acting capacity, pending confirmation by the Senate. She takes over from Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who retired on Aug. 22 at the age of 70.
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The 22nd Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has retired from service. Ariwoola’s retirement followed his attainment of 70 years. Justice Ariwoola was born on 22 August 1954. On 22 November 2011, he was elevated to the bench of the Supreme Court and was appointed substantive CJN on 27 June 2022. Ariwoola was…
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President Joe Biden said on Friday (May 31) that it was “dangerous” for people to question the integrity of the guilty verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money jury trial. In his first public comments since a New York jury on Thursday found Trump guilty on 34 counts over a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has authorised the issuance of notices of contempt proceeding against the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Olayemi Cardoso and the Director of Legal Services Department, Salam-Alada Kofo over their alleged failure to obey an order of the court. They were said to have failed to comply with…
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